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... I have half a dozen or so books on layout planning, baseboard building etc, but none of them cover the topic of trying to model a prototype, or how to compact a prototype into available space. If you or anyone can recommend one, that would be really great, and would save me continuing to buy books at random! Hi Phil, You might like "Historical Railway Modelling, a Personal View" by the late David Jenkinson. Pendragon, 2001, ISBN 1899816100 I don't know if it is still in print new, but there are several copies listed on AbeBooks: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/1899816100/ The book is biased towards the Midland Railway rather than LYR, and especially the Settle-Carlisle line, but it includes lots of track plans and ideas for layout planning based on prototype locations. Plus good advice on researching a layout and practical experience of building and operating a prototypical model railway. The book is a good read and contains much to inspire a newcomer to the hobby. David ...
... you provided you have set your gauge/scale first. For all this go to the background> maps menu item. If I wasn't so tied up with getting a beginners guide done I could be making videos and tutorials for all this more advanced stuff. I will get there in the end. When ever I try with scanned maps the enlargements tend to be out of focus etc That's inevitable unless you are lucky enough to have a hi-res scan of a very large scale map, because they were all scanned from printed paper maps, and we need a massive enlargement to use them for track planning. cheers, Martin. posted: 7 Feb 2018 11:39 from: Hayfield Martin Thanks for the info, will try and copy the map, sorry for delayed reply, but friends over the weekend and out patient operation in the way Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Distance between tracks within station platforms about Templot Club ...
603. Laser Cut Templates
... , thanks for the interest. Donald posted: 23 Nov 2009 18:10 from: Martin Wynne Hi Donald, Using the DXF export to create that pattern is a lot of work and expense. Have you considered simply sticking the template to thick card and cutting out the pattern? It would then be easier to make several sizes and also have curved turnouts. It's a shame to hand build trackwork and not gain the full design flexibility it offers. If your printer has a straight feed path, you may be able to print the template directly on to thick card. Alternatively you can convert a template into an assembly jig by sticking it to a board and then inserting veneer pins each side of the rail between the timbers. Snip the heads off the pins (wear eye protection) so that you can drop the rail between them. Whichever method you adopt, be sure to set the check rails using a proper check gauge tool. The other dimensions are not so critical and can be set using jigs and patterns -- or even by eye ...
604. Servos for Turnouts
... for those who have invested in DCC. Judi posted: 7 Jul 2016 12:35 from: Judi R MERG only offers kits to our members but I'm sure that someone will be able to help you with assembling a kit for you if you enquire through our Forum. We have several active members in their 70s so don't feel intimidated! Judi R posted: 7 Jul 2016 13:03 from: redken Thanks very much for your encouragement! lol I think I need it,looking at some of the technicalities. Just printed off Davy Dicks MORG manual Vol. 1. Dizzy already! posted: 7 Jul 2016 18:12 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Servo 4 is indeed very much still with us, though the design has changed since last I commented. If you can solder a wire to a piece of rail, then you qualify to assemble the kit, MERG membership is all that is required! If you prefer of course, you can now go the commercial route via Megapoints or GF Controls etc. but the MERG option is ...
... a bit of time and beacuse I have become a bit (no, a lot) obsesive about accurate track. But for the past forty years I managed by holding the rail on the bench with my fingers! In the privacy of your own workshop, just HAVE GO! Grab a bit of rail and a file and let rip- don't worry if the first fifty go in the scrap- each one will be a bit better than the one before and you don't have to use any that you don't like. Just print yourself a Templot Template and you wil be able to see where they are right or wrong! Hope that helps, Howard posted: 27 Mar 2011 19:22 from: phileakins Cheers Howard- that helps a lot. I can spend anything up to an hour on a pair of blades and have resorted to riffler files for the gauge face on the basis that I won't rip my thumb nail to pieces, again. Lots of food for thought.... Phil posted: 27 Mar 2011 20:21 from ...
606. Changing Prototype
... share their Templot files. So it would be worth asking on here about that first. See this topic for some details about how to customize Templot for a specific prototype. It includes a downloadable video: message 2182 Note that the video was done using Templot version 091c and is 5 years old. Some of the menu items have changed in the current version, and extra functions are now available. For example check rails (guard rails) can now be easily adjusted by mouse action. And flat-bottom rails can be printed with the foot edge lines on the templates. If you have only just started with Templot, I would recommend becoming familiar with some of the basics before attempting a full prototype customization. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:50 from: Laidlaym Thanks Martin, I have made some progress and have avoided created VR specific turnouts for the moment. I am battling to create a double cross-over with 45mm track centres in 16.5. I can lay four turnouts with lots of overlap to look like a ...
... They come etched on a sheet and they are very, very small. Just been thinking that maybe copper timbers to solder the rail to and then cosmetic spike heads and nut/bolt/washer detail may be good. Food for thought. Thanks very much for your input. Rob Rob, I'm assuming the square screw heads would be about the same as those used for bullhead chairs. What would the approximate dimensions of the clips be in your estimation? I have some FB Code 100 and I can take a shot at printing some samples of sleepers with clips to see how it looks. I've half a mind to dump all my 00 stuff and switch to (battery powered) 0, so it won't be a waste of time Andy posted: 8 Feb 2018 04:30 from: RogerW Light rail track- the track that we have at Hunsbury Hill is mainly 75lb and a few bits of 65lb. All is flat bottom, mostly spiked with cast steel baseplates to get the correct inward slope of the railheads, and hole for the four ...
... except that I've taken the K crossing check rails and put a machined flare on them as they would not have been cut off square like that. Have fun building it! Regards Alan Attachment: attach_712_990_Slip_Query.box 295 Last edited on 20 Dec 2009 11:51 by Alan McMillan posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:39 from: awhite Thanks Alan Yes that looks much better. I think I'm ready to start building with that. Regards Tony posted: 20 Dec 2009 13:36 from: Martin Wynne Hmm. Tony, it will print more neatly if you change the order of the templates so that the underlying half-diamond templates are at the start of the storage box, i.e. move them up to be template nos. 1 and 2. The switch tips are not supported on the timbers, which will not look at all good when the slide chairs have been added. The switch tips should be supported on the first slide chair, not hanging in fresh air between the timbers. Alan, why have you put the V-crossing check rails ...
... , Templot in this case, as opposed to other methods. For me this comprises numerous benefits. As Templot recreates model track using prototype data, the resulting trackwork will have a more realistic appearance than can otherwise be achieved. A basic understanding of how prototype track is specified helps. Its flexibility allows practically any prototypical formation to be designed and subsequently constructed accurately in any scale/ gauge combination. It is primarily an aid to scratch building track and this it does without equal in my view. As opposed to using pre-printed templates or drawing your design by hand, as was done previously, Templot allows design alternatives to be explored relatively easily in the certain knowledge that what you design on screen will fit into exactly that amount of space if built. Thanks for that Tony, but I fear it reads more like an article from Scalefour News than from BRM, and would go over the heads of most of their readers. We have to imagine the typical audience as being the Peco-using majority of this hobby. But I take your point ...
... left to bottom tight at a radius of 1500mm (curve is like a letter C on its back) 3: Slip top left to top right I have just finished (hopefully) a curved diamond and had to build it in 00-SF to get it to work, but with this idea when I play around with Templot, the 2 halves of the diamond are un-equal in size, and when I try and add a slip road, I just cant see how it will work. Cannot upload a "print screen" shot to help with the description, but any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks in advance John posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:42 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: 1: A straight road bottom left to top right 2: Curved road top left to bottom tight at a radius of 1500mm (curve is like a letter C on its back) 3: Slip top left to top right Hi John, We can't answer that without knowing the crossing angle? 1500mm radius (5ft approx) isn't ...
... please note: 1. It usually involves a very great magnification of the original and requires a well-specified system to work. On older systems it may hang or crash the system. Which is why it is normally turned off. Do some trials before exporting your wanted track plan. 2. The PDF file size will be a lot larger, and it may be slow to open in your PDF reader program. Do one page at a time per PDF file, otherwise the file size will be massive. 3. Printing the PDF may also cause problems on older systems. regards, Martin. posted: 23 Feb 2018 12:26 from: Steve Lovett Thanks for the quick response. That probably explains the problems I'm having; hanging etc. I'm running Windows 10 on a relatively new laptop although have a fairly basic HP Inkjet printer, Even when 'pdf created' appears, and I open pdf file, the file is empty; the pages are there although blank. Steve posted: 23 Feb 2018 13:46 from: Martin Wynne ...
... a better arrangement of the V-crossings. I've done a suggested timbering layout, but of course there are many possible arrangements. The .box file is attached below. If you hold down the SHIFT key and run the mouse down the name labels, you can see how the partial templates are made up. Notice how the timbering under each V-crossing is part of the same template. This ensures that the special crossing chairs will fit the vee rails and wing rail fronts in the proper places. 2_101822_290000000.png 2_101821_140000000.png Here's the printed result: josh_tandem_print.png regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_682_964_tandem __for_Josh.box 314 Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> A Small Project for me. 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 ...
613. Templot program code
... core variable in Templot. There are two functions in the attached code. aq25offset returns the turnout-road offset and turn angle k at any xs from the datum (see diagram above). This function is called often, not only to generate the line, but also for the peg calculations for the various tools functions. turnroad_cl is called from the generator to create a series of co-ordinates along the turnout-road centre-line, and put them in an array ready for the actual screen drawing function, or printing, or whatever. This routine calls aq25offset to create each co-ordinate pair. Note that it doesn't need the angle k for this purpose. A few notes about the code. function aq25offset(xs:extended; var k:extended):extended; That's a funny way of doing it. The offset is returned as a normal function result, but the angle is put in a var parameter supplied by the calling routine. After all these years I honestly can't remember why I did it that way. It ...
... the information you need is in the handbook. Regards Bill Campbell posted: 25 Oct 2009 19:23 from: Dave Summers wcampbell23 wrote: Hi Dave If you are a member of the Gauge O Guild than I think that the information you need is in the handbook. Regards Bill Campbell Hi Bill I am and it is! I just never thought of looking there. Many thanks for the heads up. Cheers Dave posted: 26 Oct 2009 08:24 from: Jamie92208 The simple way that I did it was to print out a short section of the curve then make a template out of cardboard the same length and width of my longest vehicle. 2 small holes at the bogie centres and then put that on the template track centre lines. It showed me the throwover needed. I then added 5mm on for good measure. This seems to work. Jamie posted: 26 Oct 2009 08:51 from: Dave Summers Thanks for the suggestion Jamie. That empirical method would have been my last resort. However, I am currently in a ...
... topic: 962 Wrong info on videos? posted: 23 Oct 2009 19:22 from: roythebus Having just bought Templot, I thought it would be the answer to a dream. I managed to print off a couple of templates, built the points using C&L stuff, all very nice. But, being a computer numpty and having a short memory span for things techy doesn't help. I still can't work out how to move the red peg thingy from one bit of track to another. Do I have to save every template as I perfect it then move along to the next bit? So, went abroad this week for a few days away, took laptop with Templot installed and sat down and watched the video, something simple, how to make an ovel. Do you think I could do it? No. Every time I get to the bit where it says "enter swing angle" or similar to get the 180degree curve, that particular bit does not crop up on my screen. I'm at a loss! Maybe ...
616. 3D view?
... topic: 2297 3D view? posted: 26 Aug 2013 13:38 from: Richard_Jones Hi Martin, It may be a "wish too far", but would there be any possibility of generating 3D views? The thought occurred to me, as having adapted a prototype, the printed templates don't look quite right, and I wonder if I was "able to stand on the end of the platform" (as the photographer had done) if I could then tweak the templates until it coincided with the "evidence" ..... I suspect that we may well be talking about crays (super computers, not Ronnie& Reggie) to get enough computing power, but a single point view (ie pick the view point, rather than a "walk through") might not require the combined resources of NASA and CERN. best wishes Richard posted: 26 Aug 2013 15:40 from: Martin Wynne Richard_Jones wrote: It may be a "wish too far", but would there be any possibility of generating 3D views ...
617. Blackwell Road
... an attachment of the shape file, which contains all the baseboard data (including support beams etc). Regards Matt Attachment: attach_717_987_Blackwell_Road_Fina l_1a.box 364 posted: 3 Jan 2010 21:09 from: ClikC And here is the Shape File. Regards Matt. Attachment: attach_718_987_2010_baseboard.bgs 320 posted: 10 Jan 2010 23:59 from: ClikC Just an update to say I have now (in my mind) 100% finished the plan for Blackwell road, any comments, suggestions and critisisms would be welcome before I commit the plan to print and start gluing it to the boards. Attachment: attach_720_987_Blackwell_Road_Comp leted.box 346 posted: 11 Jan 2010 00:02 from: ClikC And here is an updated shape file too. This version includes the position of the loco shed and finalized possitions of the shed roads. Regards Matt Attachment: attach_721_987_Blackwell_Road_Base _Board _+_Shed.bgs 335 Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> Blackwell Road about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- ...
... is well-specified for Templot, assuming you are on Windows XP or earlier. If it's Windows Vista the memory upgrade to 1.5GB will make a big difference. When you say it is horribly slow, doing what exactly? Some users are running Templot using Linux+ Wine (or Linux+ Codeweavers Crossover, which is essentially the same thing). But if you have the option to run it natively under Windows I would recommend that route. It will make it much easier to learn, and you will have no problems printing templates or running the tutorial videos. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Feb 2011 23:13 from: Rob Manchester Hello David, Windows XP (assuming that is what you are running now) should run fine on a 2.8Ghz P4 with over 1GB of memory. Memory is cheap these days. I would put 2x1GB in it, making sure the two sticks of memory are the same speed and type. If the system is still slow( depending on what else you are used to) I would do a re ...
... , and then the surplus vee rail ends are trimmed back as required. Assemble the vee as shown using high-temperature solder because the rail gets hot while sanding. If it gets too hot stop and dip it in a bowl of cold water. Using high-temp solder also reduces the risk of it coming apart later if you are using soldered track construction. Hold the assembled vee down on the edge of a small block of wood using a penny washer on top and a couple of screws. Stick a bit of printed template on the block as a guide: 2_181049_190000000.png Adjust the fulcrum screw until it is a couple of thou higher than the rail. Check that the rail being sanded is held firm. A "penny washer" is a large washer with a small hole. Also known as mudguard washers or repair washers. They are sold as backing washers for pop-rivets, fixing canvas, etc. If you don't have a penny washer to hand you could drill a hole in an old coin, or use something else. Turn ...
620. Trackbed edges
... topic: 1005 Trackbed edges posted: 8 Jan 2010 10:13 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S of this parish has posted on RMweb about using Templot to cut out the trackbed for open-top baseboard construction: Eastwood Town- Update That's brilliant Gordon, thanks for posting it. But there's no need to mark out the trackbed edges yourself -- Templot will draw them for you. Here's a bit of printed template showing the result: 2_080442_440000000.png As you can see, trackbed edges apply to plain track and turnout main roads only. Templot is not too intelligent about this and leaves you to mark the turnout-road side yourself and scribble out any unwanted overlapping marks before cutting. But it's still a lot quicker than marking all the edges yourself. There's rather more to this than meets the eye -- here are the full Help notes from Templot. In particular note the trick via DXF to get the trackbed edges as part of your baseboard outlines in the background shapes:____ Trackbed Width If you are using open-top ...
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