... And the BOX file: Attachment: attach_1875_2489_turntable_3.box 244 posted: 19 Jul 2014 19:23 from: Trevor Walling Hello, I think you may struggle trying to join into a tandem.I think it would be more likely to succeed if you make a tandem turnout on its own first.Once you have the tandem it would then be a question of extending the three routes to the turntable.Doing tandems is one of the more complex formations that take quite a bit of time to grasp and succeed with.If you do a search for tandems you will find a few posts from me and others which provide quite a lot of advice from Martin and those that have been successful. Best wishes. Trevor. Last edited on 19 Jul 2014 19:24 by Trevor Walling posted: 19 Jul 2014 20:46 from: Hayfield I managed following the video tutorial, use either the middle line or one of the outer( I get confused between a 3 way and tandem) as your datum, then extend the other two exit lines to reach the other two siding lines, as the length ...

... straight" to "transition" while I was replying to it. Are you happy now? Try setting a type 2 slew, and then use the action> mouse actions: control/geometry> adjust mode 2 slew factor mouse action to adjust the shape of the reverse curve. regards, Martin. posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:01 from: Martin Wynne Godfrey Earnshaw wrote: The article advocates chopping off the ends of the sleepers near turnouts rather than adjusting their position and orientation, looks awful. It's odd how few modellers treat track as a model. Would they suggest chopping bits off a locomotive if they got in the way? Martin. posted: 15 Dec 2013 01:22 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Martin Wynne wrote: Would they suggest chopping bits off a locomotive if they got in the way? Martin. Hi Martin, I'm Happy. (spoken as in "are you being served?") You shouldn't say things like that. I was a member of a local club once. We were building quite a large N ...

... the same length of track, just Main> Store and background to make a duplicate (two identical pieces of track on top of each other). Hi Arthur, That works of course, but as Alan suggested the easy way to insert several turnouts in the same curve is to use the tools> make split> functions. Here is a short bit of Jing video which I made very quickly to illustrate that: http://screencast.com/t /qiNZblXfjH I'm sorry it is so scruffy (it may take a few seconds to download before it will play). This is the result of that video -- lots of turnouts in the same curve, but no need to create duplicate templates or adjust their length: 2_182309_150000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 19 Dec 2013 13:01 from: LSWRArt Thanks Alan As always there is a quicker way, if you can remember it (doh!!!!). Thanks for the reminder. Best wishes Arthur Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called ...

... , and I hate shunting planks! A Brief History: The line was originally built to double-track mainline standards by the Lanky with the intention of tunnelling through Blackstone Edge to provide an alternative route into Lancashire. However, it proved to be "a dangerous and expensive enterprise" (including a viaduct which had to be rebuilt because the first one collapsed just before completion!) so it terminated at Rishworth opposite the schools (named as Slitheroe on the original contractors drawings hence the layout name). Apart from the first few months it was always run as single line. Ripponden and Triangle having two platforms both losing one platform by 1906 with Rishworth only ever having the one. Trains ran in both directions on the former up line (The Platform Road on the layout) after crossing over at Ripponden with the other line being used as a long siding between Triangle and Watson's Crossing Halt to store excursion stock and as a head shunt for the goods yard at Rishworth. The line marked as the Bay Road wasn't in fact a bay as such after ...

... hesitations, I would be very grateful. I would like to add a voice-over commentary, but that can't be done until all the video editing is finished. I'm currently using Camtasia. I would prefer to use TurboDemo (which fills in smooth mouse movements between clicks for you) but unfortunately it can't capture the mouse actions because there is no clicking. Jing is ok for short clips, but the tandem video would be too long for Jing and in any event the unedited scruffy video becomes tiring to watch after a few minutes. In the meantime, here are some links to the original notes for the tandem video. I hesitate to post them for beginners because it is all so out of date, but you may find them useful: My original notes for the video: message 4150 In 2009 John Preston wrote a couple of tandem tutorials: john_preston_tandem_part1.pdf john_preston_tandem_part2.pdf (4 pages in each part) I wrote a quick run-down of the Templot2 changes for tandems here: topic 1487- message 9841 and some more notes about it here: ...

... from: Martin Wynne Dave Summers wrote: Perhaps of limited interest, Martin, but it runs fine on my new Macbook Pro with OSX 10.9.1 under Crossover. Thanks Dave. Not of limited interest at all. It uses Internet Explorer as the rendering engine (hence the slower response than Firefox or Chrome), so it is interesting that Crossover is apparently installing a version of IE on the Mac. Normally Crossover/Linux/Wine uses Firefox as the browser. Many thanks for all the replies. There are obviously still a few issues to iron out. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Feb 2014 22:17 from: PRChappell Hi Martin I downloaded the link to my Windows 8.1 system and it took 1.5 minutes to download and all seemed ok. It then came up with the Windows warning about not recognising the software which I accepted. However it then continued to give the roundabout symbols and did nothing further. Hope this is helpful even if negative. Drop me an email if you want further details/trials. Regards Peter posted: 2 ...

... default. Otherwise the benefit of seeing a turnout in a full length template would be lost as soon as the new user sets his required gauge/scale. Unticking this option reverts to the previous mint new behaviour when changing gauge/scale. (The match original function retains the scale length in any event.) regards, Martin. posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:24 from: Les G Martin, It is a while since I visited Templot Club, due to other imperatives; where does all the time go? Few would deny that layout planning is a vital part of railway modelling, and the set track methods are so limited and ultimately, frustrating. When first rriving at Templot, there was a strong feeling of knowing roughly what I wanted to create, but without enough understanding to achieve it. Management of my copious notes soon became a problem in itself. Other distractions mean that Templot has had to be put aside for long periods. Returning, the learning curve starts again. You are right about the need for the modeller to ...

... , Graham 13_210747_060000000.png posted: 21 Mar 2014 15:47 from: Phil O It's been sometime since I built an outside slip, but I would start with the "V" crossings at each end followed by the "K" crossings. I would the put in the slip rail closure between the "V "s you can then gauge the other slip rail in and the rest is like building a turnout or diamond. Cheers Phil posted: 21 Mar 2014 17:41 from: Paul Boyd Hi Graham I've built a few of these, with different approaches depending on how it fits in with the rest of the formation. As Phil says, probably the best way is to start with the outer V-crossings and build the diamond. Then work outwards to each side from the centre. They're really not that hard to build if you can already build a diamond and turnouts, and they do look good! Just think about each element in its own right as you go along. You say that you've built turnouts before (not "points ...

... for this, so that they don't get resized. Upload them using the "drawings, screenshots" option. You can then have several in a message, interwoven with the text. This one is from the F7 snapping demo: http://www.templot.com/martweb/f7_snap_demo.htm regards, Martin. posted: 28 Mar 2014 22:06 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, Thanks for the speedy reply. Sorry about the size of the images, I didn't think. I had done this little animation for someone else a few weeks ago, and wondered if we could use such an item. I may do more when I need to demonstrate some of the Templot operations for others. If and when I need to apply such an item, I will, in future, remember the image size limitation. All the best, Brian. posted: 28 Mar 2014 22:46 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, The 800 x 600 resizing has been in place for 7 years. Now that most users have screens 1200+ wide, I have ...

... 32 mm long, the packet states for use with 00, EM& P4 gauges, are they 8' or 8'6" sleepers I am planning to make a small diorama based on flatbottom trackwork with associated track and lineside equipment, but that's another question for later Thanks in advance John posted: 17 Apr 2014 22:29 from: alan@york Try this link for modern PW http://mmrs.co.uk/technical/track.html posted: 18 Apr 2014 17:41 from: Hayfield Alan Thank you this gives me a few answers but seems to be for plain track only, what about turnouts please posted: 18 Apr 2014 18:27 from: alan@york Try the author's website: http://colincraig4mm.co.uk/#/track/4532596088 posted: 18 Apr 2014 20:58 from: Hayfield Alan Thanks for the suggestion, I have spoken with Colin a couple of times. As you may know Colin makes parts for modern turnouts, using both copperclad sleepers, etched and cast parts. I think these are of a more modern ...