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American Flyer minimum radius
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:11 PM
Hello thought about building a small American Flyer layout, what is the smallest radius one can use have a limited amount of room ? could use the gargraves and bend a pretty tite loop. any info would be appreciated. thank you Ron[?][:p]
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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:35 PM
I don't know the answer to this question but AF is a "toy train" and I'm curious just how many S scale toy train operators there are on this forum. I didn't know GG makes track for S scale either.
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:20 PM
AF track is 19" radius. S Helper http://www.showcaseline.com/ makes track as small as 19" as do others. This page list S manufacturers http://www.trainweb.org/crocon/strack.html some are AF and some are scale. I don't know if AF trains will get around anything smaller than 19" - might have to experiment with individual cars and locos.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:43 PM
FGandG, I'm an "S" guy trying to take my AF stuff to a scale level. Plan on changing trucks, couplers etc. and using more scale looking track.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:25 PM
Hi,

My name is Jacob and have HO. Im starting to get into S with the "electrical engineering" club at my school. One of the admins got a whole bunch of old AF stuff that needs overhauls. If anyones got tips or places to look for resoures, let me know (email is good: mulletsailor@hotmail.com)

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:32 PM
Thank you all for reply , I am considering building S layout. Was curious on how much room was needed.

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