RD posted:Carl,
I appreciate your constant readiness to help with advice but there are a few things it appears are unclear. The trackplan has already been converted to O scale from HO. While you would think it would take twice the room because of the extra wide curves on the 10x20 HO plan I was able to fit 0-72 to 0-92 curves without much change so the O scale plan fits in 14x25...
One other thing .. Jim's advice worked exactly as he said it would and got all three plans on one page which was the objective. From there my new best forum buddy Daz
took it to the next level...literally ...
One more thing...I have known Jim for many years and I have to say BS has never been a trait of his... I'm just sayin..
RD,
The plan is not converted. First issue is the table size. I have Linn H. Wescott's book, 101 Track Plans. It clearly shows that a track plan designed to fit HO in a 10 x 20 space requires a 20 x 40 space in O. Therefore, in 14 x25, it's akin to putting 10lbs in a 5lb. bag. There will be fitment issues and perhaps grade problems.
If I took the time to open the pieces that you made in RRT and post attached photos of them, do you and Jim really think that I didn't copy and paste them to one instance of RRT and immediately see that it was spaghetti and nothing fit? It wasn't even worthy of posting. Yes, it is BS when Jim talks the talk and has stories why he is not assisting. Nothing personal, just not realistic on what existed and the time required to make something out of it.
The long yard will take at least 24"-30"w and the aisle a minimum of 30"w at it's narrowest point, so there's 5'w before you get on the main table. The plan states a minimum curve of 30" r in HO. Therefore the minimum curve in O is a 60"r or an 0120. Then, depending on your center spacing, use NMRA 4.5", it would be O129d, O138d and O147d curves for the main table.
Needing 5'w for the yard and aisle ,12.5'w minimum for the main table (17.5'w total), you can see why the table (plan) needs 20' for the width. Subtract the yard and aisle from 14'w that you want to use and it only leaves 9' to work with for the main table.
My point is that attempting to rescale and resize a track plan to an between relationship throws it all out of whack.
Good luck with your efforts. This is an impressive track plan.
