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posted: 15 Oct 2016 10:09 from: Hayfield
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I know this is a bit off piste but I am having a bit of recreation building a small tail chaser in 009, but in the absence of no automatic track info I have(I think) converted N gauge standards into 009. Sleeper spacing is still a bit out (2 mm too wide ?) but more concerned I have the correct switch for such a tight radii As for track centres, I have no clue as to what size is best in this scale/gauge Comments would be most welcome advice/experience even more welcome Also can I save this gauge scale in the gauge/scale selector as a custom scale Thanks John |
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posted: 15 Oct 2016 15:00 from: Ariels Girdle click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
This is very useful for narrow gauge, but depends on your gauge and prototype http://www.kbscale.com/pdf/Track&Turnouts-A5.pdf |
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posted: 16 Oct 2016 00:15 from: Martin Wynne
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Hi John, As far as I know, 009 means only 4mm/ft scale, 9mm gauge, N-gauge flangeways. Everything else depends on which prototype you are modelling. That's why there are no narrow-gauge pre-sets in Templot, there are simply too many variations. Here I have created some sample 009 templates which you may want to try or modify. I used the following settings: 1. flat-bottom rail, head 2" wide, foot 5" wide. 2. sleepers 5ft long and 9" wide at 36" centres. 3. plain track rail length 18ft. 4. turnout timbers same 9" width. 5. custom switch having 1:21 planing angle. 6. adjacent tracks at 10ft centres (40mm) which would mean rolling stock say 7ft wide maximum. Sorry, this is all a guess, I have no idea how this corresponds to any prototype 2ft-3in gauge lines as originally built. Preserved narrow-gauge heritage lines nowadays have a mish-mash of tracks acquired from all over the world, so simply going out with a tape measure doesn't get you much further forward (unless you are actually modelling such a line). All these settings and others can be changed in Templot to whatever you want. The are two turnouts in the file, 1:5.5 and 1:8, but you can create any other sizes using F5 in the usual way. The timbering may require shoving on some sizes. The 1:8 is probably more suitable for curving. .box file attached below. Add it to your own designs and copy the templates as required. 2_151906_170000000.png  2_151906_000000000.png  regards, Martin. |
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