Anyone know where I can secure templates for 24 & 26 inch radius HO track?
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Good Morning SPBED,
They are available for purchase, you would just have to chase them down, possibly someone here will tell you but at the moment I can’t recall.
However myself and many others just make our own. Just get something like and old yard stick and some cardboard or styrene sheeting. Drill a small hole near one end and measure the distance down the stick to the radii that you want and drill other holes at those positions. It should be obvious that you need a little space to do this. Works well on a sheet of plywood or if you have a deck.
Pound a nail through the hole at the end of the stick (not tight)
and a pencil in the radius hole that you want and draw that radius on your substance of choice. The roadbed material is about 1 3/4 inches wide, so with mine I go an inch each side of that initial line and then cut it out on those secondary lines. And there you have it. Make them to whatever radii the you want…NO COST. [tup][tup]
Johnboy out…for now
With such a big “compass” I’ve made my circles, over 1 meter (~ 4’ ):
and the other end, the center:
Wolfgang
If you’re looking for templates to guide you in getting your curves and straights to be kink free, Ribbonrail makes a whole line of track laying templates. The are called “Track alignment gauges” and are available from Walthers.
Joe