I do not have a layout right now, and my wife likes to see trains run from time to time. So, I have been collecting Kato Unitrack and occasionally set it up on the floor like a little kids and run some trains.
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I had no idea how much I had until today when I sorted it all out.
I had no idea how much I had been buying. Is there a "Unitrack Anonymous" group I can join?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Try a Google search for Unitrack foum. There is info out there. I did not look very much after my search but go ahead and search.
Google has been my best friend for years. Almost too many links to remember now.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
I think it probably ranks as a very modest 'problem' by comparison to many in the hobby. Relax. It's all usable eventually.
selectorRelax. It's all usable eventually.
True... I just cannot believe how much there is of it.
Maybe I will set it up on the floor tomorrow and see if it fills the whole house!
Recently a club member asked me if I had any extra track he could buy, so I did a count. Heck, I've only got about 200 pieces of flex track but I have none to spare! That is for a layout that is only 10' x 24'. Why so much? Two helices! Half of that track is just for them!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Kevin - the only known cure for having too much track is to build a layout!
From the photo, I dont think you have a problem yet. Youll need a lot more than that before you can call it a "problem" judging from other hobbyists and relatively speaking.
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Calm down Kevin, you'll be fine. Your "stack-o-track" fails to compare with the boxes full of MTH RailKing Realtrax that I collected for my grandson's layout, . You know, just in case he wanted it bigger
Mike.
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Seems to me having too much track is way better than not having enough. To me it's kind of like saying I have too much air or too much money.
I believe you do have a serious problem - you seem to have only 1 left-hand switch while you have a number of right-hand switches. While this could work depending on your plans (say an industrial track where the industrial sidings are all on the right side of the main), I think most likely you need to purchase some more left-hand switches...
chutton01I believe you do have a serious problem - you seem to have only 1 left-hand switch while you have a number of right-hand switches.
Yeah, there is a 7:1 ratio there. Not sure how that happened.
I think that last time I set it up I only had 3 turnouts.
As my wife from northern England would say, "thats nowt".
If you can go around the living room a little more than once, you need more so you can go around the living room twice!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
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There is a Yahoo Users Group for Kato Unitrack. Its users can offer you advice and comfort for your malady. But be warned, most of their advice ends with a variation of the phrase, "Buy more stuff. That'll make you feel better."
By the way, I couldn't help notice you don't have any bridges. Kato makes some nice ones, you know. And you're a little thin in the elevated track and structures department. Shall I send you a link? It might help.
Robert
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ROBERT PETRICK I couldn't help notice you don't have any bridges. Kato makes some nice ones, you know.
I know about the N scale bridges. My stuff is HO. Do they make HO scale bridges?