04-04-2015, 07:57 PM
Deano:
I just did a small calculation. If you have a 30" radius curve, mounted exactly at the layout edge, the mid-point will stick about 12.5" out from the corner. [formula: 30*(sqrt(2)-1) ] a bit more or less to allow for the width or the ROW.
Similarly, a 30" curve from the back wall could be accommodated in a one-foot shelf with a little bit extra on the inside corner.
When I did my corners, I cut a 4x8 sheet of Homasote with a 2' radius curve at the inside corner, which fit well with the 2' shelves I was making.
I just did a small calculation. If you have a 30" radius curve, mounted exactly at the layout edge, the mid-point will stick about 12.5" out from the corner. [formula: 30*(sqrt(2)-1) ] a bit more or less to allow for the width or the ROW.
Similarly, a 30" curve from the back wall could be accommodated in a one-foot shelf with a little bit extra on the inside corner.
When I did my corners, I cut a 4x8 sheet of Homasote with a 2' radius curve at the inside corner, which fit well with the 2' shelves I was making.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.