... M Linsley The rope you can see passes round a large wheel in a pit over your left shoulder, and extends downhill to a rake of fulls. This is the greenest form of transport on the face of the planet (ironic that it should be hauling coal!) — gravity hauls the fulls down, and also (via the rope) pulls the empties up. As Jamie said, the point of the kip is to stop the empties running back down the bank again. Last edited on 12 Dec 2007 01:07 by andyjoneszz Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Banbury August 1965 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 files submitted to this web site are copyright and the ...

... topic: 3545 metafiles! posted: 6 Nov 2019 00:07 from: Martin Wynne I have been very feeble-brained. Just because everyone tells you a thing can't be done, it doesn't mean it can't be done. Just to see what happened I wrote (in Lazarus): var met_rect:TRect; met_handle:HWND; begin met_rect:=Rect(0 ,0 ,800,600); met_handle:=CreateEnhMetaFile(0 ,nil,@met_rect,nil); It compiled and returned a valid metafile handle! That means I'm well on the way to replicating the Delphi TMetafile functions. Wish me luck. Martin. posted: 6 Nov 2019 00:19 from: Rob Manchester Good luck Martin Rob posted: 6 Nov 2019 00:50 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Rob. Seriously it is only a start. And it is Windows only. But if I could get it going it would put a much brighter outlook on moving everything to T3 a lot sooner. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Nov ...

... topic: 3537 railway track posted: 31 Oct 2019 07:40 from: Martin Wynne For anyone wondering if Templot Club has changed into a computer programming forum, please see on the front page: TemplotMEC nuts and bolts A place for coding discussions and ideas about the open-source versions of Templot. If you are not interested in the internal programming of Templot you can ignore everything here. You might want to do exactly that for anything in the TemplotMEC nuts and bolts section. Normal service continues everywhere else. cheers, Martin. posted: 31 Oct 2019 22:17 from: Trevor Walling Hello Martin, It is interesting to look in and see what the enthusiasts of programming are up to occasionally even if it is over the heads of us mere mortals. Regards Trevor. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> railway track about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click ...

... point don't usually have a constant radius, they appear to be like railway points with A,B ,C etc switches so they don't go from straight to curve with no transition. Maybe try an A-4 with curviform vee then a transition curve to a sharper radius. The usual turning circle for a typical bus is about 56', 244mm. My opinion is that a tram turning circle would be a bit bigger than that, maybe 1 chain, 66", 284mm. posted: 25 Oct 2019 17:07 from: Andy Reichert "Pdf" Templates for near scale girder rail tram track are at: http://www.proto87.com/Street_track_templates.html These are published in two standards: HO Proto-87 16.5 mm gauge and RTR HO compatible, HO Street Fine. I haven't reviewed them for several years as I've been rather busy making up a full range of DIY kit versions for fellow tram enthusiasts for introduction this year. I'll dig out some pictures and post them shortly. Last edited on 25 Oct 2019 17:10 by Andy ...

... has shown up an issue with the L1 chairs which is in the process of being rectified, Phil is hoping that these will be available by early November with the 2 bolt version close behind 982_300520_140000000.jpg 1 piece fishplates in 2 styles, normal& reinforced Phil told me about some other interesting future plans he has for the future posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:24 from: RedgateModels Looking at all that sprue make me think that the moulding company should offer some sort of recycling scheme ;) posted: 30 Sep 2019 12:07 from: Paul Boyd RedgateModels wrote: Looking at all that sprue make me think that the moulding company should offer some sort of recycling scheme ;) This issue crops up in the plastic modelling world now and then- much of the plastic in kits gets thrown away even though it's technically recyclable because councils won't accept it for recycling. Different manufacturers also use different blends of plastic. It's all a bit of a mess, really! posted: 30 Sep 2019 12:29 from: Hayfield Whilst the sprue is a bit ...

... keep the crossings and switch blades straight, even in a curved turnout. Hi Bruce, You are quite right to take issue. Please ignore this nonsense and use the Templot templates as curved throughout. Apart from looking and running ten times better, it also matches prototype practice. I'm so weary of arguing this case time and again over the years that it makes me bad-tempered every time I see it. Whoever wrote it in the first place should be taken out and shot. Martin. posted: 9 Dec 2007 07:52 from: Martin Wynne I wrote: Bruce Boldner wrote: One aspect of the article which I take slight issue with, is where it advises to keep the crossings and switch blades straight, even in a curved turnout. You are quite right to take issue. Please ignore this nonsense and use the Templot templates as curved throughout. Apart from looking and running ten times better, it also matches prototype practice. As a further follow up to that, this linked image has been posted today on RMweb: 2NOL_1829_Lewes_16 ...

... topic: 247 MRN 1961 Layout page posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:03 from: Jim Guthrie I will upload the seven pages of the R.G. Thomas Layout Page item from the MRN which I dipped into last weekend in another thread. It will include another two layout plans and the authors thought on the designs. I'll do them as attachments. Attachment: attach_152_247_MRNLayout0.jpg 782 posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:07 from: Jim Guthrie Second Page Attachment: attach_154_247_MRNLayout00.jpg 792 posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:08 from: Jim Guthrie Third page Attachment: attach_155_247_MRNLayout1.jpg 797 posted: posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:09 from: Jim Guthrie Fourth Page Attachment: attach_156_247_MRNLayout2.jpg 808 23 Nov 2007 20:09 from: Jim Guthrie Fifth Page Attachment: attach_157_247_MRNLayout3.jpg 795 posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:10 from: Jim Guthrie Sixth Page Attachment: attach_158_247_MRNLayout4.jpg 782 posted: 23 Nov 2007 20:11 from: Jim Guthrie Seventh Page Attachment: attach_159_247_MRNLayout5.jpg 824 posted: 23 Nov 2007 22:06 from: Martin Wynne Hi Jim, Many thanks for uploading the ...

... this one you can choose. You can go on receiving forum messages as emails -- either via Yahoo, or direct from the forum instead. I have no plans to change this, so if you don't like to visit the forum pages you needn't do so. The only proviso is that you need to register on the forum and visit it if you want to see attached images or download attached files. No personal information is needed to register, beyond your email address. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Nov 2007 07:56 from: Templot User -- --- from alan@york -- --- As an example the DEMU site went to Forum and is such a pain to get to that I never bother. Andrew: I can't answer about other Fora, but I have a simple "favourite" link, which takes me right into the DEMU forum. Once there, I can read the threads I want, and ignore the rest. And it is easier to search/flick through, than say P4talk ...

... tracks). The fly in this ointment is that no prototype railway company ever used mathematical transition curves in an engine shed! Templot needs an easier means to create tangential arcs in situations like this. That's something I have had on my NOD list for years, maybe it's time I did something about it. It can be done now with some counter-intuitive working from dummy pointwork, or by using school geometry on dummy templates, but it needs something simpler. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Aug 2019 08:07 from: drrsenior I have made some progress with transition curves: thank you.May I ask another basic question? Is it possible to separate a section of the track plan to move around on the trackpad? I am designing an engine shed layout. Apart for minor tweaking, I am reasonably happy with the layout of the facilities (coal hole, T/T, ash road etc) but have not settled on the actual shed. It will be a 4 road shed and once I have designed the throat into the shed ...

... topic: 265 Video+ audio posted: 27 Nov 2007 07:30 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, I'm experimenting with adding some sound to the videos, to see the effect on file size, audio quality, ease of editing, etc. So the "wide crossover" video which I made recently is now also available with some background music: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/wide_xover_audio.exe The file size has increased from 2.5MB to 9.5MB, so 75% of the download is for the audio component. But for broadband maybe it doesn't matter? There is a volume/mute control at the top right of the player window, which your normal Windows volume controls will also over-ride. Comments welcome. You may feel that you would rather provide your own music, thanks all the same. But of course the main thing is to add some voice commentary, once I have got the audio quality, file size and volume levels sorted out. This is all new to me. regards, Martin. posted: ...