Well, with the arrival of my K-27, the last straw has been broken with regard to getting the modular layout anywhere near completed for the September show here in the Edmonton area. It seems that the K just does not like the Peco turnouts, as they're a 24 inch radius. Also, these turnouts are the power-routing type, a huge PITA for those of us using DCC. All my locomotives stop dead on them. Looks like the Peco turnouts all have to be torn ot to make way for wider (#6 at least, I think) non power-routing types. On top of that, there are a few S curves that throw the K-27 off the rails, so these have to be flattened out, requiring large sections of the layout to be either torn out, or altered.
While disappointing, there is a lot of pressure removed by accepting the fact that I cannot make it for this year.
While disappointing, there is a lot of pressure removed by accepting the fact that I cannot make it for this year.