Reply to "Christmas Layout based on Ken H's 5x17... SCARM gaps OK?"

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I received the two curve pieces I needed over the weekend. Unfortunately, I am not able to resolve whatever is wrong with the two O48 turnouts. They won't switch, have sloppy gaps (causing derailments) and short when a train goes over them - I'm at a loss. Hopefully the other two O48 turnouts don't wind up being bad as well, since I've not been able to throughly test. Two replacement turnouts are (hopefully) in the mail.

Regarding the "gaps", one side is done how SCARM specified and the other is done how AnyRail specified. I originally used four 3/4" on both sides - but the right side was "gappy", I changed that side to 4.5" & 3/8. Frankly, I'm not sure now what I think. More than anything, I think there's probably far more slop in the track than either AR or SCARM represent.

Attached are some pictures of the layout, the "gap" sections, and my n-scale layout (the only one running a train so far).

Thanks,
Skip

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