marsa69 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hi all, has anybody purchsed one of the new PECO 7mm curved turnouts yet? If anyone has could they please provide the dimensions of one as I'm toying with the idea of buying one instead of building my own, more for ease than anything else, best regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hi Mark, Sorry to sound a bit vague but they had some at the exhibition on Sunday and they are very long say 20 inches plus, I didn't pay much notice as I build my own although I do have a couple of peco turnouts on my test track so I know where your coming from so to speak. Regards, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsa69 Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Thanks Martyn. All I need now is to find out the radii of the two lines. From what I can gather they are about 10' and 6' but I'm not sure from the online drawing I've seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim@dy Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Thanks Martyn. All I need now is to find out the radii of the two lines. From what I can gather they are about 10' and 6' but I'm not sure from the online drawing I've seen. The Railway Modeller review(Nov 2009)states;122"outside radius,68"inside radius and overall length at 20.31". Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsa69 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Cheers Tim. I'll find a copy tomorrow in town and have a read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Mark, I've seen scale plans on the Tower-models website which you can download by 'right clicking' on the picture although it's not that hi-res. Hope this helps Cheers Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Hi all, one wonders why the inside radius is only 5'8" when the 'recognised' minimum radius, and that of their other pointwork, is 6' regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsa69 Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 one wonders why the inside radius is only 5'8" when the 'recognised' minimum radius, and that of their other pointwork, is 6' I'm not sure Mike. I was under the impression that it was 6'8" as other members have alluded to on here. I did want to build my own but I just can't make a decent fist of one on Templot . Add that to the fact that they are for sale on flea bay at ??35 and it looks like PECO have a winner, unless Brian at C+L can do it for cheaper as a kit? I know! I'll go and ask him B) regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Hi Mark, as Tim states above from Railway Modeller the inside radius is 68" - just checked the Peco catalogue for the original points and they state inside radius as 1828mm - nominal 6' - this will make life a tad difficult if you have one of each back to back! Might go over to Marcway on my proposed DCC layout - at least they will all match. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsa69 Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hi Mike, I've finally been able to get a template done courtesy of Martin Wynne and the Templot forum. Now I just need to conveniently leave a list, of parts needed, lying strategically in the house in the hope that the t'other half finds it and sends it on to Santa best regards. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikitriki Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hi Mark, as Tim states above from Railway Modeller the inside radius is 68" - just checked the Peco catalogue for the original points and they state inside radius as 1828mm - nominal 6' - this will make life a tad difficult if you have one of each back to back! Might go over to Marcway on my proposed DCC layout - at least they will all match. regards Mike Hi Mike Be aware that the Marcway turnouts are also only quoted in nominal terms. I ended up rebuilding all of mine for the fiddle yard as there were sections that were noticeably under the stated radius. Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hi Richard, many thanks for the warning. It's early days yet as the 'proposed' layout is no more than a CAD exercise at the moment, might take your advice from a few months back and tread the slippery slope of building my own - if it reaches that point (no pun intend) regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsa69 Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 might take your advice from a few months back and tread the slippery slope of building my own Hi Mike, I tried it myself and didn't regret it............and that was the 3-way to start with:o regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hi Richard, many thanks for the warning. It's early days yet as the 'proposed' layout is no more than a CAD exercise at the moment, might take your advice from a few months back and tread the slippery slope of building my own - if it reaches that point (no pun intend) regards Mike Hi Mike, I have been building my own turnouts for many years now both in EM and then 7mm, firstly in copperclad then using C&L . And I can honestly say I enjoy track building as much as I do building loco's and rolling stock, and after seeing your build of the Q1. I can assure you, you will have no problems building your own turnouts and they look a lot more lifelike IMO. All the best, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hi Mark & Martyn, thanks for the encouragements, as I replied to Richard, it's early days yet and other things are bubbling away in amongst the little grey cells at the moment so I'll 'think on' and nowing me, will probably come up with something entirely different in the near future, we'll see. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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