S guage minimum radius?

[Anonymous]

New to this forum, am intersested in the minimum radius of S guage such as American flyer or the S helper track And also the Gargraves bending my own.
thanks alot Ron[?][:)]

[Anonymous]

Ron, American flyer track is a 19" radius. S helper I'm not sure on, check out

www.showcaseline.com for S helper. Also I plan on using American models

track on my S gauge layout, you can run AF stuff as well as scale on it.

www.americanmodels.com they have I believe 21" 24" and 27" raduis track. In

my opinion go with the largest raduis possible, AF didn't look right going

around AF 19" raduis track, My AF passenger cars 660,661,662, and 663 really

slow the engine down on the curves( drag weight). Hpoe this helps. I'll check

back.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the reply just was curious if I could build a descent layout on 4x8

[Anonymous]

Ron, I would try to do it on a 5' x 10' if you had the room. Incidently it's nice to see another "S" person in this forum. Myself and Ironrooster are the only two I know of. [#welcome]

[Anonymous]

I'm making a layout with S and HO scale trains
is there track in a larger radii than 19"?

[jrbarney]

QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt

. . . using American models track on my S gauge layout, you can run AF stuff as well as scale on it.
www.americanmodels.com
They have . . . 21" 24" and 27" radius track.

JCTrain,
I believe Carpenter Matt already answered your question in his slightly earlier post in this thread.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[IRONROOSTER]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JCtrain

I'm making a layout with S and HO scale trains
is there track in a larger radii than 19"?

In addition to what carpenter matt says, see this page http://www.trainweb.org/crocon/strack.html which lists other manufacturers. Some are scale and some are hirail (i.e. AF compatible).[:)][:)]
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

Ron, American models track looks more scale than others and they do have flex track. I forgot to mjention it earlier. Jctrain welcome to the small "S" club, I didn't know you were into it. That makes 4 and growing.