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Hello to all serious model railroader, I´m sitting far, far away in good, old Germany and planning a real big layout beginning next year. I want to model a US style layout in a HO scale. I read some articles in the internet which were very helpful for me in view to the details of turnouts. But as everybody probably can imagine it is a tricky business to choose the right track close to prototype if you not familiary to the US market and the products which are available. As mentioned in many articles model track work is a part of modeling and I fully aggree to that point. Now I´m looking for a good model track which meet to my demands and I need some helpful information. My first choice is the Walthers Shinohara track in code 83 because their selection or range is very big and they are the only model track manufacturers who offer no. 10 turnouts for a realistic price level. As an alternative Micro Engineering is my second favorite but unfortunately they offer only no. 6 turnouts. In general would be a code 83 track realistic enough for serious modeling or should I start direct with code 70 ? (probably problems with the wheel flanges, but I´m using only US lokomotives/cars from newer production, which are approx. 3 years old only and running on RP 25 wheel sets) Choosing Walthers / Shinohara the problem is that they don´t offer no. 10 turnouts in code 70 as well as origin Shinohara. But choosing track code 83 I´ve heard that switch points of their turnouts don´t look close to prototype. Is this still a matter and how visible are the switch points after the track is layed and ballasted ? What do you think about the Walthers code 83 track ? What do you recommend or suggest ? Further, I need some information about the correct clearance or distance (in inch or better cm) between straight parallel track and parallel curved track calculated from the middle of the track to middle of the other ? Many thanks in advance for a reply.
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