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[quote user="pavalons"] <p>Hey gm68, I also will be using HO unitrack for the first time. I am just starting to lay track for an around the walls based loosely on the Red Rock Northern. My last two layouts were traditional flex track on cork and ballasted. I don't care to ballast again and with a little weathering, KATO track looks ok. KATO does now package track plan sets and you can see them here:</p><p><a href="http://www.katousa.com/HO/Unitrack/customsets.html">http://www.katousa.com/HO/Unitrack/customsets.html</a></p><p>Hope this helps. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p> The Kato HO starter sets , like the WGH set, offer a lot of track but the problem is the curves and turnouts are the #4 series. The curves are only 19 1/4" radius which, for American engines, will no do for most hobbyists these days. </p><p> That's the "other" good thing about European HO trains...you can get by with a 40" diameter oval to run the bigger engines....but Kato should really put out a starter pack that caters to the "big-guns" of America with large curves and turnout points for the models.</p><p>Warm Regards,</p><p> Tom P. Metzger</p><p>metzgertrains@yahoo.com</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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