Euro turnouts... suitable curves for dire straits?

[trainguy98]

The current Walthers Track turnouts are made from new tooling. There are two easy ways to tell whether a turnout is new tooling - Shinohara is not mentioned on the box, and the new turnouts have one-piece points.

https://www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?manufacturer_name=20976&q=curved+turnout

 

[crossthedog]

Lazers

I have just laid an Atlas #536 24" Set-track over a #6 Shinohara (Scale Link) It matches the Outer-radius perfect. The Inner-radius matches Atlas 15" Radius Curve. An 18" is too large.

@Paul... wait, are you saying that the divergent/inner curve on the 24/20 curved Shinohara turnout from Scale Link has a 15" radius? That's craw! But it may not be bad news. I need a tight curve. As responsive and helpful as Bob at Scale Link is, I decided to hold off on buying the #6 turnout from them because the shipping would be as much as the product, which puts that item out of my budget for the nonce. Maybe later.

Meanwhile, I bought a new Walthers #6 from Hiawatha Hobbies. That purports to be 24/20, but there is reason to believe it could actually be 20/18. When it gets here, I'll find out if it's a tight enough curve, and if not, then I may go back to Scale Link.

-Matt