Finetrax kits now in P4

[Martin Wynne]

@Wayne Kinney @Tony W

The Finetrax B-7 kits have now been released in P4 (initially available from the Scalefour Society).

Wayne has used the Templot template as before, which means you can use Templot to design track plans, print templates, make gently curved templates, etc., for these kits if you prefer instead of downloading the official kit template.

Here is the official kit template in Templot with a P4 B-7 RAM with regular-pattern V-crossing, aligned over it:

The BGS3 shapes file for this is attached below should you need it.

There are a couple of points to note:

1. Wayne has used the timbers centralized option rather than the more usual ends in-line option:

You can see the difference in the screenshot at some of the timber ends. This will be fixed now in the kit's timbering base, so there isn't any option to change it.

2. The position of the flare bends in the wing and check rails is marked on the kit template in red. But not the position of the set bend, which is perhaps the more important. I have added it in the BGS3 file, but of course it is marked anyway on Templot templates if you print those instead.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Martin Wynne]

@James Walters

James has built one.

Martin.