RMweb Gold mikes rail Posted October 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2014 Good evening I am looking to order some parts from the track shop and am after a little advice. I have a plan for a small layout which is based on Peco large radius points. I know there is a difference between Peco design and fine scale or prototype but could someone tell me what the nearest type of point would Mach the Peco ones in size as I wish to order the jigs for building soon. Thanks for any advice Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm no expert in finescale and I'm still learning but I'd probably say the nearest turnouts to set track peco would be the 1:5 turnout. Hope this helps. Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 If you want to build successfully in fine scale I suggest you put Peco out of your mind and start with a B7, going down to 1:6 or 1:5 will start to restrict your operation. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Hughes Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Have a look on the photos section of the Association's Virtual Area Group. If you scroll down far enough you will find the templates for the Easitrac turnouts. You could download them and then print them out to scale. (I don't know if they come out that way or if you would have to scale them for your printer) or even just compare them on the screen to get an idea of the various geometries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted October 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2014 Do you have templot if so scanning the plan into background will allow you to build a new plan on the top and see what turnouts you can fit in. An A6 is a quite reasonable turnout although on the small size . However full size if would be rather tight for a passenger train so not quite as finescale as you might like. Regards Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted October 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2014 Good evening I am looking to order some parts from the track shop and am after a little advice. I have a plan for a small layout which is based on Peco large radius points. I know there is a difference between Peco design and fine scale or prototype but could someone tell me what the nearest type of point would Mach the Peco ones in size as I wish to order the jigs for building soon. Thanks for any advice Mike To answer your specific question a B7 produced via Templot using the standard settings most closely matches the Peco code 55 & 80 large radius points. A B6 does the same for the medium radius Peco types. Be aware that the 2mm SA templates (I don't know about the jigs or point bases) do not come out at quite the same size as those produced using Templot, so it is best to stick to one or the other. If you can master Templot then it's brilliant for setting out trackwork and the printed output (I use PDF/multiple joined A4 sheets) is millimetre perfect even over large areas. Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mikes rail Posted October 31, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2014 Thank you all for your most helpfull reply's to my question, I will have to look into templot at some point. Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted October 31, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2014 Be aware that the 2mm SA templates (I don't know about the jigs or point bases) do not come out at quite the same size as those produced using Templot, so it is best to stick to one or the other. Hi Izzy, Templot can be set to match other templates if it is important. The first thing to try is probably to change from regular-type V-crossings to generic-type. You may also want to convert to CLM unit angles instead of RAM. regards, Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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