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Mr. Ron		#1 Posted : 11 October 2020 20:22:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/07/2020(UTC) Posts: 311 Location: Mississippi, Vancleave		I am in the process of designing my layout using M track. Due to the angles involved with the different turnout configurations available, I layout using Autocad software set to 3 decimal places. At his setting, I find that there are gaps between tracks varying from less than 1/32" to well over 1/8". How much of a gap is permissible between track sections? How about angular alignment? Will M track accept a 1 or 2 degree misalignment?


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JohnjeanB		#2 Posted : 11 October 2020 22:07:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,114 Location: Paris, France		Hi Ron The M track is very tolerant toward angles (1° angle per track junction is recommended but you could go up to 2° or 3°). The distance between 2 junctions is to be kept to 1 or 2 mm per junction. The bigger the angle or the gap the less smooth will be the ride. In some case, using a piece or rail and a long rail joiner allows to fix a longer gap. Working with C track I started cutting some tracks when needed and it is very easy with a Dremel drill and a cutting disk) I am pretty sure the same is true with M track Below is an example with a 3 way switch (I don't recommend this on a M switch though) Cheers Jean
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Mr. Ron		#3 Posted : 11 October 2020 22:48:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/07/2020(UTC) Posts: 311 Location: Mississippi, Vancleave		Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Ron The M track is very tolerant toward angles (1° angle per track junction is recommended but you could go up to 2° or 3°). The distance between 2 junctions is to be kept to 1 or 2 mm per junction. The bigger the angle or the gap the less smooth will be the ride. In some case, using a piece or rail and a long rail joiner allows to fix a longer gap. Working with C track I started cutting some tracks when needed and it is very easy with a Dremel drill and a cutting disk) I am pretty sure the same is true with M track Below is an example with a 3 way switch (I don't recommend this on a M switch though) Cheers Jean Thank you Jean. I have modified some track sections to fit my home built transfer table and bridges. Being a former 2 rail modeler, I am aware of such mods. I didn't know Marklin intended for their track sections to be modified as they were originally intended for children.


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JohnjeanB		#4 Posted : 12 October 2020 01:57:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,114 Location: Paris, France		Originally Posted by: Mr. Ron I didn't know Marklin intended for their track sections to be modified as they were originally intended for children. They did not but I found how easy it is to cut and assemble track pieces while still keeping the nice "clic" interface Cheers Jean
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