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... Here some photo's of a GW single tongue catch point which I took last September on the ESR before we removed it. I see you were using the good old Liverpool screwdriver (Photo 1)! John posted: 12 Feb 2009 19:13 from: Phil O John Lewis wrote: I see you were using the good old Liverpool screwdriver (Photo 1)! John Hi John, That's not a scouse screwdriver, it's a boilermakers tickling stick for doing very fine adjustments. Cheers Phil posted: 13 Feb 2009 09:08 from: davelong Phil O wrote: Hi John, That's not a scouse screwdriver, it's a boilermakers tickling stick for doing very fine adjustments. Cheers Phil You're right it's not a scouse screwdriver, it's a Brummy screwdriver! Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> GW single tongue catch points about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for ...
... topic: 2040 New bullhead turnouts posted: 7 Aug 2012 00:50 from: Martin Wynne New bullhead turnouts being installed at Exeter: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/59971-good-news-from-riverside/ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/59973-brand-new-bullhead-points/ Last edited on 7 Aug 2012 02:02 by Martin Wynne posted: 7 Aug 2012 08:51 from: JFS The unanswered question is- why bullhead??? Many thanks for posting the link. Regards, Howard. posted: 7 Aug 2012 10:00 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: The unanswered question is- why bullhead??? Hi Howard, Least expense I would think. The rails and fittings are probably refurbished material lifted from elsewhere, on new timbers. And using bullhead turnouts for renewal means they can be drop-in replacements for what was there before, requiring minimal disturbance to the existing sidings. The basic REA design for ...
... users have issues with it- albeit that it is an area which has undergone a few changes recently... Having read all the discussion about potential changes, I am not convinced any are needed- especially any graphical gadgets- but we might well be back to the issues of how to help new users get into good habits- after all, to the extent I have an issues, it arose from from the time when I was a "beginner" Best Wishes, Howard. posted: 4 Aug 2012 20:08 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: I suspect that my over use of Store and Background arises from earlier bad experiences of failing to store and background then losing what I had just created. Hi Howard, It's quite difficult to lose something by failing to store it. There are 80 slots in the roll-back register, so unless you have made 80 changes to the control template since then, it will still be in the register. Just click repeatedly or hold down the left-arrow tool-button, or ...
764. Grouped templates
... topic: 2045 Grouped templates posted: 25 Aug 2012 08:47 from: dickc Good Morning All, I know how to swap end to end the control template using CTRL-N but how can I do the same with grouped templates please? I have looked through the Keyboard Shortcuts info on the Help Menu without success. By the way Martyn, just for the record, the Function Key Chart shows CTRL-F10 as SWELL which works fine for me and F10 as K ANGLE which doesn't (my problem, nothing to do with Templot) but the Keyboard Shortcuts list shows CTRL-F10 as ZOOM and F10 as SWELL Regards, Dick posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:35 from: Martin Wynne dickc wrote: I know how to swap end to end the control template using CTRL-N but how can I do the same with grouped templates please? Hi Dick, For a turnout, swapping a template end-for-end swaps the direction from facing to trailing (or back) on the same alignment. For a plain track ...
765. P4 Kings Cross
... !) Thanks for any help, 2527_091737_120000000.jpg Attachment: attach_1489_2052_kings_cross.box 493 posted: 9 Sep 2012 22:41 from: James KX Shapes I use behind the plan... Attachment: attach_1490_2052_kings_cross.bgs 361 posted: 9 Sep 2012 23:46 from: Tony W James wrote: KX Shapes I use behind the plan... Hi James. You will need to post the picture file (kings cross.jpg) that the .bgs file uses as well for the background shapes to work. Tony. posted: 10 Sep 2012 00:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi James, As Tony explained, please also attach the kings_cross.sk81 image file which you will find in your C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\SHAPE-FILES\ folder. The BGS file contains only the dimensions of the image on the trackpad, not the image itself. Only one attachment file can be added per message, as you found. Just keep posting further messages to attach further files. This is a bit inconvenient, but does make it easy to describe each file without any confusion. regards, ...
... through several pages of the forum thread but can't see any details of them. I thought it might be FS160 but I get the feeling that some of the check rail gaps are finer than 0.5mm if the Code 40 rail has a 0.5mm head. But some really superb modelling- including the water under the bridges on Page 2 and 3 of the thread. I used FoxLingo in Firefox to do the translating- it gets close enough to get the gist of what's being said. Jim. posted: 30 Sep 2012 17:08 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: Martin, Do you know what track and wheel standards are being used? Hi Jim, Sorry no. I know only as much as you. Jim S-W posted the link earlier today on the Scalefour Soc forum. Martin. posted: 30 Sep 2012 18:24 from: Jim Guthrie Martin Wynne wrote: Jim Guthrie wrote: Martin, Do you know what track and wheel standards are being used? Hi Jim, Sorry no. I know only as much as ...
... topic: 2072 Rather Long Check Rail! posted: 6 Oct 2012 02:26 from: BeamEnds 262_052123_050000000.jpg An interesting check rail at Radstock (North, I assume). Allegedly taken in 1976... posted: 9 Oct 2012 08:49 from: John Palmer It is indeed Radstock North. Trailing connection from yard to Down Main, controlled from Radstock North 'B'. If taken in 1976, then after the departure of the S&D Railway Museum Trust from the site, and must have been shortly before tracklifting. posted: 9 Oct 2012 10:44 from: Les G BeamEnds wrote: 262_052123_050000000.jpg An interesting check rail at Radstock (North, I assume). Allegedly taken in 1976... It is also interesting to note the unevenness of the timber ends, and also the untidy lip at the foot of the tarmacced(?) end ramp Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Rather Long Check ...
768. Print Rail Foot?
... topic: 2042 Print Rail Foot? posted: 13 Aug 2012 22:08 from: Mark C I would like to print not only the rail head but the rail foot, too. I am using HO-NMRA gauge and have set the rail to Flatbottom (shown in Information Panel). I have checked "rail-foot edges on flat-bottom rails" in the Output>Output Drawing Options>Element Options... dialog. Still, when I output background templates to the printer, it only prints the rail head. What am I doing wrong? Mark C posted: 13 Aug 2012 22:55 from: Martin Wynne Hi Mark, 1. click real> rails> head and foot (flat-bottom rails) menu item. 2. click real> rails> rail section data... menu item and set the dimensions for your rail section. You have now set up the FB data for the control template. 3. now group-select the background templates to which you want these settings to ...
... topic: 1990 Video- St Pancras Relaying 1947 posted: 21 Jun 2012 22:43 from: Martin Wynne posted: 22 Jun 2012 08:54 from: Jim Guthrie Did the commentator say Messrs Taylor Brothers of San Diego???? I've listened several times and it still sounds like that. But an excellent piece of film- no High vis or hard hats. I do like the rail saw. Jim. posted: 22 Jun 2012 09:06 from: Dave Summers I thought that and had to listen again- it's Taylor Brothers of Sandiacre! posted: 22 Jun 2012 10:42 from: Judi R A wonderful video, I just love the departmental rail crane- it's a tin shed on wheels! Judi R posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:09 from: Ian Allen I have to agree,it did sound like San Diego! A great piece of film, no hi-vis jackets, no hard hats, foreman almost being hit on the head, one ganger almost falling over. Cowans Sheldon cranes didn't ...
... That's interesting- I started a P4 layout based on Perranwell some years ago, but it's never got beyond the track and ballast stage- perhaps one day- in the meantime I'll look out the book with the photos and track plan if anyone is interested. posted: 28 May 2012 19:15 from: JFS Richard, I think such things were exceedingly rare and Perranwell has been modelled to death- especially on 7mm scale layouts which are smaller than they should be! Good Luck, Howard. posted: 29 May 2012 08:14 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, British Railways Past and Present No 17 Cornwall has a photo. BRJ 27 on Falmouth Branch says its unique. Definitely not a standard GWR Design though! Modelled to Death? Not seen one myself but then again I've been in France for 5 years! JFS wrote: Richard, I think such things were exceedingly rare and Perranwell has been modelled to death- especially on 7mm scale layouts which are smaller than they should be! Good Luck, Howard. Last edited on 29 May ...
... measure the position and angle of each end point of the second track relatives to the corresponding end point of the first track. cheers Nigel posted: 10 Feb 2009 11:47 from: Andy B You could try just 1 or 2 photos that capture the whole formation, then use GIMP (search the forum for Martin's examples of its use) to manipulate the pictures. Should be easy to set the transformation needed, as you can take a few exact measurements to check it. Andy posted: 10 Feb 2009 20:08 from: GeoffB Andy B wrote: You could try just 1 or 2 photos that capture the whole formation, then use GIMP (search the forum for Martin's examples of its use) to manipulate the pictures. Should be easy to set the transformation needed, as you can take a few exact measurements to check it. Andy Hi Andy, I will have a look at both ways of doing it (photos and measurements as suggested by Nigel) to see what transpires for future reference. I can set up the camera ...
... the slip road has special slide chairs at the switch ends onto which the slip roads are clipped, but the slip roads are unclipped for the next two sleepers out from the switch ends. I might presume that bullhead arrangements might have been similar. I won't actually be building this track (it's for someone else) but I think I might have to think of some way of hingeing the short "K" switch blades. I'm more used to laying longer flexible switch blades. Jim. posted: 6 Apr 2012 09:08 from: Jim Guthrie Correction. I've just looked at the Mick Nicholson picture again and seen the opposite slip rail is bolted to the slide chair. Jim. posted: 6 Apr 2012 10:50 from: Phil O Jim Guthrie wrote I won't actually be building this track (it's for someone else) but I think I might have to think of some way of hingeing the short "K" switch blades. I'm more used to laying longer flexible switch blades. Jim. Hi Jim I use 1mm Phosphor Bronze strip ...
... turnout with 700mm radius, it flashes up red and complains. Hi Julia, It's "less than". The reason you are seeing it red is due to rounding effects -- your actual radius is below the limit by a small fraction of a mm, but it is rounded to the nearest mm for the display. If you go to geometry> radius and curving... menu item and set exactly 700mm, you will see that it goes green. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Mar 2012 19:08 from: julia Groovy, a floating point error was the other possibility. Thanks J posted: 4 Mar 2012 20:26 from: Martin Wynne Hi Julia, I have changed the code so that the smallest radius must be below the limit by more than 0.5mm to trigger the red warning. This will prevent the display anomaly which you noticed. In the next TDV update. It's strange that something can remain unnoticed and unchanged for over 12 years and still need some further work. Thanks for reporting it. regards, ...
... sheet was spot-on for sizes. Although I saved a calibration file the machine works 'straight out of the box'! Not cheap tho'. Thanks for the recommendation. Most top-brand ink-jets are very accurate when new. Not so laser printers -- and the heat tends to shrink the paper, increasing the error. Laser printers need careful calibration to get accurate templates. Even an ink-jet will need checking again after a few months use. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Mar 2012 08:39 from: Jerry Thanks for the template printing methods. I'll have a go at implementing them this evening. And also many thanks for the printer calibration advice. Without it I might have carried on regardless, assuming that the calibration was always correct. I will try to remember to check it at least monthly. Regards Jerry posted: 21 Mar 2012 16:09 from: Tony W Hi Jerry. In my opinion an A3 printer is definitely a worthwhile investment for Templot users and some A3 printers can print custom ...
775. Construction methods
... the chairs on to the rail or for some of the more complex special chairs for S& C work, you may need to cut them up to fabricate your own. The chairs are usually glued using solvent using either ply or plastic timbering. The chairs can be eased off using a sharp scalpel blade if you get it wrong, If it is your first attempt, do expect the first few to end up in bin or at the very least in the fiddleyard. HTH Cheers Phil posted: 21 Mar 2012 18:08 from: Tony W julia wrote: But I have plans on my drawing board for an BR(S) 00 scale layout, for which I would love to make my own track. What are the current options for hand laying track? Are there techniques that give an effective looking chair finish? Thanks J Hi Julia. You could use the same construction methods for OO as HOe ie PCB sleepers, but if you want to achieve chaired track then you will need to use code 75 bullhead rail and plastic chairs with ...
... I then made a slewed curve with the following changed data: Slewing Zone Start= 80 mm Slewing Zone Length= 663.96 mm Amount of Slew= 12.51 mm I kept this slewed template in control, and did a dummy vehicle check to see what happened. The result was the same as before, and I found that the dummy vehicle followed the radii of the original longer un-slewed curve. This was a simple stand alone experiment. Hope this helps. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 28 Mar 2012 08:41 from: Alan Turner I've just constructed the track as above and the dummy vehicle follows the control template- as it should. Is the slew Mode 1 or 2? I used mode 1 regards Alan posted: 28 Mar 2012 14:43 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, Thanks for posting your file. I have deleted my previous drivel because I have now reproduced your screenshot: 2_280931_290000000.png It's very simple -- what you have done is to move the dummy vehicle so far to the left that it has ...
... mean that this site has been inaccessible to many members for over 24 hours now. Sorry about that -- it's affecting me too. I'm going to wait another 24 hours, and then have a rethink -- it looks like the move to Data 1 hosting has been a disaster. More downtime in the last 6 weeks than in several years previously. We can't just switch back until I have solved the database backup problems which prompted the move in the first place. Apologies again, Martin. posted: 23 Feb 2009 08:41 from: Martin Wynne Update -- Monday morning. The cause of the DNS failure still hasn't been found, but as a temporary measure to circumvent the problem, Jim has given us a new IP address. If you were previously having trouble accessing Templot Club, you should now be able to gain access using this address: http://69.36.13.142/forum You will need to login again. Please don't bookmark this, it is a temporary kludge and will be changing again shortly. A few of the ...
... topic: 1899 Timber error on switched diamond posted: 4 Apr 2012 13:01 from: Ian Allen Martin, Not sure if this has been picked up on before, but I am noticing spurious timbers appear when I convert a fixed K crossing diamond to a moveable K crossing diamond. I'll put up a screenshot later. Ian posted: 4 Apr 2012 14:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, No need for a screenshot. I'm aware that there are still some timbering issues following the generator changes for irregular diamonds. If you change to a switch-diamond for K-crossing angles shorter than about 1:6.5, Templot has no prototype information for the timbering and it needs some timber-shoving input from you to sort things out. I want to do something about the half-diamond timbering, but short of abandoning all prototype data and simply spacing the timbers evenly, the whole thing is a bit of a conundrum. The problem is made worse by having to allow the prototype/model flangeway option for the timber supporting ...
... topic: 1905 Heel clearance on straight switches posted: 7 Apr 2012 08:44 from: Templot User Martin With straight switches the heel clearance of 4.5 ins which is ok if your working in P4 or S7 but for other standards is not sufficient. Do you increase the length of the switch to move the heel chair or do you adjust the planning angle? I could not see the answer clearly on Templot probably not got the right settings for what is shown. Thanks Don posted: 7 Apr 2012 09:33 from: Martin Wynne Hi Don, The straight switches in Templot are derived from Table 7 in BRT3. The 4.5" heel offset dimension occurs at a virtual heel position a little way short of the switch rail end. So the actual offset at the rail end is somewhat more than 4.5". The rule is that there should be a minimum 2" flangeway clearance all along an open switch rail to ensure that wheel backs cannot make contact with it (which can damage stretcher bars and detectors). For 2.75" rail ...
... my written views, I then deleted it all thinking, what's the use, as I had hoped my last message was an end of the matter regarding PayPal. Also we are straying well of the path of the original reason for my posting. On a final word, if anyone does happen to come up with a method of enhancing images to a much better quality, please let me know A.S.A.P. Until then, will keep searching for another map supplier. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 29 May 2012 08:24 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: My first reaction was to hit the keyboard with a few choice words in response, and having got about three quarters the way through my written views, I then deleted it all thinking, what's the use, as I had hoped my last message was an end of the matter regarding PayPal. Hi Brian, You are welcome to post your thoughts here, choice or otherwise. However, PayPal is important to me and I want visitors to this site to use it ...
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