Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Beginners Need Help

Making Trees

Martin wants to hear from those of you who have experience making miniature trees and asks:

"Could someone out there please help me with making trees h.o. using lychen. I bought the stuff but I have no idea how to turn it into trees. Regards Martin."

Turn Out Confusion

Howard wants a reader to help explain turnouts and asks:

"I am new to this fun hobby what is the diffrence in 4-6 and other turn outs?"

To assist either (or both) of these keen model railroaders simply click on the green Comments & Feedback link to add your feedback.

2 Comments, Feedback or Answer:

Larry said...

Turnout numbers are a ratio of the length to the width of divergence, in other words a number four diverges one unit (inches, mm, etc) for each four units of length, a number 5 diverges one in five, and so on. The larger the number the slighter the divergence, and the better longer locomotives will handle it.

Anonymous said...

Larry's right. #4's are the sharpest, and if I remember correctly, have an 18" radius. #4
switches are good for yards, but mainlines s/b #6.