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... I can say Seriously, thanks, not only for the confirmation that it can be done, but the step-by-step guide to doing it. I'll give it a try later on. My aim is that I might then be able to get the baseboard cross bearers laser cut, so that everything is spot on. I'll report back on the progress, and thanks again for a superb programme. Mike posted: 27 Apr 2020 13:40 from: Phil O Hi Mike, It might be worth adding a few extra millimetres to the width of your track bed, on several occasions I have cut the trackbed exactly and then found when I came to the scenics an extra few mil would have been handy. Now I always go 5mm over and trim it off if not needed. Stay safe. Phil posted: 27 Apr 2020 16:46 from: Mike Kynaston Phil O wrote: Hi Mike, It might be worth adding a few extra millimetres to the width of your track bed, on several occasions I have cut the trackbed ...
162. Saunderton
... topic: 3655 Saunderton posted: 2 May 2020 22:44 from: David Gwynne With some swearing, some frustration but with the software sort of clicking with me a few times, my first effort attached. Any feedback gratefully received. In particular, I struggled to join two of the turnouts together with a plain piece of track (just above the diamond). Suspect I may also need to learn how to transition between pieces better. Not sure if it's possible to exactly follow the lines on the 6" maps but I've tried to keep as close as possible. David Attachment: attach_3021_3655_Saunderton_v5.mec box 86 posted: 3 May 2020 08:17 from: Martin Wynne David Gwynne wrote: Not sure if it's possible to exactly follow the lines on the 6" maps but I've tried to keep as close as possible. Hi David, The 6" maps are generally too small to use for model track planning. The smallest maps which can be used tend to be the 25" maps (1 :2500). Saunderton station opened in 1901 ...
... flaw of Brunel's design were the narrow platforms and the close proximity of the overall roof support columns to the platform edge. Thus the platforms were widened, and I guess the later platform widths date from the Digby Wyatt extension. I have to admit I forgot about the BRILL article, I'll try and locate my copy. I'm quite pleased with the accuracy of the plan I've produced but anything that it can be checked against is superb. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I should start with Templot? Over the past few years I've done the branch line terminus tutorial a number of times but that's about it. Would people like to see a clearer/ signalling diagram? Oh, I did I little mock up yesterday with some N gauge rolling stock... http://tinyurl.com/36kcgu Alex originally dated: 2008-03-11 18:02:12 posted: 12 Sep 2008 13:30 from: Stumpytrain Hello, I've finally finished the baseboard for the layout! I've been playing with Templot a lot recently and I'm ...
... topic: 351 Wolves steel terminal posted: 3 Mar 2008 14:24 from: davelong Good morning all I've created a plan for Wolverhampton steel terminal and Chillington wharf. Time frame 1985-1990. So Pre EWS and pre big shed. The rails into Chillington wharf were still used but the wharf interchange with the canal long ceased. Also the main loop in the plan represents the mainline between Wolverhampton and Birmingham. I've rolled the rails and shoved some timbers but I'm hoping that a few of you guys could cast an eye over the plan to see if my timber shoving looks ok/respectable/typical? For those of you who have seen my plans before you may be shocked to see I've even managed to get around to naming the labels, must be serious about this one! There is one REA point inside the loop, which I've put there on purpose as its likely that it would never have been rebuilt using FB rail like some of the other points. I'm going to take a step into the unknown here too, with combining ...
... topic: 3738 Bonnybridge Central Based layout posted: 14 Aug 2020 18:18 from: ScottW Over this last few weeks I have been working on a plan based on Bonnybridge Central. A few compromises and changes have been required due to my intention to build the layout in my garage. If anyone is interested in having a look I would like to hear their comments. 3181_141308_360000000.png There is still some work to do to finish the plan. The 3-way into the yard needs finishing but I have still to lay out one of the sidings before doing so. Over on the left hand end are three curves, the outer is a siding, the middle curve the mainline and the inner curve is actually a loop. I have had to finish the inner loop inside the F/Y as there wasn't room for the complete length within the scenic boundary. A catchpoint also needs installing in the top end of the loop. Due to the tight curvature of these curves the turnouts have had to be made quite long to ease their minimum radius ...
... the row. regards, Martin. Last edited on 7 Nov 2012 17:40 by Martin Wynne posted: 7 Nov 2012 22:21 from: Simon Dunkley Martin Wynne wrote: What I have noticed is that the animation runs much more slowly on Crossover/Linux/Wine than on Windows. My Linux system is dual-boot with Windows 7, so is using the same hardware and graphics card. The difference must therefore be in the Wine system timers or graphics code. Got it in one- it causes a few other minor niggles, too, but as it is my choice to install on an unsupported operating system, I haven't raised them as that would be unfair. (I am not sure what the keyboard mapping is for the insert key, for example, on a Mac with Crossover, hence the use of Ctrl-v.) posted: 7 Nov 2012 22:32 from: Martin Wynne Simon Dunkley wrote: but as it is my choice to install on an unsupported operating system, I haven't raised them as that ...
... , convert to plain track, F7 to add and then F3 to lengthen. Gordon, Find a similar template (plain track, turnout, etc) and use copy to current template, then use F7 to drag and drop, adjust as necessary then Control V it. HTH Peter posted: 16 Nov 2007 17:25 from: Gordon S Thanks for your guidance guys, much appreciated. Managed to work the double track issue, Peter many thanks. You might regret letting me know you are there as I have a few more questions. Is there an easy way of joining between two points, say numbers 99 and 101 to the right of the attached plan? I see the information panel on Martin's double slip is appearing but I can't see the double slip anywhere on the screen. Once I can start to use the double slip I will be able to move on. Right now I'm stuck. Is there also a way of grouping several templates together and then moving them as a block? Right now I'm having to move them one at ...
... from: Michael Henfrey Thanks very much everyone. I did not know anything about the curviform crossing so thanks for pointing that out. (I really should read more tutorials) Borg& John, Thanks very much for those template files. I was really struggling to make the goods yard "work" but now I am one step closer to getting it started now posted: 27 May 2017 08:10 from: madscientist Thanks Dave posted: 11 Jun 2017 11:41 from: Michael Henfrey Right, I have made a few changes based off some suggestions to make the goods yard sidings longer and slightly operationally better. Iv'e printed it out and layed it out in the loft and it just about fits, but the dimensions in templot say it'll fit perfectly but I wasn't taking too much care in laying out the many peices of paper! Just got to do some timber nudging now. I seem to have forgotten where the option is to add where the ballast shoulder should be? Is there an easy way to apply it to all the track? ...
... : 1 Sep 2010 23:20 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, There are two box files of significance, which represent my first attempt at track design using Templot. The attempt covers a small area of Birmingham New Street Station and is a formation just to the South West of signal box 4 located on the old Midland Railway side of the station. The formation is made up of exit roads from platforms 5& 6, plus exit roads from the old Fish Siddings( I posted a JPEG photograph of this area a few weeks ago, however, do NOT use the photo as background as it is quite distorted due to whatever reason). After several aborted attempts, mainly due to my lack of knowledge and understanding of Templot, and also trying to overlay templates on the partial plan area in some sort of sequence, I eventually came to the conclusion that a new tack was required. I then decided to overlay simple plain track templates on to the plan, putting them as close as possible to the plan roads. Doing this gave me ...
... topic: 245 Inserting a turnout/parallel tracks/what is a notch? posted: 23 Nov 2007 01:10 from: Gordon S A few very simple questions that have come to mind over the past 48 hours. Managed to insert a turnout without problem, but it always comes up with a B7 turnout. How do I select a different form of turnout to insert? I have selected different turnouts no problem, but when I try and insert it, the programme defaults back to a B7. Setting up parallel tracks, again no problem, but when selecting either the MS or TS variant, invariably it puts the new track on the wrong side. How do you determine which side you need? There appears no logic to it and I get it wrong more than 50% of the time.. Can you please explain what a notch is and what it does? I seem to have one on my plan and try as I may, I can't get rid of it and don't really understand what it does. Tried most ...
171. Back button?
... topic: 3676 Back button? posted: 22 May 2020 17:16 from: Julian Roberts Hi Martin and folks It's been nearly a year since I joined Templot, and over that time I've been, on and off, thinking about what layout (if any) to make. I've mostly made steam locos in my 13 years of P4 modelling, and a few turnouts, for the club to which I belong (the West Scotland 4mm Group). Over this year I have more or less retired, and have in the last few days alighted on a plan to make an MPD scene for the 7 locos I have made (with more to come.) It is actually Kyle of Lochalsh, but the locality will be moved elsewhere in Scotland, to a fictitious location, as few of my ex-CR my locos would have worked there even in BR days (my period). However I'm planning to make an exact model of the shed location, it will be about 6 foot by 1 and a half, so hopefully achievable ...
... so). We're only just at the planning stage for this expansion so anyone on this forum who is interested is more than welcome to provide suggestions or make comments (by all means use the templot already posted and have a go at designing the fiddle yard expansion). There are some limitations on the design of the new storage roads:-- we cannot extend the straight sections of the layout since the straight scenic part is an accurate re-creation of the prototype.- the layout has exhibition commitments for the new few years (when the extension is planned to be built) and has to be kept 'on the circuit' whilst the majority of the new construction takes place. At this stage we think a new fiddle yard of similar dimensions to the existing one- but built about a metre behind it and accessed via double junctions may be the best solution. Regards, Richard Attachment: attach_130_236_fiddleyard2.jpg 3196 posted: 16 Nov 2007 07:16 from: Russ E Richard Oldfield wrote:- we cannot extend the straight sections of the layout since ...
... from: d827kelly Done some more Timber Shoving now for the remainder of the turnouts. If someone could take a look and see if I've introduced errors etc that would be great. Thanks Kelly2356_141516_540000000.png Attachment: attach_2497_3046_kelly_shepperton _mod_2017_09_14_2015_24.box 188 posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:40 from: Tony W Hi Kelly. Just had a look at your latest iteration. Largely there now I think apart from the alignment of the switch blades of the coal siding turnout (17) with the timbering, now sorted. Otherwise I have just tidied up a few areas where I thought the timbering could look better. Regarding the track spacing, too wide is better than too close. The stated spacings are a minima after all. You may also find the extra separation of benefit when you come to design your fiddle yard. I have also tidied up your storage box. Good luck with building it. Tony. Edit. PS. I note from the above posting that one of your baseboard joins is very close to the crossing of the yard turnout and appears to cut through the ...
... to make (assuming you have a lathe, of course). The trick is not to have them too large in diameter, so that they fit between two adjacent rail fixings without getting in the way. A roller gauge turned from 6mm or 8mm bar is plenty large enough (1 /4" or 5/16" dia) in 4mm scale. For use with canted rail in chairs it's important not to make the gauge slots deeper than the rail head. The radiused corners on the rail head easily allow a few degrees of twist to accommodate the cant. For use with soldered construction on rivets or copper laminate, you don't have the chairs to hold the rail upright. So in that case it helps to make the slots the full depth of the rail so that the gauge also serves to hold the rail vertical. This means that a roller gauge for glued chaired construction is not so good for soldered construction, and vice versa. Ideally you need a gauge tool specific for each. If you have a gauge with deep slots, ...
... sorry a lot of stuff is not available at present. It will all come back as I get round to updating it for Templot2, and I will put re-directs to mend the broken links. I removed it because I got tired of writing "here's a link, oh by the way it's all out of date". I'm 70 this year. I'm not going to be pushed into doing anything faster or sooner than I choose to do it. p.s. We are moving to a new server in the next few weeks. The disk in the present one has been spinning continuously for 6 years and Jim feels it's time to move to SSD. cheers, Martin. posted: 20 Jan 2018 10:42 from: madscientist 70!, succession planning martin?" Documentation is like Sex, When its good, its really really good when its bad, its better then nothing" and heres` compiler puzzle" to tax your approaching 70 brain, what does the last line return? constexpr auto auto(){ return 1; ...
... works, the station throat was relayed in bullhead because they couldn't make a flat bottom layout fit around all the overhead structures. Only when it was relayed again in the late 90s did we take the bull by the horns. Last edited on 7 Aug 2012 15:28 by Judi R posted: 7 Aug 2012 16:45 from: JFS Judi R wrote: As it says in the original post- to fit the existing geometry. I could buy the geometry argument- although looking at the acres of wasteland surrounding the few sidings that constitute Riverside these days I can't imagine that a few feet either way would be an insurmountable obstacle!. But why NEW? Although the OP suggests that the rail might be secondhand (it does not have much wear), the chairs, stretchers, the crossing and everything else is brand new. I can't believe that there aren't a few secondhand turnouts lying around (yes I can really). My sneaking suspicion is that the reasons are much more "legal" than technical- renewing "like for like ...
... topic: 3779 Admin: Live Help Screen posted: 23 Sep 2020 22:47 from: Martin Wynne The tests for the Virtual Scaleforum on Saturday reminded me that a few years ago I tried broadcasting my Templot screen as a way of providing quick Templot help and support instead of writing long replies and making screenshots and videos. It wasn't very successful then, but browser tech and broadband seems to have improved a bit since, so I have had another go. So far it seems to be working quite well, at least here. If you go to this link right now: http://templot.com/companion/live_screen.php you should be able to see Templot running. You can tell it's live because the red radius warning indicator should be flashing. If not, try pressing CTRL+ F5 to refresh the page. Allow 20 seconds or so before anything much happens. From time to time for the next few hours I will dabble with it just to see how well it works. Please report if it is working for you, the ...
... involved in removing track to replace ballast and sleepers, when relaying we used the marks left by the chairs on the rail to roughly replace the new sleepers, never measured anything, even timbering under S& C we used the old marks a bit of shoving was sometimes required to get the chairing on the timbers but that was all. I should mention that this is on a heritage line not a relay on Network rail or the precedents. Cheers Phil posted: 1 Jan 2013 18:06 from: Bob Ellis The last few posts on this topic have referred to the laying of replacement track and have set me to wondering whether it would also have been true that everything would have been done by eye when new lines were being laid in the 19th century. These lines were laid by contractors (Benton& Woodiwiss in the case of Hawes station in 1877/8, under the supervision of the Midland Railway's resident engineer, Frank Lynde, and engineer-in-chief, John Crossley). Am I naive in assuming that the contractors would have ...
... topic: 2134 2mm Finescale Tandem (or 3 way?) posted: 6 Jan 2013 11:39 from: rammstein2609 Hi all, I am currently designing a stay at home layout in 2mm finescale which can be 'played with' when my exhibition layout is stored away between shows. I have a plan in mind which involves two tandem points. I downloaded the help video and followed it through. The attached template is my second attempt as the first was a bit squashed together. I was wondering if anyone had a spare few minutes to have a look at it and tell me if it would work if I built it. To my eye it looks good but I'm no track expert. Obviously some of the check rails will be built as one piece instead of individual lengths of rail. Thanks for your time Martin Attachment: attach_1555_2134_2fs_3way.box 378 posted: 6 Jan 2013 12:30 from: Jim Guthrie Martin, It looks OK to me. Sometimes a big factor in building the more complex pointwork is arranging isolating gaps since some bits of rail can ...
... is specified in the equivalent model size, so it's important to have set your gauge/scale before doing this: 2_222110_340000000.png Templot then does some quite complex maths (maps are flat, the Earth's surface is curved), and loads all the necessary OSM tiles as background picture shapes. This is Shrewsbury in EM: 2_222110_350000004.png© OpenStreetMap contributors which might take a minute or two to load. As you can see, there could be several hundred picture shape tiles to fill the required area. But because each one is only a few KB, Templot can zoom and pan over them very quickly -- I have tried up to 2000 picture shape tiles without any noticeable effect on zoom and pan speeds. That certainly wouldn't be the case if this was a single large captured screenshot of several dozen MB. The BGS shapes file can be saved in the usual way, it is only necessary to load the map tiles from the OSM server once. It's much easier to work with the picture shape borders turned off. A rectangle shape is also drawn showing the ...
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