What is the "cross section" of S Scalers?.
John Armstrong
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From: David Heine
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Rail height
Another way to look at is 0.010" is 10% of 0.100". Would you mind if your
40' car was 36' or 44'? I would hope so, but again a 10% difference (based
on 40'), albeit much more visible.
Please note I was just being a devil's advocate with the above and not
saying we need more rail sizes. I'm content working with the sizes
available. Our model rail cross-section is also in general different than
the prototype, which have various cross sections at different points in
time. Technically, this should be included in the weight calculation, but
we normally only measure the rail height.
IMHO, using different rail heights for different track functions, will make
more visible difference than the absolute height.
Many of my favorite railroads did not use tie plates and certainly didn't
need any bonding joints for signals, so in some cases they shouldn't be
included. I do view track as a model as important as a locomotive, if not
more so, so I should do my best with what is available. Model railroading
is a series of compromises, and as much as I'd like to model a logging
branch with rickety undulating track, I know I can't and expect to run
trains on it. I met someone who tried this in On3 once and said it was the
worst mistake he ever made.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Pieter Roos
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Rail height
Guys;
Really? I'm all for realism and getting as close as possible to the
prototype, but are we going to obsess over .010 in the height of our rail?
Better have tie plates with the correct number of spikes, rail clips,
"bondings" on rail joints in signaled territory, etc. if you plan to worry
about this discrepancy.
I would suggest someone insert a strip of .010 styrene under the rail in a
section of track and see if you really notice the difference.
I'd rather worry that there is no 40' steel 10'6" boxcar with IDE and
diagonal panel roof, nor a plastic PS-1 boxcar which existed in the tens of
thousands post-war. Yet, we endure...
Pieter E. Roos
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