My question is will the large scale three truck shay tack a 5 foot diameter curve because i am about to buy one myself. :)
mine does. gj
I got mine out--it will take the 4-foot diameter curves, just like the other geared lokies will.
gj
Mine will run on the 4 ft, but it has problems if the is an 'S' curve. If you want to do a passing siding you may want to do some test runs with the 5 ft to see what is needed.
Anything will have trouble on an "S" curve. gj
Are you sure you people mean "diameter" and not "radius?" I thought the minimum "radius" for the two-truck shay was 4 feet -- that would be an 8 foot diameter.
Just a thought.
-JRT
No--the initial question used diameter--although in most cases we do use radius--but the custom in Large Scale has been to use diameter since that's what the track manufacturers use---and yes--back to the first Ely Thomas 2-truck Shays --I used to run mine on the short radius curves at shows. gj