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... the track never moved on the ground. Many thanks again and best wishes, Howard posted: 26 Sep 2017 15:20 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: For certain, the track never moved on the ground. Hi Howard, Are you sure? There is 60 years between the maps. Notice that on the 1951 map the viaduct appears to have been widened on the west side (curved wall is straight on the 1890s map): 2_261013_550000000.png I cropped the 1951 map (upper) and set it solid for easier comparison of the mismatched rails. Only the track on the left is significantly mismatched, suggesting a remodelling at some time. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Sep 2017 16:23 from: JFS Hello Martin, Well, I WAS certain, because the basic structure of the station (train shed walls etc) remained unaltered until the whole lot was demolished in 1990, and, as this photo shows, there was not a lot of room. But looking at the original and modified layouts in the original plans from The ...
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... than the required track centres. For example, the minimum spacing for 6ft way is 11ft-2in centres, or 134 inches (44.67mm). So if you set a track background at 131 inches wide, there should be a 3 inch gap between track backgrounds, or a 1mm gap in 4mm/ft scale. Setting a bright page colour (e.g. red) makes this gap easily visible. Zoom and pan all over the track plan to see it: 2_251100_390000001.png I added some dummy tracks at 44.67mm centres, for comparison with your track plan. You can see that there is no 1mm red gap at A which probably needs fixing, and a reduced gap in places at B which may be acceptable, although not strictly prototypical. You should always try to use the make double-track and make crossover tool functions, so that the required spacing is created automatically. This isn't always possible of course. If you tick the box to show the above on the trackpad, you can make adjustments. Set the trackpad colour to red for the ...
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... side of the V-crossing. For regular and generic V-crossings, that means the same radius as in the main road of the turnout. For curviform V-crossings, that means the turnout radius for the turnout. That is just Templot trying to be helpful and setting the most likely radius you will want in the branch track, but the expectation of course is that you will be changing it to something else. The substitution radius is a geometrical construct to help with CAD-style model track planning and allow comparison with commercial set-track turnouts. It doesn't normally correspond to any actual radius in the rails, and is seldom used when following prototypical practice for track design. The parallel type of V-crossing is something of a left-over from earlier days of Templot and I suspect is not much used now. Generally you get more control if you do tools> make return curve instead. However, it should be possible to split the exit track from a parallel crossing if it extends beyond the MRP position, and I ...
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... (currently the most recent message in the Fremington topic, Rextanka, Aug 14th) If the page is not in the cache, the page first comes up in the wrong place. Only if you then click Reload does it finally find the correct message anchor. This seems to be worse in long topics containing image attachments. It's a great nuisance if you want to use the link in an email to go to the forum to reply. Is anyone else seeing this? Is anyone still using an earlier version of Firefox for comparison? I'm sure it was working fine until recently. IE and Opera seem to be working ok and find the correct message anchor first time. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Aug 2007 20:04 from: Paul Boyd Er- I thought that was just the way the forum worked! (Also using 2.0.0.6). I didn't realise it was a bug as such, and just either hit the "End" button or use the "Page Down" button. posted: 16 Aug 2007 20:19 from ...
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... keeps the layout within the current 6600mm width which seems to be very convenient for siting purposes on the end of internal aisles at exhibitions- thus giving the spectator the ability to view Mostyn on three sides. However, when I've thought about it in more detail (but not yet attempted to Templot it), I've always assumed there would be a considerable reduction in the total amount of storage space that would be created- the turnouts for each fiddle yard road would effectively be 'pushed' further round into the storage roads themselves in comparison with the design of the existing fiddle yard. We have a projected stock build which will require an amount of storage space which is at least equal to that we have at present so a reduction in effective capacity in the new fiddle yard would not work. Another design constraint:- It is assumed that we will, as far as possible, end up with straight sections of new fiddle yard containing 17 roads each at 50mm centres thus giving us the capability, at some future date, of combining existing and new fiddle ...
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... . the original bitmap of 1.7MB and this worked with a 24-bit limit in "graphics limits". When I tried the same with an 8-bit grayscale image (581KB) of the OS map, the print-out reverted to printing only the templot trackwork and omitted the OS map (even with "no limits" set on the "graphics limits"). Does that give a clue as to what's happening? That said, your scanned map sent in an earlier email to the group looks huge in comparison with the map sizes I'm working with. BTW although I have a mono laser printer I always need to reset to "black& white printing" in "print" as Templot always defaults "colour printing". Is that another clue? Many many thanks for all your help Edward Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Edward, Thanks for the detailed report. On the face of it everything looks ok to work! Anyone else using a Laserjet 1022? If you would like to send the .bmp file to me at martin@ ...
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... rivets with a Dremel disc to get the chairs to fit snug. But the best solution is to drill or punch your own holes in the right place. There is a trick you can use in Templot to help. If Templot is set to print the rail centre-lines instead of the rail edges, you get the rivet positions for riveted plywood construction, where the rail centres cross the timber centres, like this: rivet_centres.png This shows a crossover in EM. One turnout has the more usual style of rail detail for comparison. Click the generator> generator settings> rails> rail centre-lines only menu option, then rebuild the required templates as a group (or all of them), before printing them. Print on tracing paper (which works fine in an inkjet printer if you load a single sheet in the tray at a time), then spray the print with Spraymount adhesive (blue can -- removable) and lay the plywood timbers in position. Then turn the whole thing over and prick through with a scriber to mark ...
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... resists oxidation and yellowing. Also the running surface is a bright silver and looks so right. And it's only the running surface we should be concerned with, because we paint the sides- don't we? posted: 24 Jan 2008 23:59 from: richard_t Roderic Cameron wrote: Any chance of a photo to compare the three options? Can I second that please- any chance of a photo! Richard posted: 14 Mar 2008 19:05 from: richard_t I've recently purchased some NiHi rail, and I've taken this comparison photograph. The rail on the right is Scalefour stores mild-steel bullhead (4mm), the middle rail is C&L's new HiNi 7mm bullhead, and the right rail is "unknown" nickel silver 4mm F/B rail. I hope you all find it useful. Attachment: attach_250_321_rail-side-view.jpg 2754 Last edited on 14 Mar 2008 19:06 by richard_t posted: 15 Mar 2008 00:14 from: Paul Boyd Richard- that is a useful photo. Thanks for posting it. The ...
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... information. 1200dpi sounds very high, unless you have an expensive high-end scanner. Try setting 600dpi instead. You can use tools> ruler> show ruler to measure between known features on the map. ALT+ left click sets one end of the ruler, ALT+ right click sets the other end. Check the distance shown on the ruler in 4mm scale against the same distance scaled off the map. (If you set the grid units to proto-feet, the ruler will read in prototype feet for easy comparison with the map.) Or if you send me the bmp file I might be able to dig around in it and get the exact dpi. There is a Templot video showing how to set up a scanned image in a picture shape: picture shape -- display a scanned track plan as a background guide 39MB (broadband only) edit: we seem to have crossed posts, but both on the same track! regards, Martin. Last edited on 5 Sep 2008 16:30 by Martin Wynne posted: 5 ...
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... do their railways properly! Aside from that the quality of European rolling stock is far, far higher than even the best of today's British outline models and I couldn't resist it- I was hooked and a buying spree ensued! I used to scratchbuild British carriages to museum standard but I can tell you the ready to run stuff I have for this Swiss layout (and I have a great deal of it), particularly the Roco models, could not be improved upon and scratchbuilt models would show up in a poor light by comparison. You just can't duplicate their flush glazing and exquisite lettering! I think you have to do it in P87 because this type of complicated trackwork just won't work in standard HO- aside from which- it looks fantastic! Alan posted: 18 Nov 2008 01:53 from: Nigel Brown Hi Alan Just of a matter of interest, do you plan to use ready-to-run stock on your P87 track, or is there an extensive rebuilding programme in store? I would have assumed the latter, but am ...
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... topic: 646 Track close-ups posted: 28 Nov 2008 22:36 from: Martin Wynne Some track details, taken recently in the yard at Hull Paragon by Mick Nicholson. A bullhead crossing. The clean new galvanised chair screws, the paint markings on the wing rails and the lack of rail wear suggest this is a recent renewal. But this timber escaped: bullhead_crossing_detail1.jpg bullhead_crossing_detail2.jpg For comparison, a flat-bottom crossing: fb_crossing_detail.jpg A switch anchor. This prevents the switch rail from moving forward at the tip, which would upset the planing geometry: switch_anchor.jpg This anchor has been cut through: cut_switch_anchor.jpg Many thanks again, Mick. Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Track close-ups 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 ...
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... a large construction project nearby. Nuclear power station? Dam? The loco in the picture is displaying 8K05 headcode, and a note on E4um today (thanks to Richard Ward) says "K headcode was Ipswich and all stations/yards to Lowestoft and Felixstowe, etc." So that sent me looking for likely locations on the OS map, and I'm confident that I have identified this location as Leiston on the Aldeburgh branch, currently serving Sizewell Nuclear Power Station. A 1970s picture of Leiston yard is here. Note for comparison the building in the right distance partly obscured by trees; the power lines and street lamp on the left. Original pic again: here. More details and map here. From which: "The construction of the Sizewell 'A' nuclear power station, which opened in 1966, allowed a 5 year stay of execution, but despite economies such as paytrains, the line closed to passengers on 12 September 1966." That was purely a guess about the sand, honest. Martin. posted: 25 Jan 2009 18: ...
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... . Regards Raymond Totally agree. It "might" be possible to have something looking a bit more like Windows by, for example, seeing if the control menu could somehow be morphed into a File menu, but I'm pretty sure it can't without significant limitations, if at all. The fact is that any worthwhile non-Office type application has its own distinctive methods which need effort to get hold of; the simplest may be able to make things largely intuitive, but any degree of complexity requires a learning process, in comparison with which so-called Windows features are fairly trivial. I've an old version of TurboCAD I do things with occasionally; I find Templot as a whole is easier, because it's been designed by one person with a unified vision of how the fairly involved requirement should work. I've not yet designed any sort of slip or even diamond, but at some stage I probably will, and when I do I want Templot at its best in helping me do that. I also think a facility like Sketchbook is enormously attractive in ...
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... Linux and Wine[ ...] I had to use the 2-year-old Ubuntu 10.04LTS 32-bit version[ ...] the visual appearance is awful[ ...] Is this what other users are seeing? Hi Martin, I didn't have any problem installing Wine under Ubuntu 11.04 nor when upgrading to 11.10 (64-bit versions). I don't get the ugly fonts you experienced, though some of the soft keys have corrupted legends as in your screenshot. Here's my screenshot, for comparison: 62_180529_340000000.png Incidentally, I previously reported occasional problems with Templot timber shoving data entry under Wine- it took unusually long (sometimes 30-60 seconds) for each line to be accepted, though if one was patient it didn't lock up. It wasn't more than a mild inconvenience. Recently though I upgraded my (relatively puny: i3@1.33GHz 4) laptop's RAM from 4GB to 8GB, for unrelated reasons. Now the slow-data-entry-in-Templot issue seems to have gone away... ...
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... anything about Illustrator files or its DXF export, so I tried importing your DXF into TurboCad. Assuming your units are in inches, the overall size is around 48" x 13". It looks like this -- is this what you were expecting? dxf_in_turbo.png I saved it again in DXF (R12) from TurboCad, and I was then able to import the file into Templot. The polylines didn't close, and some lines were duplicated, so I tidied that up with this result (the turnout is in EM for comparison): al_crooks_bgs.png The .bgs file for this is attached -- it should load into your background shapes without problems. (In 091c, de-select the "grid in front of shapes" option.) If the sizes are all wrong or not what you were expecting, please ask again. A screenshot from Illustrator would help if you can post one. regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_687_971_al_crooks_from_dxf .bgs 298 posted: 14 Nov 2009 14:20 from: Al Crooks Thanks for that Martin, as I suspected, ...
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... I assume end overhang is at worse equal to middle overhang? Related to this is how much contact allowance should be allowed for, I have assumed 2mm? But is this too small allowing for play in bogie pins etc. I would prefer my six foots to be as close as practicable to the 44.67mm standard. The gauge being modelled is EM, the centre line radius of the outer track is 1,250mm. From my calculation- for a 275mm long coach with 192mm bogie centres middle overhang is 3.69mm. As a comparison- it has been quoted that 50mm centres is ok in OO gauge down to 600mm, assuming this is the inside curve radius, middle overhang calculates out at 7.13mm. Add to this end overhang and there could be a problem??!! Can anyone can help me out on this. Derek posted: 27 Jan 2010 21:28 from: Martin Wynne Dellboy wrote: By using simple trigonometry I have managed to determine how to calculate the middle overhang based on track radius and coach bogie centres but how to calculate ...
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... In the 1980's I worked at Wolverton Works and at that time the Haversham Bank sidings, although heavily overgrown, were still entirely intact- including double slips apently- all LNWR trackwork, but the area was cleared years ago. Needless to say, I took no photos... Howard posted: 25 Nov 2010 19:49 from: JFS I failed to find a photo, but I did find this in the Exactoscale instructions. 1129_251446_580000000.jpg It is a bit of a simplification but shaows the principle. It makes an interesting comparison with the GER drawing. Hope this helps. Regards, Howard Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> Connecting Stretcher Bars for Double Slips 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 otherwise ...
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... most persistent in calling for improved documentation, and I am sure he has no lack of knowledge. Just a thought though. Bill posted: 22 Aug 2010 16:27 from: Jonathan Wells Templot is a truly flexible application that will replicate almost any permutation of full size track practice and one really needs to understand the trackwork of the prototype one intends to model to get the best out of Templot. Railway modellers have any number of reference for locos, rolling stock, buildings etc but reference for trackwork is rather scarce by comparison. I've recently purchased a copy of GWR Switch and Crossing practice from the GWR Study Group and though I don't model GWR it is a very useful book which made the point that GWR practice was significantly different from the other Grouped companies which used REA turnouts. From that book, I reckon that using REA trackwork for layouts based between 1930 and 1980 is a safe bet until you have properly researched the trackwork of your prototype. Of course if I want to build Ashburton then the book I mentioned is perfect! posted: ...
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... cost? With all the special plastic moulds and cast rail parts- not cheap, I bet. But it does make up into an excellent looking turnout, and not a gauge in sight. Jim. Last edited on 21 Jul 2014 08:35 by Jim Guthrie posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:05 from: Martin Wynne Hi Jim, Following the link in the video, the cost is 180 Euros (about £140): http://www.rst-modellbau.de/rstshop/index.php/gleisbau/weichen.html For comparison, the C-10 Exactoscale P4 kits from C&L are currently £54: http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=346_384_390_537 regards, Martin. posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:05 from: JFS Very interesting! But I am not so sure about using a double edge razor blade with just a bit of masking tape for protection!! Cheers, Howard posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:47 from: Jim Guthrie JFS wrote: Very interesting! But I ...
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... topic: 2020 Safety On The Tracks -- vintage training film posted: 13 Jul 2012 11:18 from: Martin Wynne An interesting comparison with present day practice. I'm not sure I would have been happy to use a metal shovel under a live rail, with the simple instruction not to touch the metal bit. posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:03 from: Alan McMillan Great film Martin, I'm just astonished that London Transport advocated the use of metal shovels and crowbars around live rails. I'm also not sure if I'd be happy stepping between the positive and running rails...what if you misplaced your foot and bridged the gap by accident? The Health and Safety mafia of today would probably have a fit! Regards Alan posted: 13 Jul 2012 15:32 from: JFS Alan McMillan wrote: I'm also not sure if I'd be happy stepping between the positive and running rails...what if you misplaced your foot and bridged the gap by accident? I never worked on LT, but I did an extended spell on the Southern. ...
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