ray_whiley
Active member
Re. scaling up - my approach is to imagine what I would have done given the space, time and finance and to increase the "radius" of curves and turnouts but to maintain the track spacing, otherwise everything looks wrong. The standard track spacing of UK track in Trainz is 3.5 metres and to achieve these I made a number of what I call "way gauges" for two, three and four tracks (other spacers are available!) and go for a minimum radius of 100 metres, using fixed track curves and then replacing them with spline track. For crossovers, I use a minimum of 50 metres between blade tips. These are my standards only and I am not suggesting that they should be used by others - to each his own! as I have said elsewhere. For realism I ensure that all tracks are within arm's length of the baseboard edge in order to deal with possible derailments - not an issue in Trainz, but I want a layout to be as realistic as possible. I also imagine when the layout was built, as well as the period it represents, and my favourite time for the former is my earlier modelling years, that is the early 1960s - so for me, everything I do has to have been possible at that time.
It's good fun!
Ray
It's good fun!
Ray