... siding). However, as I've yet to lay track and everything else is ramrod-straight B6's, I thought this might be an interesting opportunity to re-work them if they fit into the rest of the geometry. Option 1 is to leave them as-is. Option 2 is to replace them with B8 turnouts which works, but neccesitates an S-curve on the carriage road to bring it out to the correct separation (to be honest, this may be required anyway- I gather it would require a 10' way as opposed to the 6' way?) Option 3 is to adjust the geometry with a more 'custom' layout. Option 3 is something that Martin W. suggested using contraflexed (! ?) turnouts to maintain the geometry and spacing, but it's way over my head. I would be grateful for any advice or help- I have attached the plan with Option 2 in-situ, but as long as the top/rearmost track centre of formation A remains at roughly 15 to 16" and formation ...

... topic: 1450 Timbers cannot be restored on half (quarter) diamonds posted: 10 Apr 2011 14:43 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, I'm having a problem getting timbers back (restored) onto diamond crossing halves (or to be more precise quarters). I have been doing a re-write of Richard_t's irregular diamond crossing help guide, in the hope of finally producing a video of this. So have had to make sure of every little detail is correct and have put down the description of every step required. From the start, all templates were (are) done with timbers omitted. In very simplistic terms, the crossing starts with two curves of different radii, which cross each other at some point. Then for each half of the crossing, two turnouts are setup and adjusted to give correct alignment of what becomes the main road and the diagonal road. One of these turnouts is copied to provide the crossing vee on that side. The two full turnouts are then copied and converted in turn to half diamonds, but ...

... . As time moved on the the heel chock moved forward and becomes part of the unit sharing the bolts from the lead rail and stock rail with the rear of the fishplate. The A.R.E.A. heel does away with the outer fishplate altogether and shares all bolt holes with the inner fishplate. The first bolt on the fishplate has a ferrule which gives a bearing surface for the switch rail web to slide plus helps maintain the correct set on the fishplate. Hope this helps, Matt M. posted: 17 Feb 2019 09:10 from: John Palmer The topic of loose heel switches has been touched on before at in this thread, which contains an extract from Mundrey's work. If a fishplate is cranked then there's no need for any 'finger tight' nuts on the fishbolts; they can be pulled up tight against the outer faces of the fishplate. However, the tongue rail's fishing surfaces appear less likely to be held in contact with the corresponding surfaces of the fishplates except at a point immediately adjacent to the fishplate bend. posted: 17 Feb 2019 ...

... that error message) -- the change has reduced the file size by only 3KB. I need to spend some more time to figure out what may have happened, but in the meantime hopefully this file below will be ok. Do your background shapes contain any very large rectangles? If so they are probably not showing on the trackpad. Perhaps you could post your BGS file here so that I can compare it with the problem SK9 file. Thanks. cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2802_3383_richard_modified .sk9 165 posted: posted: 10 Feb 2019 17:11 from: Richard Spratt Thanks Martin, that's better. The background shapes does contain a large scanned transparent map and the garage rectangle. Attachment: attach_2803_3383_penrhos_em_19_01 _27_2222_42.bgs 144 10 Feb 2019 17:11 from: Richard Spratt Thinking about it, the error message first came when I changed the map to transparent. Attachment: attach_2804_3383_penrhos_em_19_01 _27_2222_42.sk81 180 Last edited on 10 Feb 2019 17:40 by Richard Spratt Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser ...

... 18.83mm gauge as a sort of religious belief, but who can't manage to get the fine P4 standards to work. As with H0, EM4 breaks the golden rule that exact-scale gauge needs exact-scale wheel-widths -- otherwise the wheels won't fit behind scale-width valve gear, inside scale-width splashers, axleboxes, etc. I think EM4 is a daft idea, but it's there as a pre-set for those who want it. cheers, Martin. posted: 29 Jan 2019 04:10 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Rob and Martin I wasn't aware of this standard (EM SF)and it sounds interesting as the crossings are more than half towards P4 which for me is P4s biggest visual benefit, that and super smooth running when well executed. Does anyone do a set of gauges for the EM SF standard and what do you feel the downsides are? Kind regards Andrew posted: 29 Jan 2019 04:27 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Duncan wrote: Hello Rob and Martin I wasn't aware of this standard ...

... further screenshots as needed. 7. zoom out and use the crop/combine function to get them all into a single picture shape. 8. if necessary use the twist function to rotate it to the best screen fit. In Templot this is a very slow process and will add a lot of unwanted white space in the corners. But it will get there in the end on any reasonably specified system, and retain the correct scaling. 9. use the crop/combine function again to remove the unwanted white space. 10. if desired, copy the image out of the picture shape into your graphics editor. Change the contrast, brightness, grey scale, negative image, or whatever to make a comfortable image for working over (without changing the image size in any way). Copy and paste it back into the picture shape. 11. save the background shapes. If you can say which maps, etc., I will make some screenshots showing the above. cheers, Martin. posted: 20 May 2019 09:14 from ...

... . Here's a run through, with the latest changes. Refer to the tutorial for more detail. 1. The dummy centre-line template can be positioned using the F7 snapping function, there is no need to use the peg and notch directly. Likewise the initial straight LH turnout template. 2. For turnouts up to 1:7 change to a 9ft straight switch. For over 1:7 and up to 1:8 change to a 12ft straight switch. For over 1:8 and up to 1:10 change to a 15ft straight switch. (template> switch options... menu item.) 3. Change to a curviform type of V-crossing. (template> V-crossing options... menu item.) 4. Click do> parking bay> park template menu item. This template will be retrieved later to form the separate switch front section. 5. Click geometry> peg positions> peg on switch heel menu item. It's important to do this while the turnout is still straight and ...

... shall have to carry on as we are for a few weeks. These problems apply only to Templot Club forums, the main Templot web site at http://www.templot.com should be working normally. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Oct 2011 22:36 from: Martin Wynne Good news. Jim has pulled out all the stops on a Sunday afternoon: OK pipe size will be increased at the latest tomorrow during the day. This will cure all current speed problems. regards, Martin. posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:38 from: Martin Wynne Jim installed a much larger pipe yesterday. That's the internet link between his servers and the outside world. But it's a big extra investment for him, so we are expecting some "adjustments" to the hosting fees when they come up for renewal. The result is that most users in the world should be seeing a big improvement today in response times to Templot Club. Unfortunately some users in the UK, including me, and possibly others elsewhere, are seeing that occasionally a page takes ...

... Sep 2011 04:27 from: Martin Wynne You may have noticed two new buttons at the top left of every Templot Club page. It's called "Video of the week" although I suspect a week will turn out to be a very flexible period of time in practice. I intend to put a selection of videos up there. Sometimes purely entertaining track-related stuff from the web. At other times various Templot tutorial videos relating to matters arising. I hope you like it. Martin. posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:37 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Excellent idea. Very good video on the WCML. Youtube is one of the best benefits to come from the internet age. So much more useful than twitter and facebook.... You need to find a video on the ECML for next week to keep the teak brigade happy! Rob posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:15 from: BruceNordstrand How do we stop the video automatically playing? I use Google Chrome on iMac and every page I visit automatically starts/restarts ...

... topic: 3395 Runround Loops at terminus posted: 10 Mar 2019 13:01 from: David Hiya Guys Hoping someone might be able to help. Trying to plan a em track plan, end to end(Gwr). Just interested in what the prototype size turnouts would have been in the 'runround loop' at a terminus station(1930's), B6 or B7(maybe a 9ft sw). I think smaller turnouts were used in yards/sidings.... Its the old space can of worms (Planning on 30-36" platform). I guess its what's a acceptable compromise, bearing in mind scale and look. Any thoughts appreciated Dave posted: 10 Mar 2019 13:32 from: Martin Wynne David wrote: Trying to plan a em track plan, end to end(Gwr). Just interested in what the prototype size turnouts would have been in the 'runround loop' at a terminus station(1930's), B6 or B7(maybe a 9ft sw) Hi Dave, The GWR introduced their flexible switches ...