The majority of my frogs were curved (now all pulled up and waiting to move to
new digs). When I did the planning in AutoCAD wherever two tracks diverged
there went a turnout following the center lines (frequently both tracks would
start their respect arcs somewhere in the turnout length - the
Someone asked the question in an earlier email when and whether MTH might
make SHS flextrack available. Gary Cameron, who is not on the yahoo
groups, checked with MTH about a week ago. The response he received was that
it
would be available in the future but not until six months or more.
I have had issues getting turnouts made using SHS rail. I am on my 3rd
source now with the first and 2nd are not viable. Hopefully the 3rd choice
will get me the few I need to fix the mainline but I am probably not going
back for more. I should know by Weds on that one. I even bought complete
MTH will
have with track and turnouts. Please keep me informed as to the progress of
your search or research.
Keith Erhart
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lane b...@lanestrains.com
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 7:07:14 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} turnouts
I will be eagerly anticipating what role MTH will have with track and
turnouts.
Keith Erhart
KeithI recently sent an email to MTH with a question. Two days later I
received a very nice response which answered my question. Perhaps if you wrote
directly to MTH, they might lift the
Bill,
From what little I know, curved frogs are more common in some other
countries than in the USA. You can see lots of them in picture of British
trackwork. In my case, I have built several turnouts with curved frogs on
my layout and there will be more.
You should consider trying to
Keith,
Don T told me the other day that Tom's Turnouts bought the last of his
available rail (maybe 500 feet?) about a month ago. How long that is going
to last Tom I don't know. Since you have used Tom's previously a check in
with him may be in order. You may be able to get the turnouts you
