--- In [email protected], Rachel Covington <rcovington92@...> wrote:
> However it is Fast Track I have decided to go with. Never even considered
> Lionel's Fastrack cause of how limiting it is to produce any sort of decent
> looking track plan, they definitely need to expand it if they want people to
> use it.
A good choice, Tim Warris the owner of Fast Track (handlaid track dot com)
is very much into customer service and teaching folks to get the most from his
products. His website has a full menu of tutorial videos on building track and
switches. Next decision is the frog angle to choose for your turnout jig.
Larger frog angles look more realistic but take up more room. I'd go with #5 if
you want to maximize the track plan in the room or maybe #7 if you want a
simplified more sparse track plan. Rail size of code 100 is a good compromise
between strength, appearance and availability. Tomalco or Shinohara track both
come in code 100 and look great.When you buy loco or cars all you need to do is
check to see if they have "scale" wheels instead of hi rail or flyer compatible
and you'll be all set. SHS and American models cars come both ways so if you
see something you really like with Hi rail wheels it is possible to buy new
scale wheels to convert it but take the extra cost into account when looking
for equipment.SHS cars usually come with a set of scale wheels packed in the
box and flyer wheels on the cars as shipped so they are no problem unless
someone has mis-placed the scale wheels ...DaveBranum
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