T-gauge circle sizes

[SovietSalad]

Hi all,

considering building a T-gauge micro layout inside an ex-british rail detonator box. It wouldn't be anything fancy, just a circle of track with a railcar going round it or something similar. Dimensions are 23x24cm, anyone know if it would fit inside this space? Couldn't find anything on radius of settrack or a realistic-ish radius of flexible track. Many thanks in advance.

 

[PaulRhB]

60 and 70mm radius sets available

https://www.tgauge.com/product/333/3/fine-track-set

[DavidMatthewson]

Hi all,

considering building a T-gauge micro layout inside an ex-british rail detonator box. It wouldn't be anything fancy, just a circle of track with a railcar going round it or something similar. Dimensions are 23x24cm, anyone know if it would fit inside this space? Couldn't find anything on radius of settrack or a realistic-ish radius of flexible track. Many thanks in advance.

 

 

https://www.tgauge.com/section/3/va/track/c020f61c166d7f876dde0ef62931917d

 

That's a link to T Gauge  who are the main UK supplier. There is also a FaceBook group that is well supported and very helpful.. see https://www.facebook.com/groups/TalkingTGauge/

 

brgds

 

David

[B 67]

An A3 sheet of paper is pretty much the minimum size for an Oval of T gauge track. Although the flex track can be bent to a tighter radius, the bogies on the mechanisms have limited movement, so won't go around sharper curves. 
I was involved with T gauge from the beginning, although I'm not active in the scale at present. The original advertising posters (see below) were on an A4 sheet in portrait orientation. This had, in actual size, a half double-track oval. So that two posters joined (with one upside down) gave a life-size illustration of the oval of track. 



So, unless you're happy with end to end running of around 20cm, or do some surgery to the mechanism/s (anything is possible). then you're going to need a fair bit more space for T gauge, despite its tiny size.