... topic: 2788 Wheel drop at the vee posted: 22 Nov 2015 21:18 from: DerekStuart Hello fellow Templotters I have followed the 00sf/4sf thread in "the other place" and with what I learned, I made some very smooth crossings that- to my eyes- looked right and showed no sign of any wheel drop. (I am doing this in P4, but the same rules apply). However, after referring to NER-A books I found that my knuckle bends were still too sharp, so I tried to make them more gentle. A 1:8 knuckle bend comes out with a bend very similar to the circumference of a Scalefour mug. So I bent the rail around that, carefully checking until the straight parts lined up with the stock rail and the wing rail of a Templot diagram (I put 0 flare on the wing rail and extended them considerably so that I would have something more to align them on). As a point of note, the curve should be even more gentle than the ...

... topic: 2779 One for the 'prototype for everything' (odd use of a special chair to support a fish plate) posted: 9 Nov 2015 14:25 from: DerekStuart I thought this might be of interest to some people. It appears to be a slide chair or other special chair that has a bolt hole, supporting a fish plate. Presumably at some point it has had a bolt right through it and the fish plate. It isn't my photo, so I will just leave a URL. Incidentally, just behind the camera is a partial original NER interlaced turnout. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55727763@N02/8279220332/ Last edited on 9 Nov 2015 14:27 by DerekStuart Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> One for the 'prototype for everything' (odd use of a special chair to support a fish plate) about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot ...

... of this. Primarily 1970s/ 1980s, and some stock of current era for my daughters interest perhaps. Last time I laid any track was before 1985, so I am a novice really, though soldering the tags onto the track bus was very familiar, so I reckon I was quite proficient at soldering when I was about 10 to 15 years old. Thanks in anticipation for your help and advice, all the best, Ian. Attachment: attach_3170_3808_Baseboards_model _railway_loft-165904.JPG 163 posted: 4 Nov 2020 22:32 from: DerekStuart Hello Ian That sounds an interesting plan. When younger I used to spend the school holidays in Scotland and seemingly all day between Waverley and Queen's St. How I miss those Brush 4 push pull sets. The only advice I can offer, in the absence of any specific questions, is to make sure you get the right gauges for 00-sf. As I understand it there are several different, but similar looking, versions about. I hope you'll post pictures of your progress. BTW I did have all of ...

... : 15 Nov 2020 06:20 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Barrowman wrote: Rats! You were not supposed to know about that. Fortunately we've been using a bank in The Cayman Islands. I see. Write out 100 times "I shall not supply High-Voltage Underground Cable at the crack of dawn while Martin is boiling an egg for his breakfast." posted: 16 Nov 2020 04:51 from: Andrew Barrowman But Sir, it was Manchester's idea. posted: 1 Dec 2020 11:57 from: DerekStuart After finding myself deluged with spam, I have traced it back to these very same people. It seems Martin and I are not the only people to have questions about the accuracy or validity of that organisation- a quick internet search shows they are not highly regarded. They also promise a clear and concise statement of their data protection policy- yet they refuse to disclose how, where, when and why they got hold of my private works email address. Well it will do them no good as I'm going to change ...

... why people use it and say it's only for beginners and it always puzzled me. About 4 weeks ago I had a "Eureka" moment I found; P, Peg/Align Tools> B, snap the control template onto background template>.... It is so useful, I wonder why it took so long to find. I think the reason is; nobody talks about it, it is just not obvious but Martin, it is brilliant. Godders posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:11 from: DerekStuart Did you find that from the same thread as me, Godfrey? It's a brilliant tool, isn't it? Even now I'm still learning Templot. For days I've been working on putting the whole of Whitby into Templot and finding it didn't fit. Thanks to this feature I discovered in minutes it was down to lots of small barely perceptible mis-alignments of small groups of templates. Snapped them together and it fitted perfectly. Martin's a clever chap alright. Derek posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:09 from: Godfrey ...

... intersection functions do already support that, if there is a turnout in the starting control template. But only for intersects in the main roads, and not for transition curves: 2_311014_440000000.png Although I don't remember ever posting about it before. It is explained on this old page: http://templot.com/vis_box/turnout_on_intersect/ Also available as a PDF: http://templot.com/companion/fit_turnout_to_existing_curves.pdf The existing notch on intersection functions are: 2_301120_060000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Sep 2020 17:05 from: DerekStuart Martin, this is a really powerful feature. As a recent returnee I admit to struggling with partial templates despite using them regularly in the past. I can understand your reticence in respect of the inevitable questions this will generate. I have some automotive diagnostic software at work which requires that before I engage in any advanced feature, I sign in with a password to confirm that I know what I'm doing. Perhaps something similar here "WARNING: You are attempting to use an advanced feature. Please confirm you understand the basics ...

... some instructions from Martin over tandem turnouts, but struggled to follow those. I've realigned the three-way a bit which I think works better and is buildable. Just not sure on the placement of the 'vee' on the bottom road. Attachment: attach_2558_3119_Worcester_Street _MPD.box 228 posted: 2 Nov 2017 23:20 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richie, See this recent topic for links: topic 3098 Sorry I don't have time today for a detailed reply. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Nov 2017 18:14 from: DerekStuart Hello Richie You don't convert the multiple templates into one as such. For printing, if you select each relevant partial template (it turns white) then press G, it turns red. Do that until you have all the templates you want and then go to OUTPUT at the top and select PRINT GROUP TEMPLATES ONLY. If the page origin is too far from your templates you might have to accept/skip some blank pages until it gets to your template (it's self explanatory when you see it). Or alternatively ...

... the bay platform will be. If we do this on Christmas Day, we are likely to have the streets and car parks to ourselves, and be able to climb over a fence and hammer sticks into a lawn to mark the position of the cattle dock. Nowadays many folks have mobile devices with GPS and mapping functions, so this full-size layout planning in the fresh air becomes entirely feasible. You can spend too much time sitting at a computer. Martin. posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:31 from: DerekStuart Hello Martin I don't think it would be just fictitious lines that could use this, but those trying to work out which part of the supermarket car park used to be the turntable. Like many, I have put Templot output over a Google map and gone to site to look for real World clues; of course, with your recent addition of automated map import, this function is already well served. As ever, I'm sure this would be useful for all sorts of things- but you have already spoiled us with ...

... shows seem to omit. I have no idea about those selling rolling stock kits but again there were a quite a few modellers (far more than normal) taking the plunge into trying P4, buying the odd length of track and or a turnout kit or a few track parts just to give it a go. I would guess stands selling loco or rolling stock kits would have also benefited by those who after a chat with a demonstrator went on to buy something to build posted: 26 Sep 2016 17:30 from: DerekStuart To add to Mr. Hayfield's comments, it was also noticeable how many people were talking very enthusiastically about Templot- especially those who were watching Howard Bolton's excellent tutorials (some of whom were clearly beginners). Certainly I heard none of the "it's toooooo haaarrddd" type comments that I have just been reading on the forum for that society. posted: 27 Sep 2016 21:18 from: Paul Willis Hayfield wrote: Also noticeable (as I helped out on the C&L stand) there was total interest ...

... so I would be pleased to know if anyone cannot follow the above? This is a close-up of the condition described above: 2_260549_570000000.png For myself I prefer to have exact alignments in Templot. But from looking at some posted box files it is obvious that others would deem the above acceptable, and aim to correct it at the track construction stage. Bearing in mind that in 4mm/ft scale the above rail is less than 1mm wide. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Nov 2015 20:56 from: DerekStuart Hi Martin I think that is an incredibly good idea and I am sure I won't be the only one to appreciate- and use- such a feature. For what it's worth, I agree about mis-alignments. No point introducing kinks as you can 'dilute' them over a length during construction, but they're still there and maybe not evident until it's too late. Derek posted: 6 Dec 2015 01:34 from: dave turner Martin Whilst I agree that in practice such tiny corrections can be corrected on the ...