marcus Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Hi to everybody on RMweb. I'm a raw beginner at railway modelling (only played with my brother's train set when I was a kid). Many decades later, and close to retirement, I thought I'd add an extra hobby. I've always loved steam trains (a boyhood train-spotter) and the DCC developments look so interesting. So I bought a DCC fitted "train set" by Hornby, with the extra track packs, just to get things up-and-running quickly. I also realised very quickly, this was not enough. So I bought the Winrail X2 to plan a new layout. Difficult at first, but soon got the hang of basics. After a few designs, I realised the sizes and radii of the HO tracks were not correct. The Hornby R607 has a radius of 438mm. Drawing a 438 rad (draw arc) is smaller than the track radius. I am using the Hornby HO library. Is there something simple I haven't done? Any help would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted March 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2013 It's likely that the radius is to the track centre. I cut a baseboard 18" wide and failed to fit a 9" radius N gauge circle on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Hi Marcus, welcome to the forum. You will find plenty of advice and inspiration on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hello Marcus, Welcome to the forum. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009matt Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Marcus, welcome to the forum, where in West Sussex are you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted March 17, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hello amd welcome Marcus, I see your already hurtling down that slippery slop of wanting more More MORE model railways! Not that there is such a thing. You may want to post your ideas/questions regarding your future model plans in “Layout & Track Design”, where there is plenty of help and advice. (We also like pictures.) Enjoy the hobby and this site, Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi, and thanks for the welcome. Maybe I'll put this question on “Layout & Track Design”. I don't really want MORE, just different to the Hornby TrakMat, maybe just a couple of better locos. Oh, and sound of course, and maybe computer control, and..... The Hornby track radius diagram does show the radius is to the centre of the track. I live in Pulborough, West Sussex. Thanks Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 After playing around with Winrail some more, I noticed there was 2 sizes of rails with the same number, e.g. R607. This is where the radius discrepancy lay - although I don't know why. So I decided to re-install Winrail and start again from scratch, and the sizes seem to match the real world now - to scale of course. So to continue now to find a suitable layout for my small baseboard - 1600 x 1775mm, and that's with the extension. I've looked in books and layouts on the web, so I'll be inviting comments when I have a layout. I'll put this on the layout and track design forum. I want a shunting yard and a passenger station, but that seems a lot for such a small baseboard. Thanks Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted March 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Marcus Welcome aboard - you'll find all the answers here. Regards Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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