Dear All,
I came across this which I ran past John about 5 years ago and may be useful. Edited:
"Finescale is a dual approach to railway modelling. It involves both high fidelity (making the model look realistic) and attention to reliable running.
·??????Finescale track gauge is determined by the prototype and scale ratio,?not?by usage, although ...
·??????in practice, 7mm representation for example of 1'11" to 2' or 600mm gauge prototypes all tend to be rounded to 14mm.
·??????Gauges of 15", 18", 2'3", 750mm etc. are noticeably different!
·???????Even if the prototype didn't have tight enough curves to warrant gauge-widening, the chances are that the layout will have, although on the whole …
·???????transition curves are probably more important for reliability.
·???????If the prototype had super-elevation on the curves then model it, but ...
·???????on the model, wheel flanges play a bigger role in keeping stock on the track than super-elevation and wheel-coning do on the real thing, so also use checkrails.
·???????Scale flangeways are one of the easiest ways to recognize finescale track, but ...
·???????be meticulous with wheel profiles and back-to-back measurements, because …
·???????the relationship between back to back, gauge and flangeways is critical for good runningespecially in pointwork.”
I hope it’s of use in the debate,
David H
David Hughes