Hi Thorinn, You could cut the corner of the stand mounting which is the only quick solution. If you don't want to do this, try a short #00297 5"straight and a #00259 20" rad Curve to bring your tracks parallel. Then then put your RH Turnout and a reverse curve so that you get 2 parallel tracks at 3" centres close and the third at %2 ctrs. You can use the # 00296 30" rad curves to help instead of the 5" straight. Remember, SHS "S-Trax" is meant to replicate AF geometry with some extra sizes and much more attractive appearance, but with the very sharp #3 turnouts you will never have you gentle curves. I would also suggest you may have difficulty with scale wheels through the turnouts.
Hope this helpsDes Browne, Holywood, Co Down. N.Ireland ________________________________ From: Thorinn Marty <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 8 January, 2011 13:51:50 Subject: {S-Scale List} SHS turnouts, a left and a right Good morning: Santa and Doug Peck brought me a SHS right turnout (switch) for Christmas for my workbench layout. I already have an SHS left providing a siding or the left yard track. Due to space limitations this left turnout plugs into a right curve forming a nasty S curve. ---------------------------------------------- ----------/ I want to expand to a three track yard with my new turnout. This will give me one nasty S curve and one gentle S curve. --------X------------------------------------- ------------/ -------- Last night I tried to build the above layout. The right turnout's ground throw interferes with the other track coming shows with the big X. The ground throw portion is part of the turnouts base casting. It can not be unscrewed and swapped to the other side. ---------\ ---------------------------------------------- ------------/ This could work but now I have TWO nasty S curves. The whole objective was to eliminate a nasty S Curve. ----------------X------------------------------- ------------/........./......................<-- Pretend the dots are not there -------------------/ This does not work unless I have a half-straight between the turnouts, again because of the ground throws. Plus I do not have two left turnouts. I am back to spacing AF issues and have to have a half-straight between switches. I am very sad as I thought the SHS turnouts avoided the problems found with the AF switches with their huge their direction control lever box. Any suggestions? Thorin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
