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[quote user="Bill H."][quote user="Texas Zepher"][quote user="lvanhen"]I recently bought 3 Walthers heavyweight passenger cars.  After installing the lighting kits and about 20 figures in each car, I found out they are designed to run on 24" minimum radius![/quote] It does say right on the outside end of the box 24" minimum. The real solution is to purchase equipment that will fit the layout.  [/quote] To put that another way, would you buy 17" tires for your car which has 15" wheels? Why not? A little forethough is advantageous... [/quote] Hey now... easy on the man. I have 8 of the critters with 2 more coming. I am setting on 28" but may have to go to 30. My heavyweights have been loosened up and probably can take less than 24, but I would not want to try it. I may be old school but if I want to run the largest model I own, I must plan for it's minimum needs adequately. Ive seen my BLI J1 squeak and wheeze around 22'ish.. maybe 23 inches or so. Painful. Hence the 28" and 30" minimum. I could go to N scale but it's too small and Im saving O scale for when I lose eyesight in my aging years. I think for many years we are stuck in a 18" and 22" rut it's time larger radius gets it's due.
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