Pizza Pizza! Just arrived, hot off the delivery truck.[:D]
At the BTS Lewis Polk told me that Aristocraft was going to sell a 20" dia. circle of track (thats 20 INCHES, not feet [:O] ) for things like Christmas tree layouts or special display layouts to things like the Eggliner, I saw the circle on display at St Aubins booth, but I couldnt pick it up that weekend. When I recently decided to seek it out and having found nothing on St Aubins website I did a search and lo and behold found Wholesaletrains was offering it (and for less than I was quoted at the BTS to boot!) A quick order and…
Yesteray I got home and found to my delight my order arrived early, the track looks great! the tieplates are cast to fit this ubertight curve, and it comes with Aristos new track clamps that are very good. Its not a simple one piece circle, its 4 seperate quarter circle sections that when put together form a circle, but this also means that by adding a few straight sections, or mixing with regular R1 curves and track, some very tight and twisty mining or logging lines can be inserted into existing layouts, -or- COMPLETE layouts may now be built in spaces never before considered possible!!! The Microlayout guys are going to freak! [:-,]
It Aristo part # ART11140 if your interested, Pics to follow as soon as I can [swg]
A/C is also offering a 31" circle of track for barrel installation, like the HLW setup. Hmmm yesss…things are looking up in the large scale microlayout world! I now have access to 48", 31" and 21" diameters,
Oooh the mind reals from the ideas…now if I can just get Lewis to make matching turnouts in those diameters
Now you have to slow down on remodeling your house to get it right cause I know you want to be in a hurry to get it finished now…go play with your trains [:D]
Twenty inch (diameter) circle: Link and thirty one inch (diameter) circle: Link
Vic: That means we can have a dual track MAINLINE on the desk top right next to the computer! Surfing the net AND driving the trains at the same time. Life don’t get no sweeter! Now I gotta find a new place to put the printer!
Ah so you meant std & short 4 wheel cars AKA Hartland mini’s or LGB FeldBahn stock as apposed to the more modern large cars with trucks.
I have the afliction pretty bad I don’t care as long as it is a railway wagon or coach[swg]
I just wish Hartland would add a box car and coach to the mini range and fill the two glaring spaces in the range but then the LGB FeldBahn coaches look OK with the mini’s.
Yeah its a little steep price wise, but consider hand bending the track down, its gets much harder the tighter the radius and you also can get twist in the rail so it will literally look like a large corkscrew, its also gets harder to spike down and a real headache to keep in gauge as you spike it down so I’ll gladly pay a little extra for something in correct gauge, thats perfectly flat and ready to go out of the box. [:D]
Well I am surprized , the HLW Interurban car like the 09232 goes around the ART 11140 20" circle like a breeze , as well as the 4 wheel LGB locos and cars .
And the LGB New Orleans streetcar 20380 , goes around the ART 11145 31" circle just fine and quiet like .
Is there overhang , oh yes , but so did the real ones .
So the one car train , a streetcar or interurbans car , going around small curves , makes a small layout possible , and beliveable