... of working all hours of night and day to give us the amazing product that he has and with the unbelievable support. Again, Martin has asked us a question. Whatever our answer, we owe him the courtesy of a response. Glen Do remember that each time you visit this thread it counts that as a view. I've visited this thread now probably getting on for 15-20 times. So it's easy to see why viewing numbers get so high but responses so few. Kind regards Dave posted: 4 Mar 2009 08:20 from: Brian Lewis Martin Wynne wrote:... but it will be one more thing where Templot differs from the Windows standard. I can scarce believe that this could be said seriously. Like it or not, Windows is an accepted and easily understood standard world-wide. Surely the fact that Templot operates so differently to Windows is the core reason why folk find it so hard to master? I think I will go ahead and make this change anyway. So much for the poll... ...

... must also type something in the message part. It's not possible to post an attachment by itself. cheers, Martin. posted: 17 Oct 2018 20:45 from: Bernard Haste Thank you. I`ll have a go in the morning. Bernard By the way. To be really correct the rail to be used should be about code 55. I have some code 55 rail which (I think) will have a narrower head than the code 70. This might help with clearances. posted: 18 Oct 2018 08:23 from: Bernard Haste For those that are interested there is a useful picture of the two points in question at http://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/schweiz~rhaetische-bahn~strecke-berninabahn-sm-ti/408763/nur-kurz-ist-das-ebene-stueck.html Hope I have got that all in correctly. Bernard posted: 18 Oct 2018 08:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Bernard, I have amended the link for you. (Always copy and paste links from the ...

... sleepers per panel end length Last edited on 31 Mar 2015 20:44 by madscientist posted: 31 Mar 2015 20:49 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: Sorry one last question for today I have set my plain track to suit SMP etc and rail joints are in effect in the middle of two plain sleepers. I notice on transition curves( I'm happy with these now) that it still makes two close sleepers per panel end length Hi Dave, What's the question? Martin. posted: 1 Apr 2015 12:08 from: madscientist can I stop templot when it generates a transition curve from applying closer sleepers at the panel joins. Im trying to make all plain track confirm to flexitrack measurements, so that the resulting templates are correct DAve posted: 1 Apr 2015 12:58 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: can I stop templot when it generates a transition curve from applying closer sleepers at the panel joins. Im trying to make all plain track confirm to flexitrack measurements, so that the resulting templates are correct Hi Dave, ? ...

... a little overscale for production purposes but I don't think it is out of place. Just maybe it could also work in 7mm scale ?? Now what did I do with those Gem lever frames I got back in 1976.... Rob Overscale or not it looks like a great way of avoiding the nightmare of mounting point motors under the baseboard. The logical extension would, of course, be a robotic signalman to operate the levers (not quite as ridiculous as it might seem.) posted: 8 Oct 2018 08:32 from: Hayfield Andrew Barrowman wrote: Rob Manchester wrote: Quick picture taken on the DCC Concepts stand at Wigan show today. 2001_061616_410000000.jpg They admit to it being a little overscale for production purposes but I don't think it is out of place. Just maybe it could also work in 7mm scale ?? Now what did I do with those Gem lever frames I got back in 1976.... Rob Overscale or not it looks like a great way of avoiding the nightmare of mounting point motors under the baseboard ...

... , so the date and time on them is irrelevant. On reloading this evening (Monday) it reappeared and the track diagram has reverted to the same state as on Saturday.( I think it may have done the same did the same yesterday). You haven't by any chance installed Templot somewhere under C:\Program Files\? Or in any other folder owned by Windows? Templot won't work if you do that. Please see the installation notes at: topic 1500 regards, Martin. posted: 6 Mar 2012 08:04 from: Jerry Hi Martin, I perhaps did not explain myself clearly. Firstly I understand that the bumping of the version number will cause that message to appear. But I would not have expected that after I had loaded the box file, let's call it vA and then saved it when it becomes vB, with the upgraded filoes incorporated. When I restarted Templot I would expect it would reload vB and the message not appear. Secondly I have not actually 'reloaded' any files, I am 'restoring' my ...

... and 2 lie normal for the slip road, so that pulling only 3 provides a main line crossover. However, I see from your RMweb topic that you are modelling GWR practice, in which case things may be done differently. We need a reply from Howard (JFS) who is the signalling expert in these parts. It's important that the levers are arranged in the frame so that it is never necessary to pull a lever between two which are already pulled. cheers, Martin. posted: 30 Aug 2018 18:08 from: madscientist thanks posted: 14 Sep 2018 08:55 from: madscientist I managed to track down a numbered signal diagram of the station, badminton, that we based the current layout on, so I now have a lever numbering guide, I still have to work out the text for the leads as that wasn't included What was interesting is the levers are grouped in the frame by road direction rather then physical location grouping( which I thought was more common) Interesting posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:07 from ...

... brass fish-plates soldered between sections of track rather than wire connections below the baseboard. I'm also contemplating using strategically positioned brass chairs to solder the feed droppers to, to get the power to the track. My question is, has anyone out there tried this method and if so, have you found any pitfalls with this method? Regards, Dave posted: 10 Apr 2012 19:22 from: Raymond I'd have thought that they woould work exactly the same of droppers. Regards Raymond posted: 10 Apr 2012 20:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, A general engineering principle is that you don't use a mechanical fixing as an electrical connection. Mechanical fixings are subject to the stress of thermal expansion/contraction, timber shrinkage, vibration, etc. The original Protofour riveted plywood track system used an electrical feed through one of the rivets, and it was always unreliable. When a soldered rivet fractured due to thermal expansion, guess which one it was? Most users soon abandoned the system. A suitable wire for short droppers is bare 1 ...

... . To my mind Robs suggestion of an evaluation period would seem the best way forward as it seems to be able to addresss all the concerns? Like many others I have never had a problem with Paypal. I have held an account for over four years and would always welcome it as a means for payment. More and more companies are now offering Paypal which is good news to me. Incidently I have used online banking for longer than I can remember, couldn't live without it! posted: 14 Jun 2011 23:08 from: Les G Hi Martin, I am not a lawyer either, but as a customer, the provision of a personalised access code tailored to a my specific computer clearly seems to fit the description of being specifically personalised. There is also Caveat Emptor, which places a responsibility on the purchaser to ensure that what is being purchased is what they want. It is therefore up to me, as customer, to decide if the software will meet my requirements before I buy. Which I did, and I have. ...

... topic: 1122 Switch blade spacing posted: 15 May 2010 08:33 from: Arthur Budd I'm building my first P4 track using Templot and I've reached the point where I've got to fix the blades to a turnout operating device. I've decided, for the sake of simplicity, to use Norman Soloman's method as described in MRJ 151. This uses a 2.5mm wide strip of PCB material with brass lace pins soldered to the blades. The spacing of the pins is given as 15.5mm for both EM and P4 but having tried this, it gives a gap between the blade and the stock rail of about 2 mm which, to my untutored eye seems too big. Many years ago I read an article by Iain Rice where he advocated cut down "Dinky" hair grips Araldited together to give a joint clamp/gauge for setting point blades. This device would give a gap of about 1.3 mm which would seem to be much closer to the prototype gap of about 4 inches. What do other people use as a blade/stock rail gap in ...

... haven't managed this one!). I can, and have in the past, built the track on the template, making the various crossings to suit. But I'm sure it can be done more sophisticatedly. I don't want to change any of the existing alignments, as I struggled for a long time to get the whole thing to flow. Ignore the timbering -- I'll be using interlaced sleepering a la Caledonian Railway. Can anyone advise me? Please! Allan Ferguson Attachment: attach_746_1061_Muckhart_north_10 _03_07_0124_09.box 318 posted: 7 Mar 2010 08:48 from: Martin Wynne Hi Allan, It's not generally a good idea to run a slew through pointwork -- slews are intended mainly for plain track. If possible it is better to use a transition curve instead. I found that this transition matched your alignment very closely: initial radius= 10980 mm final radius= straight length along the initial radius= 0 length along transition section= 995 mm 2_070316_330000000.png I snaked (CTRL+ F6) the turnout forward by about 2mm to line up the V-crossing with ...