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... ... templot1.jpg It took a bit of skewing and stretching but I'm very pleased with the result. I'm going to work out more accurate stretcher bar locations and confirm the track centres of the 4 lines within the Brunel part of the shed next. The track centres are important as supporting columns for the drawing offices above were located between the lines in the original carriage/ loco shed part. I'm still new to Templot really so any tips or suggests would be gratefully received. I hope to keep you posted! Cheers, Alex originally dated: 2008-03-11 00:12:43____ from: Paul Boyd Looks like an interesting project. I lived in Bristol for most of my life until I managed to escape, and I think it's a shame and somewhat ironic that the old station is just a car park now. As far as track spacing goes, this was originally built with broad gauge, and I vaguely remember seeing an engraving that shows four broad gauge tracks, so that should give you an idea. ...
... topic: 1716 Request: Single slip and RH turnout posted: 4 Dec 2011 16:37 from: Alex While i'm still coming to grips with templot and following the tutorials i'm hoping someone could help me with a pre-done template. I'm wanting to have a RH turnout to a single slip as access to a yard. Working in T Gauge, 1:450, Some handy track info here http://www.t-gauge.net/tech_2.htm If anyone could help i would be most grateful. regards, Alex. posted: 4 Dec 2011 20:43 from: Tony W Alex wrote: While i'm still coming to grips with templot and following the tutorials i'm hoping someone could help me with a pre-done template. I'm wanting to have a RH turnout to a single slip as access to a yard. Working in T Gauge, 1:450, Some handy track info here http://www.t-gauge.net/tech_2.htm If anyone could help i would be most grateful. regards, Alex. Hi Alex. Not really ...
... topic: 1710 Viable for T Gauge? posted: 1 Dec 2011 09:01 from: Alex Hi All, Just joined. I've recently just got myself some T Gauge to keep me occupied over the winter Have tried to make some points freehand but it's very awkward to get the angles correct. Is T a bit too small to design and print scale templates? regards, Alex. posted: 1 Dec 2011 09:53 from: Martin Wynne Alex wrote: Is T a bit too small to design and print scale templates? Hi Alex, Welcome to Templot Club. No problem at all -- just create a custom gauge setting at the desired scale and gauge (1 :480? 3mm?). Here is a B-6 turnout in less than 50mm (2 "). But I'm not sure how you go about building it: 2_010449_280000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 1 Dec 2011 10:09 from: Alex Thanks for the info Martin. It's going to be very fiddly but I'm going to give it a ...
4. Ashburton
... Cynric Williams For those who may be interested I have attached a grab of my sketchup model of Ashburton. work is still in progress, but it has already thrown up a some interesting problems, that would only have come to light on construction. If anybody would like a copy of the file I will post it Attachment: attach_119_plan-google-earth.png 670 Last edited on 28 Oct 2007 17:29 by Cynric Williams posted: 28 Oct 2007 19:31 from: Stumpytrain Looks good! What problems have you found? Alex posted: 28 Oct 2007 21:20 from: Cynric Williams Stumpytrain wrote: Looks good! What problems have you found? Alex mainly things you forget about like road levels rising and falling which you can see on the attachment, I made a sight visit in the summer and took loads of photos, but I didn't realise how much the site slopes away. I also have nothing on Tuckers mill apart from old photos, so I will scale off them Attachment: attach_120_ashburton-Station.png 630 posted: 28 Oct 2007 21 ...
... the left and bottom of the layout and despite trying various values I can't seem to accurately get my track centred on x:155 y:155. I can't seem to fathom what the+/- x and y shift does either? If I do it manually, the x dimension appears to be linked to the left of the actual template, and the y certainly isn't the track centre. I can rotate around the peg, but I can't seem to move based upon it? Many thanks in anticipation. Cheers, Alex 517_170519_230000000.png posted: 17 May 2018 10:51 from: Martin Wynne Hi Alex, Don't use that dialog. Instead, 1. geometry> notch> set notch position and angle... menu item. 2. geometry> notch> shift onto notch menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 17 May 2018 11:02 from: Stumpytrain Hi Martin, Thanks for your lightning fast response! Notch set at 155,155 and template quickly relocated there... easy when you know how! Right. ...
... Windows7 system, which is nothing special speed-wise. The EXE window opened in 2 seconds and the first page appeared 1 second later. On Windows10 on my Surface Pro tablet, from a cold start the window opens and first page appears instantly, it is not slow enough for me to time it. Possibly you have your anti-virus set to scan executable files every time they are launched? Because the content is zipped, this might take longer than usual. It is the EWriter format from EC Software, and Alex did warn that initial startups may be slow. Not finding that any problem myself I tended not to take much notice. Anyone else seeing a slow start up with the EXE format? Any faster next time? regards, Martin. posted: 9 Oct 2015 12:52 from: JFS Hello Martin, This machine runs Windows 7, and as I say, it is a fairly quick machine. However, I think you are right about my AV scanning all exes- even though it is "disabled" (I ...
... yet contains any significant content, it is still mostly empty pages. I have been waiting for these developments to become available before doing much more actual work on the Companion. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Jun 2015 13:40 from: Martin Wynne NeilD wrote: BUT: when I tried to search, whilst it displayed search results without any problems and displayed the search that I had typed, I couldn't see what I was typing in the initial search bar. Many thanks Neil. I will pass that on to Alex at EC Software. Do you mean it was too small to see, or completely blank? regards, Martin. posted: 19 Jun 2015 13:48 from: NeilD It was hidden behind the main content: I could only just see that I was typing something because there was 'movement' but I had no idea what was being typed. It wasn't in the search box but some form of bar hidden at the top of the screen (like text bars that appear in other applications- this could have been a ...
... at the amount of time, work and skill needed to make one that looks as good as some of the RTR models it makes me wonder how many will get built. I wasn't suggesting you used Kadee couplings- I think that would not be a good choice for Yeovil. I was just making the point that US modellers have the choice made for them as the Kadee is excellent from both an operational and visual angle. Spratt and Winkle is in my view the best choice for hands-off operation- I tried the Alex Jackson system but can't say I was impressed( glad I didn't say that on RMWeb) The smaller AC3/3 is the S&W one to go for I susgest. I have a few of the Slaters Dean coaches but could do with a few more unmade kits. Since the 'mess up' with Coopercraft they aren't easy to find. Any spare let me know- if you want to reduce the pile of unmade kits! Thanks again for your jottings. Rob posted: 29 Oct 2019 06:50 from ...
... topic: 210 Welcome to our 250th forum member posted: 27 Oct 2007 19:07 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, Nearly 6 months on from moving to the new Templot Club forums, and we have just today gained our 250th member. Welcome Alex. That's still fewer than 50% of the old Yahoo group membership, but I know there are many on there still receiving forum emails via Yahoo who have never registered on Templot Club. Time to take stock, perhaps. The original intention was to reduce my off-group support emails by offering a user area independent of the dreaded word Yahoo. Certainly my off-group emails have reduced, but I don't detect any higher proportion of users now joining here than used to join on Yahoo. It is still only a small minority of Templot users actually joining, but no doubt many more read the forum pages without joining. So has the move been a success? regards, Martin. posted: 27 Oct 2007 19:26 from: Stumpytrain Hi Martin, Do I get a ...
10. A new trolley
... tidy, well done. Where did you get the 6-drawer unit next to the trolley? I have a very similar one, minus the castors, that came from Ikea a few years back and is very good for rolling stock storage after I lined the drawer bottoms with some soft material. Last time I looked Ikea didn't seem to list them anymore. Rob It looks like it's this: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/drawer-units-storage-cabinets/alex-drawer-unit-on-castors-white-art-40196241/ posted: 12 Nov 2018 18:23 from: Andrew Duncan richard_t wrote: Rob Manchester wrote: Hello Andrew, Very tidy, well done. Where did you get the 6-drawer unit next to the trolley? I have a very similar one, minus the castors, that came from Ikea a few years back and is very good for rolling stock storage after I lined the drawer bottoms with some soft material. Last time I looked ...
... . Suspect in both cases it's well within acceptable tolerances, and a small amount of end float may add a tad of flexibility; certainly you don't want things too tight. Nigel, It depends on the wheel and track standards you are using. That much wheel wobble can be an embarrassment if the wobble goes the wrong way at a crossing nose on the (close to) exact scale setups. And with some automatic coupling systems, they look for minimal end float on a vehicle's axles to ensure coupling- such as the Alex Jackson design. But it would be interesting to see what happens on an exact scale setup- P4, S scale, Scale7. I believe that you can get small camera recorders which can be housed on a model wagon and be used to record what happens on board. I believe they record to onboard memory that is played out afterwards. Jim. posted: 25 Jun 2011 17:33 from: Jim Guthrie JFS wrote: Does anyone know what the technology looks like to make a vid like this? Howard, ...
... you are using and where they are mounted; esssentially, how much sideways shift you can get between the couplings. I use body-mounted B&B couplings, and find a B7 is just about OK. Cheers Nigel posted: 24 Apr 2012 16:07 from: Tony W Hi Nigel. Yes of course we modellers can get away with sharper curves than the prototype which is what my previous comments refered to. My layout (P4) has a B-6 crossover and my rake of mk1 coaches (with Alex Jackson couplings) negotiate it OK, but the displacement of the corridor connections has to be seen to be believed. I hasten to add that this road was not intended to be used by passenger stock but in the interests of scientific experiment!!!! Tony. posted: 25 Apr 2012 16:48 from: allanferguson Nigel Brown wrote: For coupled coaches and the like it depends to some extent on what couplings you are using and where they are mounted; esssentially, how much sideways shift you can get between ...
... the years -- "I can't learn by reading, I have to see it". That was one of the reasons I changed to creating the videos instead of producing more static tutorials. Well, I'll stick my hand up and say that I don't learn best by reading but by doing. Probably why I was crap at school in theoretical subjects but did well in practical subjects, and why I'm working in the "doing" part of engineering! A very recent example- I've just bought the Turner jig for making Alex Jackson couplings. I read the instructions before it arrived on how to make the jig, and on how to make the couplings. I couldn't make head nor tail of it all. The jig arrived, I built it and could then see how it works and was turning out AJ hooks in the blink of an eye- I filed the instructions But that message is excellently written and perfectly clear. Far better in fact than the many garbled posted messages I see on some forums. I'm really puzzled how someone who says ...
14. The Spare Room
... you might have to do a bit of experimentation if you intend to use auto couplers. I think Jas Millham gets down to about 42" radius on Yaxbury in places and he doesn't seem to get any problems on that layout. Jim. posted: 29 Dec 2008 19:36 from: Scott Willis Jim I wasn't intending on using any form of auto coupling, just good old three link. The layout design isn't very wide so I won't have to reach too far. If I were to use any it would be Alex Jackson's as they are less visible than most. Unfortunately, in my experience with 4mm, I found that AJ's don't like coupling up on sharp curves. At the moment I'm shoving timbers to make interlaced sleepers. I have a couple drawings of an NB turnout, diamond and single slip to help me. I'm having a few problems with the double slip as I have no drawings for one and it's not just a case of producing a mirror image of a single slip. At the moment about 50% of it is ...
15. Clifton Down
... /blog/ 100GB of photo storage for each group is effectively unlimited. Martin. posted: 7 Oct 2008 06:05 from: Stumpytrain Brian Lewis wrote: Perhaps when you retire you could help me build it? After you and Jim have built Clifton Down, as a Bristol resident I'd be more than happy to operate it for you! In the meantime as a Bristol Panel signalmen I can plod along operating the the real Clifton Down. Though unfortunately as you know it's a shadow of its former self... Alex Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> Clifton Down 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, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of ...
... I enlarged the outer branch facilities at the junction as the original was extremely cramped. I see that you did the same in the XTrkCad design. I commandeered the top left corner for the MPD area (or a diesel refuelling area) with a turntable to allow the use of tender engines on the branches. That released the top right corner for the goods yard. It's really too far to reach across comfortably, but there isn't room on the inside with your reduced board width. So it will need auto couplings such as Alex Jacksons to shunt the yard. I imagine a girder overbridge for the station access road as shown. The station building could be an impressive two-storey structure on the platform with access at the upper level. At the branch station the kink in the platform will need some scenic explanation. For example a church and/or graveyard may have prevented the railway taking a straight route through the town. The real reason for the kink of course is to maximise the length of the gradients on the left, and to reduce ...
... -of-date very soon as I work on the updated docs. I had hoped that the EWriter format with content updated from the server was the answer, especially with its ability to integrate directly with the program: "click here to see this happen now". But getting it to appear crisp dpi-aware at a suitable size on everything from a tablet to a widescreen monitor is too much of a headache. It's no good if it appears all fuzzy with no way for the user to correct it. If Alex Halser at EC-Software ever makes the source available, so that I can force it dpi-aware and scale it to match the Templot program sizing, I will look at going back to it. So the web format seems the best option, and using an old-style frameset I can link context help from the program to a specific tab. At least that's the plan for now -- I have had grand plans in the past which came to nothing. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Sep 2017 ...
18. Midford S&DJR
... building a model railway and I've returned to a plan I've been working on over the past few years. Here she is: phase1_midford_viaduct_osmap.jpg Once I've pestered Martin for a new registration thingy I'm going to set to work producing the template. The template will be used to assist building the baseboards and viaduct etc. I just thought people might be interested! Oh, she's 2mm Finescale and represents the end of the single line section from Bath. I'll keep you posted with my progress, any tips or suggestions will be greatfully received! Alex Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Midford S&DJR 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, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property ...
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