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... less paperwork to replace like for like rather than get a newer design authorised. http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/840512dp.htm Battersby run around loop at the Picton End; about to be traversed by a blue Brush 4. About half way down the page. EDIT: Note also that it has original 4 hole chairs, rather than the 3 hole later used by LNER/REA/BR designs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55727763@N02/7614284136/ Battersby at the Whitby/ Tees end by the former signal box. This is a partially interlaced turnout. Note that it has check rails that conform to LNER/REA specification, rather than the 'curly' type used by the NER. According to NERA documents, the LNER did not use interlaced turnouts for renewals. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55727763@N02/8358449635/ This is the switch end of the above turnout. Note that there is only one single sleeper ahead of the toe (NER practice) and that the blade tips cover the whole of ...
... is not expensive (£ 2.80 from Amazon 2nd hand) but no use buying if not useful. I am modelling LSWR pre WW1 in Gauge 0 and wonder if this will add anything to the info I already have in prototype line books, or from the 2mm society's new 'Track' book. Thanks, Arthur posted: 28 Nov 2013 22:04 from: Martin Wynne Hello Arthur, I have a copy of this book. It's an A4 paperback book with 56 pages. It is a very readable illustrated history of the former LSWR Permanent Way Works at Redbridge. It contains maps and lots of pictures inside the works, and interesting details about the manufacturing processes and trackwork developments over the years until closure of the works in 1988. The book was published in 1989 to mark the closure. There are some pictures of different chairs and other trackwork details, but generally as an aid to modelling it probably doesn't add much to what you already know. Much of it relates to the later years and flat-bottom track. However if a copy is ...
... thinking of a way whereby anyone- whether really experienced or a complete beginner- could be guaranteed to get the same results. Using the filing jigs doesn't produce a nice and gentle bend. Some of the real experts just put two slight bends by hand and it looks and works fine. This is just as much a question about the prototype as it is model. I've seen the video of the press they use for forming the knuckle bend, but given the infinite curves of real World turnouts how could they possibly have limitless formers for the presses? Derek posted: 22 Oct 2020 21:02 from: Julian Roberts Hi Derek I'm wondering whether you're aiming for an unattainable perfection and whether it is the curve of the wing rails that is causing a problem. Here are mine for a 1 in 10 crossing. I bent them around some round nose pliers, that incidentally taper- each is a cone- not that I'm interested in trying to get rail inclination. I think they may be far from ideal but testing with a wagon gives nice sweet ...
... topic: 2389 Shifting the drawing origin posted: 25 Jan 2014 16:31 from: acoake Because my track plan grew like Topsy, it has ended up with with half of it on a negative Y coordinate. It would be easier for me if all coordinates were positive. I can move the Page Origin and move theTrackpad origin. The former does not appear to be saved so that reloading later, it is back at the drawing origin. The Trackpad origin does not move the coordinates, but simply appears to move the whole diagram around the screen with the coordinates origin moving with it. Is there a way of doing what I would like or do I just continue to work round it? It is a very small niggle only. Allen Oakes posted: 25 Jan 2014 17:28 from: Trevor Walling Hello, If you go to Main Background shapes it will open a background shapes box.Highlight your background shape picture file then click on modify shape.Then click on shift by which should open the enter data for:shift background shape.Simply enter the numbers ...
... the Templot web site without my having the faintest recollection of it? The file upload date is 2012, so there is no chance of me remembering now. Martin. posted: 22 Jul 2020 06:34 from: Hayfield Reminds me of the DIY articles in all three mags of that era, using either discarded (food mainly) packaging, matchsticks and balsa wood. Was it Railway Modeler that had the "Shows you how" series. Paper Mache and chicken wire featured heavily, with card of off cuts of wood formers posted: 22 Jul 2020 09:22 from: John Shelley Martin Wynne wrote: John Lewis wrote: My guess is that It might have come from Model Raiway News in the 1940s or 1960s. Hi John, The file name says 1956. The greater mystery is how it came to be on the Templot web site without my having the faintest recollection of it? The file upload date is 2012, so there is no chance of me remembering now. Martin. [edited message] To me the style says Railway ...
26. Moving Labels
... notice which is a slight irritant. If I give a template a new name then move the name label, it sits there happily until the next time I delete the template to the Control. When I then save and background it, although Templot is happy to remember any name I gave the deleted template, it does not remember where the label was. So when the new template is created, the name label is in a different place. Would it possible for Templot not only to remember any given name but also the former label position when the insert key is pressed? Best wishes, Howard posted: 16 Aug 2014 23:22 from: Martin Wynne Hi Howard, I agree that it is an irritant. I have had a note about it on my to-do list for years. The difficulty arises when creating partial templates. The labels would stack on top of one another and make it difficult to Shift-click on them. It is when using partial templates that Shift-clicking on the labels, rather than directly on the ...
... of my life. I know it must be the words I use, but unfortunately I don't know how to say these things any other way. But someone else may be able to do that. Any takers?... Thanks Martin, The fog of uncertainty is not so much a problem in understanding your vast body of explanatory writing and videos, as the magnitude of the task for a beginner/refresher to sufficiently understand the workings of your (magnificent) creation, and progress beyond the simpler tasks. As a former flying Instructor, I have some experience of learning and teaching complex inter-related subjects. This has given me some insight into the technical beginners' mind set. [including my own] For example: consider the tendency for the inquisitive to look at commands and think, "Now, what does this do?"- to then try it and observe the result; followed by, "Oh... what just happened!- now why did it do that? I would like to be helpful; by ...
... cpus since the first A chip was put into an iDevice. They licence the base designs from ARM, and are then free to customise them however they please. Finding foundry capacity to make the chips is another matter of course, but last I heard, Apple have reserved production slots with TMSC and Samsung for both 7nm and 5nm processes, though for what each will be is another matter entirely. You cannot really easily compare production of ARM cpus with x86 cpus either, as the latter is much much more complex than the former. ARM cpus of course being of the RISC architecture and x86 being CISC. Virtually every mobile device has some version of an ARM design in it, including the rather popular Nintendo Switch. Intel not being able to get below 14nm easily means a big deal for heat production and battery life, as the smaller the die, the (usually) lower power draw, etc. However we're veering off on a tangent here I think now. posted: 24 Jun 2020 08:17 from: Hayfield DerekStuart wrote: Without ...
... existing group. So that is an issue in not deselecting any existing group before starting. I have now fixed that for the next program update. I still don't know if that explains your problem, edit: I have now found the bug, many thanks for reporting it. Fixed in next program update. It does raise the question of what should happen where a template contains multiple tags. Do you group all the templates containing any of the tags, or only those matching all the tags? At present it is the former. I have added extra menu items to cover the latter option: 2_220305_300000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: posted: 22 May 2020 09:30 from: Paul Boyd Good morning Martin! Don't you sleep? This must have been weighing on your mind! Firstly, this is on a native Windows system, Win10 x64. Secondly, I've just replicated it on another totally unrelated layout, for which the box file is attached. The process I used was:- Open the box file. Individually group three templates. ...
30. Completely lost
... :54 from: Trevor Walling Hello, When I get the dreaded ping I usually find it is as Martin suggested. Most usually it means that a modal dialog window is being displayed, and you must respond to that dialog before the program can continu Templot has so many capabilities it is easy to get stuck.When I encounter the ping as described I usually discover the dialog window is being displayed by minimising the open windows till I find the culprit. Once that is addressed it is just a matter of restoring the windows to their former size and continuing. Regards. posted: 4 Mar 2015 19:11 from: Martin Wynne Dafydd wrote: All I want at the moment are two parallel tracks with facing points and I can't get beyond one turnout. Yet again, all I get is pinging. Hi Dafydd, Sorry, that's not too clear to me what you want. If you draw a sketch and scan it, or photograph it, and post it here, I will show you how to do it one click at a time. Please ...
... locomotives and wagons to run on it. A dock side, a little 0-6 -0ST 1361 shunting wagons around and to an off scene area behind a backdrop. A couple of goods platforms to load or unload and a crane (likely not functional). Some industrial backdrop, and cobblestone around the tracks. I've been playing around with Templot and I love how intuitive a lot of the controls are, still learning it but it's fascinating to see how much is possible compared to set or peco track. As a former delphi developer I do enjoy seeing something like this done in delphi! Anyway, enough rambling, I'll get a picture uploaded soon to show the intent and to describe how I'm going to break down the task at hand. I am very aware this topic may only be of interest to me, and if so I'm sure this topic will be moved to the correct location Thank you for allowing me to join this wonderful forum, keep the great work up and I look forward to seeing more work developed from you all soon ...
... : 19 Oct 2017 17:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tim, Well clearly, when Allen said "in all cases" he didn't mean that one. Or this tandem, where the rodding on the left doesn't seem to line up with either stretcher rod. 2_191205_530000000.jpg Sorry, I don't know where it is or which company. I can't see any reason why the arrangement would be different for hand levers from that for rodded operation. There might be a difference between passenger lines and goods lines and yards. In the former case there would also be the detector rods, attached to the actual blades. That would mean making switch blades with 3 fixing holes, so if detection is not needed, using the spare hole for a drive connection might be a simple alternative. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Oct 2017 17:22 from: Tim Lee You wouldn't happen to have a picture or diagram of how detection worked...another hole in my knowledge! I assume that Monsal Dale being mainline would have had detection in 1902? The other ...
... but that would give qutie a height difference with the pcb, and would be had to hide, I think. So raised pcb and cosmetic chairs it will b for the crossing and check rail area! posted: 16 Nov 2015 18:38 from: Jubilee42 Captains log supplemental: After reading your posts (thanks) and doing a bit more thinking I decided to make a jig to build the crossing in. I was trying to hold too much an just getting cross. Here it is: 3033_161333_440000000.jpg I take the template former out before soldering of course (! ), but it keeps everything together. The result looks like this on the top: 3033_161335_160000000.jpg but like this underneath: 3033_161335_510000000.jpg which makes me think I'd be better off soldering the crossing upside down. I'm still having solder melting issues, but then I haven't yet bought any other solder or flux. But at least everything stays still during the soldering. Feeling a little happier! Off to badminton. posted: 16 Nov 2015 19:55 from: Trevor Walling Hello, You might ...
34. Convert Group
... some extra bits posted: 23 Jul 2019 17:05 from: richard_t After converting, adding the extra bits to the plan that I couldn't accommodate in 7mm turned out easier than I thought. Here's a quick screenshot of where I'm at, before I start timber shoving. 499_231201_170000000.png In my world, Manchester Central stayed open, didn't get the track refurbishment of the late 50's. The turntable and water tower were removed in the late 60s, and the early 70's saw the closure of both CLC goods and Deansgate goods. The former flattened to make way for an open air car park, the later derelict waiting to be converted into the "Great Northern Warehouse" leisure complex in the late 90s. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Convert Group 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 ...
35. Printer Problem
... to print current document, which probably happened to go by the name "templot pages". You can try resetting the printer -- google "epson px650 reset" for instructions. In ny experience, epson printers can die suddenly. It may be cheaper to replace the printer than to get it repaired! Mike posted: 23 Jun 2016 07:48 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, When you say it won't restart, do you mean that it won't switch on at all, or there are error lights? If the former then maybe the printer is dead, if the latter, perhaps it's the well-known Epson built in self-destruct feature, which can usually be defeated. At least some of their printers have a built-in counter of some sort which triggers the machine into believing that it needs the used ink reservoir replacing/cleaning. By pressing the buttons in a certain sequence this can be reset. I may or may not still have the sequence, which may or may not apply to your machine (my hard drive ...
... copied to background). The following message came up, "SB hi-res draw to trackpad failed". However, everything seems in order. System; Desktop PC i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD. OS Windows 10 posted: 16 Feb 2017 10:53 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Godfrey. Just to be clear, were you using the sketchboard and displaying its items on the trackpad behind your templates? (SB is the sketchboard.) Or did that message appear out of the blue? If the former, had the sketchboard items been displaying normally up until then? The most likely reason is lack of system resources due to the extreme magnification needed as you zoom in on the trackpad. There is an option setting you can change to help with that, on the sketchboard control panel, settings tab, change transfer mode to low-res. If you are still having trouble, please can you post here your .box file and .sk9 file from the sketchboard. Thanks. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Feb 2017 11 ...
... : Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: Will this function still work correctly if the length of the Wing Rail fronts have been changed, which is something I have been know to do from time to time? Hi Tony, Thanks for your comments. The idea is to create a generic UK-style slip for those who don't want to do it themselves, or find it too difficult. To that end, many settings have to be a compromise. The wing rail joint marks are suppressed, and the timber spacing at the former joint is increased to 28". The remaining timbers then fill the available space to the K-crossings as before. Any other wing rail front settings remain unchanged. However, in positioning the slip switches Templot will assume the wing front timbering is unchanged from the defaults. If you have changed the timber spacings in the wing front, it's likely that the switch tips will not be properly supported on a timber. It would then be up to you whether to shove the timbers under them, or snake the switches to ...
38. Check this out.
... to... 2151_251240_190000000.png Tony W. posted: 25 Sep 2017 18:49 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tony, Here's my postcard. There was at one time a slip road on the right. Hence the extended timbers on the right, and the shortened check rail on the left. Looking closely at the image, I think I can see the far end of the short check rail has a machined flare rather than bent. The near end is too fuzzy to be sure. Admittedly there is no evidence of any former rodding or redundant chairing, and no obvious reason for the very long check rail (8 timbers each way), so it's a stab in the dark. Notice also that the check rail hidden by the windscreen wiper is shorter at the front than its opposite check rail, again for no obvious reason. This diamond may have been an emergency repair using whatever components the gang had to hand, maybe after derailment damage. Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) ...
... implemented in Lazarus. We therefore need to keep our own record of the current parent of the form. Shall I look at that or do you want to have a go? There is not much need for if Assigned because all the forms are created in the program unit( templotmec.lpr) before Application.Run; If that failed we would have far more problems than this form not being assigned. Instead of: keep_form.read_info_buttonClick(data_child_form); I would normally call the click method on the button directly: keep_form.read_info_button.Click; If you do the former you get a telling off in Delphi, I can't remember the exact wording of the message. But it works anyway. Because the above lines are in a Tkeep_form.xxx procedure, there is no actual need to specify the form, and a plain read_info_buttonClick(data_child_form); or read_info_button.Click; will work fine. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Nov 2019 01:33 from: Graeme Martin Wynne wrote: Unfortunately it is a bit more complicated,... Hi Martin, I had a feeling that if it was ...
... in the map name field, select the other maps (other than Scotland), cut and paste the URL that you have provided and then click on find map. I get a script error message and then the screen for the National Library of Scotland page asking me to select a town, county and map type. When I enter the details, I then select go to map and map appears on the screen but it is missing the area that I am after- Tavistock had two stations in 1905 and it is the former LSWR station that I am after, rather than the GWR one that appears on the map. By resizing the image using the on screen zoom buttons, I reduce the size so that the upper part of the page appears. I then close the window and choose to take a snapshot. It says that is a success and the transparency should appear but it doesn't. Instead I have the same small map image that when I try to enlarge it, it only becomes more blurred. I have spent about 30 minutes trying ...
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