... : 24 Sep 2020 18:09 from: Phil O Hi Martin, Unfortunately I will miss both the Scaleforum video extravaganza and also your contribution to expanding my Templot knowledge, but me and the girlfriend are having a weekend away, it was originally going to be in Aylesbury, but when the show was cancelled, we/she decided on Gloucester, a place that I used to travel through in the days before the M5, but never actually stopped and visited. Cheers Phil. Last edited on 24 Sep 2020 18:10 by Phil O posted: 24 Sep 2020 18:14 from: Charles Orr The quality is excellent. IF I zoom right in, the text has fuzzy edges but that is hardly surprising. The movement, which has just started, is fluid with no ghosting I can hear some stringed instruments- violins,cellos? posted: posted: 24 Sep 2020 18:20 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, I understand that most of Scaleforum will continue to be available after the event, and no doubt if this Templot ...

... topic: 985 Exactoscale switch and crossing chairs posted: 9 Dec 2009 22:04 from: Martin Wynne Good news just in from Exactoscale -- the special switch and crossing chairs from the P4 kits are now available separately. See: http://www.exactoscale.co.uk/4mmtrackinst.html regards, Martin. posted: 10 Dec 2009 14:21 from: JFS Martin/ All, I bought a few sets of the diamond/ slip chairs a month or two back and had a go at using them- not quite for their intended purpose since this is (non-prototypical) 1:6 single slip- but with a bit of adaptation they work and they look excellent. The pic shows the current state of play- not yet finished but making progress. Still around 6 chairs missing. Next Time I will take a bit more care over the timber spacing which is ultra critical, especially on something like a "C" chair for a 1:6 vee. Just a tiny error in placing the timber means that the chair will not be ...

... topic: 3713 Masokits etched chairs for turnouts posted: 5 Jul 2020 10:08 from: Julian Roberts Hello folks Is there anyone who is using Masokits etched chairs for turnouts and diamonds? How do you find the system as a way of construction? I would prefer to go along the route of soldered construction on copperclad sleepers, rather than ply and rivet, or ply/plastic sleepers using glue and plastic chairs, even though I know the plastic chairs give a good quality of realism. The latest Masokits catalogue (No 19) hosted by the Scalefour Society refers to point kits, but doesn't then list any. The option seems to be a fret of 2 bolt chairs, and a fret of 3 bolt chairs, for pointwork. I'm now showing my ignorance, that I don't know much about chairs beyond the fact that there are special chairs for certain parts of the turnout. The catalogue also lists a fret of tiebars, so if anyone uses these, do you find they work for you? I had a Search of Templot Club ...

... to big perhaps? This is how i cut out the sections where the flanges are going in, with a guide to hold it into place. For cutting depth i use the lines of the multiplex sheet, this is with the first saw blade. 3669_261039_300000001.jpg The second saw blade i use is a much finer one with no corned teeth, just flat teeth and hand work To cut out the slots for the aluminium strip and trim the edges i use a jig and my jig saw: 3669_261039_290000000.jpg I can make a frog within 10 minutes with this method. But would be the frog any good, that is troubling me, before i am going to cut up some good material for the bin or derail a expensive live steamer. Please look for mistakes or improvements and tell me your thoughts and ideas about my frogs. This is just "training" material in the picture not the hard uv resistant, hammer proof, extruded pvc. For your convenience: 3669_251227_450000004.jpg 3669_251227_430000002.jpg 3669_251227_440000003.jpg Yes i am dead serious about designing and making every part, i even made ...

... lack of filing skills is getting a bit obvious, even my wife has commented! Portsdown apparently did a filing jig, but they are no longer around. There is a jig mentioned in the S7 Group stores list, has anyone used it and can give me an appraisal? Are there any others out there? The layout (yes, I have actually started) has a number of different size switches, although I have now standardised the crossings to those I have on the crossing jig. Many thanks. Phil posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:12 from: richard_t I have one (and a 1:7 crossing jig), but I've not got around to using it yet. I believe the S7 group are going to be producing jigs suitable for O finescale, but I'm guessing they are just the assembly jigs, as the straight crossing and switch jigs should be good for both. I might be able to take a quick photograph later and upload if you think that it might be useful. posted: 10 Nov 2010 17:35 ...

... topic: 1272 Sleepers/timbering at track panel joints posted: 15 Oct 2010 20:13 from: wcampbell23 I am trying to find out about the use of wider timbers at the joins in 60 feet standard track panels. I have recently purchased 8'6" scale ply sleepers and the packs include a proportion of 12" timbers, as well as the usual 10" sleepers, for use as end timbers. I would be grateful for any information about the use of differently sized sleepers/timbers at track joints. My own project is based on an ex-Caledonian line in the early 1950s and so any responses directly relating to Caley practice would be helpful. Thanks in anticipation. Bill Campbell. posted: 16 Oct 2010 18:17 from: BeamEnds This lot may be able to help... http://www.crassoc.org.uk/ Cheers Richard posted: 16 Oct 2010 23:08 from: Jim Guthrie BeamEnds wrote: This lot may be able to help... http://www.crassoc.org.uk/ Cheers Richard Richard, Unfortunately, ...

... . I will add that option -- it never occurred to me that anyone would want to do that. If it's in the way, you can quickly move it somewhere else by pressing SHIFT+ F7 a few times (which cycles it through its recent locations). You can also move it anywhere you like using the action> mouse actions: pad> move notch mouse action. There are other options at geometry> notch> menu items to move it. regards, Martin. posted: 8 Mar 2010 09:10 from: Gordon S Thanks for your very quick reply Martin. Impressive as always. Thanks also for starting my day with a laugh. I'm sitting here chuckling away to myself over your comment "it never occurred to me that anyone would want to do that". If there's a way of doing something a strange way, I'll find it.... I'll stop worrying about the+ marks as losing them means losing a lot of other bits. No worries.. As you know, I only use the ...

... combined approach looks very promising time wise. Once again thanks for your input Derek posted: 12 Mar 2010 00:52 from: allanferguson One thing that occurred to me later is that, using the normal gauges, there are locations where they don't fit. I've found it useful to set a calliper gauge to the track gauge, and use this to check the gauge at complex locations. Functional chairs can make it difficult to get the usual sort of gauge to "sit" properly. Allan Ferguson posted: 12 Mar 2010 10:49 from: Dellboy allanferguson wrote: One thing that occurred to me later is that, using the normal gauges, there are locations where they don't fit. I've found it useful to set a calliper gauge to the track gauge, and use this to check the gauge at complex locations. Functional chairs can make it difficult to get the usual sort of gauge to "sit" properly. Allan Ferguson Thanks Alan I'll get one of my old spring bow compasses out, fit it with short steel points and set it ...

... topic: 3608 Clearing traffic from your street posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:41 from: Martin Wynne Too much traffic in the street where you live? Collect a load of old mobile phones, switch them on to Google Maps, put them in a barrow and drag them along the street. Google will detect multiple slow-moving phones, decide there is a traffic jam, and divert all traffic away: Set up a rota with your neighbours. Martin. posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:05 from: Paul Boyd Brilliant! posted: 10 Feb 2020 14:55 from: John Lewis Nice one! But I live in a cul-de-sac- cannot divert traffic! m:-( John posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:09 from: madscientist Id like to divert some cows, no cars around me posted: 2 Mar 2020 11:24 from: DerekStuart Google also uses the same principle to work out how long people spend in a shop, for example, and when its busiest. Apparently those 'phones ...

... It also reminded me just how awful mice really are I've just discovered that the right-click button on the pen allows dragging without worrying about whether or not there's a template under the cursor- that's useful to know and saves double-tapping! Edit:- forget the above paragraph- it's because I was confusing the buttons on the pen! What I thought was right-clicking was the double-click button. The right-click button does just what it says. Cheers Last edited on 28 Feb 2009 15:10 by Paul Boyd posted: 28 Feb 2009 14:37 from: davelong Paul Boyd wrote: Hi Martin I only ever use the drag/panning option, so whether paper or scroll is set as the default makes no difference whatsoever to the way I run Templot. Doesn't drag/pan make scrolling pretty much redundant? But, having just had a play using the arrow keys on the keyboard, the paper option makes much more logical sense. I don't give a stuff about Windows standards Paul Totally agree with Paul. ...