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    Concept in mind, not sure how to start

    I haven't been through the curve radius... I've spent the evening googling helices... and I downloaded some software but it is in inches, and my tracks are metric, further complicating everything. Hmm. Our plan was a whole mountain, but we're going to need like a million kilometers of...
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    Concept in mind, not sure how to start

    Holy crap. That's a lot of feet.
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    Concept in mind, not sure how to start

    At the risk of sounding like an idiot... what does 2% mean? 2% of what? I initially read it as 2 degrees... but then you'd need 28 feet for a 1 ft rise so that can't be right? Does 2% mean it's 2% of 360? So it's a 7.2 degree angle with the ground? Thanks, Nicole
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    Concept in mind, not sure how to start

    Hello! I'm new. My husband and I are planning an HO-scale mountain layout. Chip's beginner manual said we need staging so its business people -> train up mountain -> relax at the tourist trap! Sell it at the market <- train down mountain <- fresh farm goods So the problem is, we're...
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