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[quote user="slow train Ed"] <p>Alen</p><p> I am new to this forum ans was wondering if I could ask a few guestions? First, I was wondering (iknow you menchened of prevuse updates) If you could post the layout diagram? Second,Could you tell me the diamenter of your helex mountain? third, you stated that the distance between the 2 towns was 24 inches ,correct?Like what I have seen of your progress . thank you for your time</p><p> Ed</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I did my initial layout with a CAD program (not a track layout program) and only showed centerlines and only worked it enough to know that things would fit. </p><p>Here is the lower level (Hardspot) and a schematic of the climbing loops (mountains).</p><p>[IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123/Alan_B/8_10_update_r.jpg[/IMG]</p><p>This is the upper level (Arock).</p><p>[IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123/Alan_B/Arock-final_r.jpg[/IMG]</p><p>The community of Between is not shown on these plans. The plans did change a little during construction. construction is fairly well documented in this thread and the thread referenced in the first post here (page 1, first posting).</p><p>Exposed mountain curves are all 18" radius. Hidden curves are 20" radius except for part of the front mountain where I had to use a few 18" radius hidden curves. the front mountain is the one without the community of between (it is on the back mountain).</p><p>There is a 24" elevation difference between the towns of Hardspot and Arock. With 100' of track, this works out to a average of 2% grade. I used slightly higher on straight runs (mostly hidden) and slightly lower on the tight 18" radius curves.</p><p>Thanks for the comments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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