--- In [email protected], Jonathan Hatfield <jonathan@...> wrote:
>
> HI Dave. I considered that. The problem is that it's not just the flange. If
> you look at the NMRA standards for Hi-Rail you will notice that the wheels
> are much wider and the inside flange to flange dimension is tighter. So just
> grinding down the flanges won't fix the problem. I am just getting started
> so I don't have hundreds of cars to deal with.
In that case it's probably the easiest to go with the large flanges on
everything and just build the switches to fit them. I don't think mixing in
some scale flanges with large flanges would add anything to the total scene but
would complicate the track work. The problem I can see is the large flanges
make it hard to build cars to proper proportions as they interfere with some of
the underframe and detail parts. I guess it comes down to a choice between
emphasizing certain loco features or emphasizing the overall appearance of the
layout and we all have our own preferences and goals. An S scene with large
flanges actually doesn't look much different than the common N scene in photos
and lots of folks are happy with those . ....DaveBranum
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