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... topic: 2460 Station Throat Timbering posted: 16 May 2014 22:20 from: Michael Woolford Since my plan is now finished, other than the turntable and back road, I would like to start work on the timbering. I have looked through a few topics on here to see what I could find out, but I have come to find that it is very much a black art, especially in more complex areas. I am modelling the end of the LMS into Nationalisation and would like some information on their practices when it comes to the alignment of timbers. One of the first things I need to do is choose between square on/equalised timbering. Any info re the correct way of doing things? I have also attached the box file. Thanks in advance. Michael Attachment: attach_1852_2460_Station_Layout_16 May14.box 417 Last edited on 16 May 2014 22:58 by Michael Woolford posted: 18 May 2014 13:14 from: Martin Wynne Michael Woolford wrote: One of the first things I need to do is choose between square on/equalised timbering ...
182. Making crossing vees
... topic: 3220 Making crossing vees posted: 19 Feb 2018 08:46 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: just that your excellent answers to user enquiries may be missed by people like me who don't monitor several different forums. Hi Rob, Here is a re-hash of some stuff I have posted here and elsewhere a few times. I will get all this into the Templot Companion eventually. It is much easier to file a vee after assembling it. Even easier if you use a disc sander. Below shows how a vee can be constructed to any angle matching the template, without needing filing jigs, and finishing with solid metal at the nose. I have greatly exaggerated the crossing angle for clarity. The rails are shown in cross-section along the rail -- yellow shows the rail head and foot, orange shows the web of the rail: 2_060749_540000000.png Make sure you have both rails the right way up. Bullhead rail has the thicker part at the top. A is a prepared piece of rail with the end bent ...
183. Templot program code
... datum (see diagram above). This function is called often, not only to generate the line, but also for the peg calculations for the various tools functions. turnroad_cl is called from the generator to create a series of co-ordinates along the turnout-road centre-line, and put them in an array ready for the actual screen drawing function, or printing, or whatever. This routine calls aq25offset to create each co-ordinate pair. Note that it doesn't need the angle k for this purpose. A few notes about the code. function aq25offset(xs:extended; var k:extended):extended; That's a funny way of doing it. The offset is returned as a normal function result, but the angle is put in a var parameter supplied by the calling routine. After all these years I honestly can't remember why I did it that way. It would be more usual to return a record type containing both values, or else use var parameters for both. But it works fine, and I tend to ...
184. Dud(ley) Plot?
... buildings, so I am not sure anyone would notice the difference to the same extent as in 4mm or 7mm scale ;) There are other aspects of the diorama that would be difficult to reproduce exactly, as information is sparse- like the station buildings, for example. It would most likely have to be a diorama "in the style of Dudley" rather than an exact model. Having said all that, I have just managed to get a copy of the British Railways Illustrated edition featuring Dudley, which does have a few better photos of the trackwork on the LNWR side- so I will study this carefully and make any amendments that seem necessary to the Templot plan. Closeups of the 2 slips are still elusive though. posted: 14 Jun 2014 19:02 from: sp1 Is the Dudley in Worcestershire (now West Midlands)?- I live the other side of town from where the station used to be! posted: 14 Jun 2014 19:21 from: Dennis Mowatt sp1 wrote: Is the Dudley in Worcestershire (now West ...
185. RSU Wanted
... . I believe that most of the suppliers of RSUs in the UK are/were small businesses or cottage industries. I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but under present EU law for scrap reclamation, makers of domestic electrical equipment now have to be certificated in some way. That costs a lot of money and renders the supplying of items like RSUs completely unprofitable for the levels of turnover and profit involved. I could probably dig up quotes from other lists since I remember the matter being discussed in detail a few months ago, with all the relevant EU detail. And because we are the UK, we will apply the rules to the nth degree. Jim. posted: 14 Aug 2007 20:46 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: So- is this down to a very low demand for an expensive and bulky item to stock, or just that no-one really wants the hassle of selling a very lumpy bit of kit? Is there still a reasonably healthy demand? I wouldn't be without an RSU now and ...
... would be very interested also if there is an answer to the following. Point motors are Tortoise. I did decide recently to try servos and ordered some kit from The Bouncer, but haven't had anything back; anyone any experiences in this direction? Thank you for your input, I am learning more with every answer. ken posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:01 from: Jim Guthrie Ken, Here's another method which might interest you- with the tiebar underneath the track base. This method is quite popular with a good few people. 25_120244_240000000.jpg 25_120245_420000000.jpg 25_120245_030000000.jpg Three views of a test turnout I built in FS160 (finescale N) using 2mm society Code 40 wire rails and PCB timbering. Brass wire is soldered to the switch blades (which are sprung) and extend through the track base to the turnout operating unit. In this case I've soldered short pieces of brass strip to the underside of the blades and these strips extend under the stock rails to keep the switch blades vertically aligned to the stock rails. The wires are soldered into holes drilled in ...
187. Hello
... out what a "V" is... Hi peter, A very wise move; to start by finding out what the terminology means. You may also find Martin's explanation of OO-SF to be of interest, before you start building track. You should find that it de-mystifies some of the issues with the choices of gauge, and scale. There is a wealth of advice in this and other Fora. [eg. Scalefour Society; RMweb; EMGS; Finescale modeller's workshop.] Distilled into a few sentences: It has been found helpful to start by deciding which construction standard to use in your selected gauge, and then obtaining a set of the approriate gauges; build some straight track, and get a point kit or two to see how you get on. There are several Wild Swan books on the subject. An Approach to building Finescale Track in 4mm by Iain Rice is highly recommended. You will find descriptions of Track formations and of the various methods, and materials used by expert modellers. Welcome to the club ...
... : 1 Sep 2010 23:20 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, There are two box files of significance, which represent my first attempt at track design using Templot. The attempt covers a small area of Birmingham New Street Station and is a formation just to the South West of signal box 4 located on the old Midland Railway side of the station. The formation is made up of exit roads from platforms 5& 6, plus exit roads from the old Fish Siddings( I posted a JPEG photograph of this area a few weeks ago, however, do NOT use the photo as background as it is quite distorted due to whatever reason). After several aborted attempts, mainly due to my lack of knowledge and understanding of Templot, and also trying to overlay templates on the partial plan area in some sort of sequence, I eventually came to the conclusion that a new tack was required. I then decided to overlay simple plain track templates on to the plan, putting them as close as possible to the plan roads. Doing this gave me ...
... , it's too much of a coincidence that the only significant change between 091a and 091b is the support for multiple monitors. All the reports refer to Bootcamp, I don't know if the same problem exists with Parallels. Dave, I sent you a lock-release code for your Parallels installation. Have you tried it? It's in a PM because Comcast is refusing to accept my emails to you. It seems you may be able to solve the problem by upgrading the graphics card driver. Alternatively, if you give me a few hours I will get a Templot version out with a bypass for the multiple monitor initialization, for you to try on your Macs. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Aug 2007 00:10 from: Cynric Williams Martin I'm not sure if it is the dual monitor support because of the XP problems i have had, I don't think XP likes the virtual machine it keeps requesting a new activation, I am thoroughly hacked of with Windows and WGA, I only install it for Templot and Turbocad I will wipe the lot ...
... : Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: (b) if I have a curve that I want to connect to a straight track, but I want to ensure the straight track remains at a given rotate angle, is there a way to do that. I currently find I have to tweak the curve, and re-snap the straight track and check that the K remains at zero for the straight. i.e. it would be useful to have a" swing to a K" type option Hi Dave, I've read that a few times and I think you want to adjust a curve to finish at a specified angle, so that you can attach a straight track at that angle? Lots of ways to do that, here's a bit of video showing one of them: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=kU1YjsYyIZJYO4pK8R9Xtw2 On the other hand it would be far better, quicker and easier to offset the templates a little and then use the make transition function on them. Model railway curves tend to be far sharper than the prototype, and ...
... topic: 1391 Houston, we have a problem.... posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:58 from: Gordon S Hi Martin, not a bug as such, but had to chuckle when I looked up at the screen a few minutes ago.... 479_260758_150000000.jpg Attachment: attach_996_1391_Templot.BMP 296 posted: 26 Feb 2011 13:31 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: Hi Martin, not a bug as such, but had to chuckle when I looked up at the screen a few minutes ago... Hi Gordon, That's the famous "matchsticks and broken glass" effect. It's a known effect. Your coloured tracks make it look even more dramatic! It is caused by the transition curve being too "gentle" for the maths capability of your processor. In other words the radius changes by too little in too long a transition length. If you look at the transition radii there you will see 2053- 2020mm radii -- a difference of less than 2%. When you get this effect you can be ...
... Linux/Wine/Crossover? Do you have any other means of connecting to the internet? I'm baffled. There have now been nearly 300 downloads of #5053 presumably covering a wide range of internet connections around the world including other users on BT Internet. Yet as far as I know this is the only reported problem. Anyone else on BT Internet? Anyone seeing the same problem? Sorry I can't be more help, Ed. If it's a cache issue on the BT Internet servers, it should clear itself after a few hours or days. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Jan 2012 23:36 from: Ed Callaghan Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Ed, Thanks. It's a bit of a mystery because to get that message you must have made a successful connection to the server. But for some reason the data received is incorrect. Did previous TDV updates run ok? Which version of Windows? Or is it Linux/Wine/Crossover? Do you have any other means of connecting to the internet? I'm baffled. There have ...
... screen in this case). The Templot crossover sits there looking fine but every 5-6 seconds it goes very blurry and starts to clear from the top downwards taking 3-4 seconds to bring back a clear view. The clear view itself looks fine. Maybe try a bigger video? Rob posted: 4 Nov 2017 20:31 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Attached screenshot. Video fairly smooth but very blurry at times. The Templot part sits there with a nice clear view and then goes blurred and takes a few seconds to be sharp again. Going to put the chicken in the oven. Back in 5 minutes Rob Attachment: attach_2562_3121_Screen_Lincoln_Pe terboro.jpg 259 posted: 4 Nov 2017 20:41 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: Attached screenshot. Video fairly smooth but very blurry at times. The Templot part sits there with a nice clear view and then goes blurred and takes a few seconds to be sharp again. Hi Rob, I'm seeing the same. I think some trial and error with the settings may be needed. This ...
... Windows Notepad (other text editors are available). But to make any use of them you need a compiler. A compiler is a program which reads the statements which are written in the source code files, and converts them into a runnable computer program, called the object code. The files are intended to be used with the Lazarus/FreePascal compiler system, which is free. To download and install Lazarus: 1. go to http://www.lazarus-ide.org 2. click the Download Now button. After a few seconds you will be downloading the file: lazarus-2.0.6-fpc-3.0.4-win64.exe That's all you need, don't click any of the other advertising stuff on the Sourceforge pages which might flash up. Download that file and run it to install the Lazarus program in the usual way. Being free, they aren't paying fees for a digital certificate, so you will need to click past the security warnings (same as for Templot). During the install process you will probably find it convenient to tick the "create ...
... be of use to make constructing so much track simpler? Would it be likely that the frogs used on all the points are the same, meaning that I can get away with a single frog jig? Are there appropriate jigs for producing the point blades? I intend to use code 75 rail (Open to being convinced to use bullhead rail, else flatbottom). And the era it will be set in is approx 1950. Thanks Julia posted: 5 Mar 2011 00:32 from: Nigel Brown Hi Julia Here's a few thoughts. Firstly, if you're going to have a bash at this epic, get it right, otherwise it's probably not worth it. So if the prototype uses BH rail, use BH. For switches and crossing V's, if you can afford it, both C&L and Exactoscale do switch blades, and C&L does crossing V's (not sure if Exactoscale does. The crossings don't cover all possibilities, just the main ones, but that may do for a lot of what you want. One way ...
... topic: 2521 3 way turnout in copperclad posted: 25 Aug 2014 20:03 from: Hayfield I thought I would share the build of this turnout especially as I was given so much assistance with the plan. Built to 00sf through the crossings, then flared out to 00 gauge to match flexi track 982_251458_180000000.jpg I stick the plan to a building board, then tape tracing paper over it, followed by a few very thin strips of double-sided tape which is what I use to hold the sleepers to the paper. Don't put any tape where the tie-bars go. My prefered start place is from the Vee furthest on the right the work back with the next two 982_251458_520000000.jpg Most of the rails are now in place, though at this point just tacked to the sleepers in a few places for initial testing during the build Last edited on 25 Aug 2014 20:08 by Hayfield posted: 26 Aug 2014 17:56 from: Paul Boyd Hi "Hayfield" That looks good! Can I make one suggestion though? In the ...
... is specified in the equivalent model size, so it's important to have set your gauge/scale before doing this: 2_222110_340000000.png Templot then does some quite complex maths (maps are flat, the Earth's surface is curved), and loads all the necessary OSM tiles as background picture shapes. This is Shrewsbury in EM: 2_222110_350000004.png© OpenStreetMap contributors which might take a minute or two to load. As you can see, there could be several hundred picture shape tiles to fill the required area. But because each one is only a few KB, Templot can zoom and pan over them very quickly -- I have tried up to 2000 picture shape tiles without any noticeable effect on zoom and pan speeds. That certainly wouldn't be the case if this was a single large captured screenshot of several dozen MB. The BGS shapes file can be saved in the usual way, it is only necessary to load the map tiles from the OSM server once. It's much easier to work with the picture shape borders turned off. A rectangle shape is also drawn showing the ...
... topic: 1299 Copying omitted timbers from template to template posted: 4 Dec 2010 12:38 from: Richard Spratt I want to show only a few timbers on each of the fiddle yard templates. Those I've chosen are J2, S1, S2, S6, S9, X1, X3, X4, X5& X9. I've tried copying these by rebuilding a group with 'modify on rebuild> timbering+ lengths as current' but the omitted timbers are not omitted on the rebuilt timbers. Is there an easy way to do it without shoving timbers in 50+ templates? thanks, posted: 4 Dec 2010 13:32 from: Martin Wynne Richard Spratt wrote: I want to show only a few timbers on each of the fiddle yard templates. Those I've chosen are J2, S1, S2, S6, S9, X1, X3, X4, X5& X9. I've tried copying these by rebuilding a group with 'modify on rebuild> timbering+ lengths as current' but the omitted timbers are not omitted on the rebuilt timbers. Is ...
... topic: 1169 Free Download Site for Older Railway Books. posted: 15 Jul 2010 16:23 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, Have just discovered, a few days ago, a great link to FREE downloads of old railway books. The link is as follows: http://www.archive.org/details/railwaysignallin00wilsrich This link will take you direct to the book "Railway Signalling: Automatic; First Edition 1922", but from there you can search for other books as required. Please note I am not sure exactly how many books are available, as I am still searching the site from time to time. So far I have downloaded the following books: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- "Notes on Permanent-Way Material, Platelaying ...
... about it. edit: now done, see below. p.s. many companies which used 12" joint sleepers, also used special larger joint chairs on them. I don't know anyone who makes such chairs. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Mar 2015 13:34 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Brilliant, thank you. A chance to use up my supply of 12" wide sleepers included in all the bags I got from Brian/Pete/ et al! I know you can use them for the first few timbers on turnouts but I always forget. If you have had the rains down there I bet your river is up a bit? Rob posted: 31 Mar 2015 14:01 from: David R Martin Wynne wrote:... many companies which used 12" joint sleepers, also used special larger joint chairs on them. I don't know anyone who makes such chairs. regards, Martin. 100_310859_070000000.jpg Available in 7mm scale in packs of 16 or 80 from Off The Rails Regards, Dave R Last edited on 31 ...
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