TrainzLuvr ... Are you a nature modeler, or a railroad modeler?
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Are you a nature modeler, or a railroad modeler?
Ought one not to be both....if one calls hisself a 'modeler'?
If a modeler wishes to depict a typical railroad main line, he'll need at least some curvature, in both axes. and I'm not talking about the diverging routes on turnouts.
After you build scenic curves, it will look better if there is a reason for the curve. A twenty foot hill that was easier to go around rather than thru. A water feature that would have required a bridge, etc.
From a modeler's perspective, I prefer some curves and track lines that are not parallel. I just think it's more interesting.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
TrainzLuvr Nature might prefer more organic, visually pleasing, shapes, but the railroads hate curves (as well as bridges, tunnels, etc.). They would like to live in a world where everything from A to B is always an uninterrupted straight line. Are you a nature modeler, or a railroad modeler?
Nature might prefer more organic, visually pleasing, shapes, but the railroads hate curves (as well as bridges, tunnels, etc.). They would like to live in a world where everything from A to B is always an uninterrupted straight line.
True. I do not think it ever occurred to the engineers who built the Trans-Australian railway line through the Nullarbor Plain to introduce some curves to make it more interesting. No, they built nearly 300 miles (478 km = 297 miles) of uninterrupted straight track.
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This is my third layout. Since nature abhors straight lines, I used gentle curves and S curves on my second layout, instead of straight runs. The only straight sections were depots areas, yards, and sidings.
I went with straight runs on my first, a double track loop with passing sidings, and felt it looked toy like.
This one will also have gentle curves and s curves. I used 1x3 for the becnch work, and 2 inch foam for the base, ready to start laying the track.
The 1x3 seems more than adequate for bench work, even with the cat running around on it...a nosy pest!