... Barry Norman talking about Plywood Baseboards and gleaned a few ideas so watch this space. Regards David Last edited on 12 Oct 2017 09:55 by David Higgs posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:42 from: Martin Wynne David Higgs wrote: I have a lot to learn with regards Templot and Trackwork although I'm quite enjoying the process. I'm a great believer in "learning by doing" and having a project is the best way to learn. Hi David, Hmm. I persist in my belief that jumping straight in to aligning tracks over a background map is asking for grief. There is just so much that you need to know, which you can leave until later if you just want to learn Templot by creating layout track plans. To start with, you are working in EM, so nothing is going to match exactly because all the lead lengths will be shorter. The better way is to design in P4, make a note of all the sizes*, then recreate the same in EM and decide for each template whether it is more ...

... Oct 2017 00:58 from: Rob Manchester Nigel, Sounds like you need to splash out on a roll. My plan from now on is to use this tape to build chunks of track at the workbench and then remove it from the template and transfer to the layout. Copydex or similar would then be used to fix it down. I was also thinking that you could use this tape to make the common crossings first using the upside down method on a reversed template with n/s or brass strips to keep the alignment. Maybe I will try that too soon. Rob Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> Building track at the workbench about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the ...

... ordinary turnout to create the middle V-crossing. Nowadays in Templot2 it is easier to use a gaunt turnout, or an irregular half-diamond. That way the turnout radius can be adjusted independently of the crossing angle. (using SHIFT-F12 or F10 respectively) Sometimes it is easier to get the desired result with a gaunt turnout, sometimes with an irregular half-diamond. It is mainly trial and error to decide which in any given case. I will make you a bit of video shortly showing how to align the middle V-crossing. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Dec 2017 07:58 from: Alan Kettlewell Hi Martin, Many thanks for the reply and the pointers. I'll do it a few more times as each time I do it a little more of the process sinks into the little grey cell. The left turnout is part of a crossover but I'll read up on gaunt turnouts as these were not featured in the older tutorials I was following. I found the process of learning how to construct a tandem ...

... / cess options applied, these can now be shown on diagram-mode outputs. For full details see: topic 3034- message 23076 Thanks to Phil O for this suggestion. 4. There are new options for the top toolbars on the trackpad. The toolbuttons can be displayed in one long row if your screen is wide enough, and can be dragged anywhere on the screen if preferred. For full details see: topic 3151- message 23084 5. There are several new functions intended primarily to help with the creation and alignment of the additional V-crossing in a tandem turnout. For full details see: topic 3152 There is a scruff video showing the new functions in use at: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=iYbIr74flWmgsI_8hlsXQQ2 6. The zoom to fit functions have been modified for a better fit on wide screens. For more details see: topic 3143- message 22997 Thanks to Dave Turner for reporting this issue. 7. I have done some further work on the SK5 video downloader to improve error-checking and improve ...

... subject to a severe speed restriction. You wouldn't find a 1:6 slip road as part of a running line. Outside slips allow a much easier radius and can be used at shorter crossing angles, but require a lot more space. Here's a nice outside slip. You can see how much longer it is than the diamond-crossing. It would be an impossibly severe curve as an inside slip entirely within the diamond: outside_slip_shrewsbury_1978_600.j pg The choice between an outside slip and a half-scissors is simply one of track alignments as to which best fits the site. Half-scissors are even longer than an outside slip. If the slip above was replaced with a half-scissors, the platform would need to be narrowed, the platform capacity would be reduced a bit, and the far turnout might conflict with the square crossing just visible in the distance. Note that there is an important difference between a double outside slip (not very common) and a full scissors crossover. In the latter both side roads can be used at the same ...

... are rotated to angles other than 90 degrees or 180 degrees, rotation will cause each one to gain overlapping white corners. Making them all transparent allows the rotated map to be viewed properly: 2_120259_500000000.png 2_120300_120000000.png When working over transparent background maps, it is often convenient to change to the "snow white" colour scheme: 2_120302_120000000.png Note that transparent picture shapes cause a restriction to the depth of zooming possible, and will slow down zooming and panning on the trackpad. You may want to cancel the transparency while zooming in close for precise alignments. These issues are more of a problem with large picture shapes such as the screenshot maps, than with the tiled maps. cheers, Martin. posted: 12 Mar 2018 08:29 from: Martin Wynne p.s. I have updated these notes with item 6, notes about rotating tiled maps. Martin. posted: 16 Mar 2018 13:54 from: David Long Martin, Just loaded 2.19b and found that I am unable to delete a template that is not required. It will only disappear if I replace it ...

... Clicking the red indicator is intended to be a quick way of toggling between the two ends of a template, which is the most frequent need. If it scrolled through the full list that usefulness would be lost. Also not all the positions have unique identifiers in the indicator, so it wouldn't always be clear which position was selected. Nowadays the fixing peg is not used explicitly so much as in the early days of Templot. If you use the full range of make functions in the tools menu, and the peg/align tools> snap functions in each template's own menu, you will find the need to set the peg directly doesn't arise very often. So rapid access to the settings isn't really needed. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> PEG Positions about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time ...

... is selected for a given template, the timbering for it won't even get as far as being generated in memory. Those settings are specific to each template, whereas the controls above apply to all templates. The generator settings are intended to be used mainly as short-term changes to the control template, as an aid to using the Templot program. Changes made to the generator settings are immediately reflected in the control template, so typically you switch generator settings off and on as you work. For example, you might be aligning something by eye which is being obscured by the timber infill on the control template. So you would switch the infill off in the generator while you make the adjustment, and then switch it back on again. If you have an older computer with a low graphics spec, you can also use the generator settings to speed things up. For example you could choose to have rails represented by the gauge-faces only, and timbers by the centre-lines only, while you are doing design work. This significantly reduces ...

... available but the Museum are very helpful. If this is domestically difficult let me know as I don't know where you live but will see if I can help. Regards Peter Chappell Hi Peter, Thanks for your offer of help. I'm in Andover now so it's not too difficult to get up to London. I have managed to buy a 1:2500 scale map of the station area dated 1929 (in PDF format), which shows the track for about 1/2 mile either side of the station, and the alignment appears to match the hand drawn plan pretty closely. The 2 together will probably give me enough information to create my model. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> Bawtry ECML Inter-war about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of ...

... Wynne Hi Bill, You mentioned chopping templates back to the end of the check rails, and to the switch toe (point blades). To shorten a template to the end of the check rails, use the F4 mouse action. The next template can then be snapped directly onto the end of the main road using the SHIFT& JOIN F7 button. For the turnout road, you need to put the fixing peg on the TOLP peg position and snap the next template manually using the notch, or use the peg/align tools> snapping functions onto TOLP. Alternatively, instead of F4 you can adjust the main road and turnout road exit lengths independently, and you would then snap on to the MEXITP and TEXITP peg positions. To shorten the switch to the point blades by omitting the switch front, click the do> blank up to switch toe menu item. To snap on the next template there, use the TP peg position. cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting ...