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- From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Subject: Re: rec.models.railroad Fortnightly FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.051744.1445@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:17:44 GMT
- References: <rec-models-rail_721942081@tahiti.cs.brown.edu> <ANDRE.92Nov17174041@king.slc.mentorg.com>
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- In article <ANDRE.92Nov17174041@king.slc.mentorg.com>, andre@king.slc.mentorg.com (Andre' Hut) writes:
- > >I'm not sure I agree with this. For starter layouts, their snap switches
- > >might be a better idea; they match the 18" curvature of the sectional
- > >track, which makes life easier if you're not using flex track. Also,
- > >if you get unpowered turnouts, especially Atlas, I'd recommend a ground
- > >throw or *something* to provide extra spring pressure.
- >
- > #4 turnouts *are* the ones that match 18" track. By unpowered, he
- > means the ones that are manual. It's the same Atlas switch machine
- > without the solenoid.
-
- No. I mean the Snap-Switch, which comes in brass or nickel-silver,
- manual or powered. (These are part numbers 50, 51, 850, 851, 60, 61,
- 860, 861). It has the geometry of a piece of 18" radius curved track
- laid on top of the straight section. The #4 Customline turnouts, for
- which the switch machine is always an add-on, are entirely different;
- they're numbers 241, 242, 281, 282, 281 BR, and 282 BR. The curved
- rail is much straighter. According to John Armstrong's ``Track
- Planning for Realistic Operation'', the Atlas #4 is really a #4.5, and
- has a substition radius (in HO) of 36". Even a real #4 is a 29"
- radius.
-
- > >Include some Testor's liquid glue (also not great around young children;
- > >for that matter, it give me a headache sometimes) and an X-Acto knife.
- >
- > Use the Testor's that comes in the cube-like bottle. The thick stuff in the
- > tube is worthless.
-
- Yes, that's what I meant when I wrote ``liquid''. Should be in the FAQ.
-