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[quote user="R. T. POTEET"] It appears to me that your predicament might center less around the selection of Code 83 flex track - which is relatively abundant - and more around Code 83 switches - which are not readily abundant. Were I you I would probably, circa 2007, go with Walthers Code 83; they have a fantastic number of switches available and all of their track material marketed under their trademark - with the exception of what they picked up in the old [i]Life-Like[/i] line - is manufactured by Shinohara which has a superlative reputation in this arena. [/quote]I was thinking the same thing--until I started looking for Walthers code 83 turnouts to buy.  The catalog lists a wonderful number of options, but they always seems to be out of stock.  In particular, I've got limited space and wanted to use #5 turnouts, but they always seems to be on back order.  I'm thinking now of going with Atlas flextrack and #4 turnouts (which are really #4.5, which should be OK with my 20" minimum radius).  I know they don't look quite as good, but from what I've been able to glean from this forum, they should be reliable.  Also, they're in stock everywhere (well, not my LHS).  Not to mention saving quite a bit of money.Does this seem like a good choice?  Or am I missing something?
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