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... topic/69145-attention-00-sf-track-builders/ regards, Martin. posted: 8 Mar 2013 12:36 from: JFS Thanks for the heads up Martin. There is lots of good news on the C& L front just now. Looking through the latest news there was something which puzzled me- there is reference to a new "P4 Checkchair with .58mm flange way" Either this should read "P4 Checkchair with .68mm flange way" or "S4 Checkchair with .58mm flange way" Since the former already exists, I assume he means the latter- there seems lots of scope for confusion here! Best wishes, Howard. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Attention 00-SF track builders 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 ...
... topic: 3518 More about background maps posted: 4 Oct 2019 19:13 from: Martin Wynne Earlier today I posted a reply on the Scalefour Soc forum showing how to add contour lines to the historic 25" maps from NLS. It may be of interest: http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p =70194#p70194 If the contour lines are included in the printed templates, scenic formers can be cut to match them when building up the model scenery. That could be useful in 2mm scale -- maybe less so in 7mm in the absence of a barn. That assumes of course that the modern contours haven't changed over time, although hills and valleys tend not to move around much unless there have been major infrastructure developments. cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> More about background maps about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please ...
... can use the new tangential function instead. *Turnout-side Vee rail Joint Position. cheers, Martin. posted: 13 Aug 2019 17:26 from: Kenilworth59 Thanks Martin, I appreciate your time especially since this is a lapsed technique. No coffee necessary, just using Templot gives me a buzz! I was close then, just that at the time the TEXITP and the TVJP were co-incident because the geometry/turnout-road exit length was set to Normal and I misidentified the appropriate peg position, the former relating to the turnout-road exit length and the latter the Vee rail joint position. This exercise has helped with my understanding of turnouts and I have since delved into the Forum for more TEXITP info (as per the 2.14a changes note). One thought though, would it be prototypical to move the TVJP? Cheers Paul posted: 13 Aug 2019 17:53 from: Martin Wynne Kenilworth59 wrote: One thought though, would it be prototypical to move the TVJP? Hi Paul, Well no, it should be ...
... follow. What more could we hope for? Maybe I should refrain from posting after a good night out with old friends? This was possibly not a quick reply. Nice Shiraz though. posted: 26 May 2018 10:41 from: Nigel Brown Hi Martin This seems to me an entirely sensible way to go. A frozen open-source version which can be used or taken on by others, and a version which you can continue develop in whatever direction you are inclined to. I suspect that once you've achieved the former it'll be a weight from your shoulders. It might be worth while seeing if there's an open-source repository where the open-source version can be lodged. But I imagine it'll take some work to get there. Cheers Nigel posted: 26 May 2018 20:52 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I think every experienced user on here would value a 'lifetime' version of Templot that could be downloaded and run without having to worry about your availability to develop or support it. There would be a huge hole ...
... the contents to a low-res bitmap and then uses a simple pixel-stretch function to draw it on the trackpad. This produces a poor result and is intended only for older computers. The hi-res option is intended for most users, which draws the sketchboard contents in vector format at the full resolution of the trackpad. *be aware that metafile items such as EMF files and formatted text blocks are converted to bitmaps if they are rotated after being added. p.s. the trackpad is the new name for the former workpad, to better differentiate it from the sketchboard work area. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Development doings- archive> sketchboard bitmap rendering quality 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 ...
... . Exacto No 18, SM 17. Very necessary for final track adjustments. Doubt whether superglue is so easily adjusted. I also find it advisable on some occasions to use the 'rivet method' (Brooke-Smith), these are drilled into the sleeper and the rail is soldered. The plastic chairs are used cosmetically. Useful for check rails, end of board joints, especially if layout is portable. Rivets can be obtained from EM Society (no doubt other sources), two sizes, brass and copper. The former are of a slightly larger diameter, latter intended for P4 use, but I prefer. Finally, if poss, I would try to visit a 'scale exhibition,' where demos are usually available. Hope my ramblings are of some use. Regards, John M posted: 9 Feb 2013 16:03 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Whilst I sometimes use rivets, the only drawback is hiding them with the cosmetic chairs. Nowadays I prefer to use a special super glue when gluing to plywood (Plastizap) as it ...
47. Crewkerne LSWR
... different?) (This plan is used in the using background scans video. I can supply a much larger scan if anyone is seriously interested. The scale is 1:1250.) regards, Martin. posted: 30 Sep 2008 20:46 from: rodney_hills Martin, I was interested to see the plan you found of Crewkerne. Yes, built by theL&SWR, opened 19 July 1860, closed to goods 18 April 1966, still open to passengers, line singled May 1967, all traffic now worked over former Up road, which is the side with the main building, by Sir William Tite, still extant. A 160ft/inch plan, dated 1950, extracted from an official BR(S) 40ft/in plan, appears in the book "An Historical Survey of Selected Southern Stations (Volume One)" by G.A. Pryer and G.J. Bowring, pub O.P.C. 1980. Other volumes never appeared and the (Vol 1) suffix was dropped on more recent re-printings. Your plan does not appear to ...
... posted: 24 Jun 2009 22:14 from: Paul Boyd Hi John Does this include the Windows 7's "XP mode", please? So far I have not had to use Vista, so I was thinking that my next PC (in due course) might have Windows 7. I didn't try that mode for a number of reasons, primarily printer-related. In brief, I have a 15-ish year old bomb-proof and apparently self-refilling HP Laserjet and an ALPS MD-1300. The former is my default printer and won't work under Win7, so "XP Mode" wouldn't help when printing from Win7, and the MD-1300 drivers are so fussy that there's no way it will work in an emulated mode- it doesn't even like Vista. It would need a genuine XP install as a dual-boot system (which is what I had with Vista, but I chickened out of a triple-boot system with Win7 and installed it on a physically different hard drive.) Martin wrote: Hmm. ...
... lengths of bullhead track: defford.gif© linked from: http://www.merlin.ac.uk/about/layman/merlin.html The 25-metre MERLIN radio telescope at Defford in Worcestershire, formerly part of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. "The equipment comprises two mobile and steerable radio telescopes with parabolic reflectors of 25 metres aperture designed to be capable of operating at high efficiency at any wavelength from several metres down to 10 centimetres. The radio telescopes can be moved along double sets of railway tracks placed on two of the runways of the former Defford airfield. The tracks extend to 750 metres from the intersection, and the baseline joining the radio telescopes can be set along any azimuth and have any length up to the maximum separation of about 1000 metres."© extract from 'Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern (Reports of Observatories)' in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 7, p.232. More information http://www.merlin.ac.uk/about/layman/merlin.html Thanks to Chris Higley on the OS Maps email group. regards, Martin. posted ...
... Vista Basic. Aero is available to PCs using a compatible graphics adapter and running the Home Premium, Business, Ultimate or Enterprise editions of Windows Vista Yes, I am running Vista Basic. My laptop isn't capable of running Aero although my desktop PC is, in theory. The point being that running Aero takes a lot of the "grunt" that you've paid for to run applications, not the operating system. Two applications that I regularly use where I want all the processing power available are Adobe Photoshop and Templot. The former especially will run slower with less grunt available, especially with 150Mb+ projects loaded, and Templot will happily take 100% of the available processing power during mouse actions, so less resource means slower running and screen refresh. I'm really not sure (even having looked at the Microsoft website) what Aero gives you in return for using a lot more resource. Cheers posted: 26 Mar 2009 14:37 from: Jim Guthrie Martin Wynne wrote: It seems there may be some problems with the Sketchbook feature when running on ...
... plain track (or just centre lines) and then roaming turnouts down the length, adjusting each as it comes into position. Martin (mark 1) posted a video recently that illustrates this. It looks like that might help with this track formation. John's comment about the GWR's penchant for curves proves that nobody that models the GWR should be without Templot Martin 2.1 posted: 10 Feb 2009 16:21 from: JimH Hi John, Thanks for your comments- I suspected there is no "right way" but as a former process and production engineer I'm always looking for the most efficient (lazy!) route. You are right, the photo is from some time in the '50s- but in fact the plans do line up. There was a minor adjustment around 1926 when they took out a turntable and also removed a crossover from one of the centre roads through the platforms, but apart from that it pretty much seems to have remained as per the photo until closure. The photo did highlight that what I thought was a double slip, ...
... veneer to cut to size. alan@york posted: 23 Dec 2008 23:22 from: davelong Thanks Alan I'm thinking of giving it a try on my next project, once my nswl chopper turns up. Dave posted: 19 Jan 2009 09:34 from: Brian Lewis All, This is just a short note to advise that 00 and 7mm Timber Tracks bases are now available and will be on the web site in 2-3 days. For 7mm we offer a choice of 1.5mm or 3mm thicknesses- the former following the trend towards thinner sleepering, whilst the latter matches existing 7mm C+ L components. Regards Brian Lewis Carrs- C+ L Finescale Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> An important announcement by C+ L Finescale 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 ...
... Not so much of a problem if you get the Turnout glued down quickly- I didn't!! Rolling a piece of wooden dowel along the Turnout apparently helps to de-stress the rail also. I'm not matching up to any other trackwork, so this won't be a consideration. I wasn't aware of ready-cut sleepers being available from SMP, but the comments made about C&L being more consistent& better quality are worth considering. It may be that C&L sleepers resist distorting better than SMP as the former are double sided copper clad? Just a thought, but I may (i.e. probably!) be talking complete cobblers.... I already have a Proops chopper, which is fine if you plan to use ply sleepers. As for cutting C&L copper clad- no way! Even with a new blade all it managed was a score mark in the copper.... The NWSL Chopper is much better made but I'd like confirmation it's actually capable of the job before buying one. I think ...
54. Clifton Down
... http://www.ygroupsblog.com/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 ...
... : Hayfield I thought some of you might be interested in this turnout982_041151_430000000.jpg I think the termanology for the type is interlaced. 982_041154_180000000.jpg Its an old RTR turnout I think the sleepers are Paxoline and brass shin has been wrapped around the sleepers under the rails. 982_041156_350000000.jpg Please has anyone any information about the makers Attachment: attach_817_1159_Picture_772.jpg 513 posted: 4 Jul 2010 17:17 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: Please has anyone any information about the makers Hi John, That takes me back. It is either Welkut or Gem, the former I think. It's not Wrenn as they used a tubular rivet type of fixing. It's easy to see the impact Peco Streamline made when first introduced around 1960. Thanks for the pictures. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jul 2010 17:24 from: Hayfield Martin That was quick. I have a GEM turnout (though it may well be a later version) which has plastic sleepers and a cast frog (that was the weakness in the design as the rails after the V broke easily) Did I get ...
... good effect, although part of the reason for using them was just to see if they'd work. cheers Nigel posted: 4 May 2008 01:36 from: Blakey boy Hi all Just seen the photo and if I am not mistaken that is the only surviving set of points left of the what was Grendon Underwood Junction on the line between Aylesbury and Claydon LN&E Junction. If anybody is interested and that picture if memory serves me correct is looking towards Aylesbury if you turned right then you would end up at the former Ashenden "Flying" Junction between Princes Risborough and Haddenham and Thame. I have got to admit that the photo brought back a lot of memories when I used to work over the line working the "Bin Liners" from either Northolt or Brentford to Calvert. Cheers Bob Lawrence posted: 9 May 2008 21:31 from: Martin Wynne Blakey boy wrote: Just seen the photo and if I am not mistaken that is the only surviving set of points left of the what was Grendon Underwood Junction on the line between Aylesbury ...
... 1:32 pointwork and was looking for some detail of Scottish practice. Martin provided details of Midland practice a while ago and your pictures show that Scottish practice was similar.. Jim. posted: 25 Mar 2016 04:27 from: Andrew Barrowman Another interesting detail is that there don't seem to be any "flare chairs" on the wing rails, or on the check rails. It looks like the flare only starts beyond the last chair. I have a (very) vague recollection that the Saucel Goods on the former G&SWR that I spent many hours observing had similar turnouts. Unfortunately, I was not even a teenager at the time, so I didn't pay too much attention. posted: 25 Mar 2016 15:01 from: mikewturner Hi John Thanks for the photos they are excellent and open up a few more questions. In the shot taken from the bank it would appear that the wing rails are of different lengths. I know this is something raised by Jim in another topic either on here or Western Thunder and in ...
... be fitted into a smaller space and used as a background guide for track planning in Templot. What a wonderful addition. I could have made great use of it recently when doing Twyford for Brian Lewis who wanted the original plan curved. I had to fudge it in the Gimp, it worked but was an pain to do. This looks simple and elegant. Regards Raymond posted: 21 Jul 2011 13:33 from: JFS Wow, This is a bit amazing! For a prototype Curved Goods shed, how about the former LNWR shed at Oldham Clegg Street? It is a listed building (which has not stopped it falling down!) because it is curved, which suggests such things are rare- though equally, not non existent! Many thanks for this, Howard. posted: 18 Feb 2012 18:26 from: dessire_luvals That is an amazing function both of you. posted: 19 Feb 2012 14:02 from: LSWRArt Hi Howard, Is there a web link to a photo of the curved goods shed? Would be interesting ...
... ? Or making a G-scale model of a 15" miniature railway such as: http://www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk Perhaps the same question can be asked in a different way -- are you using G-scale wheels and rails, closing them in to 16.5mm gauge? Or are you using standard H0 wheels and rails? It makes a big difference to the finished appearance of the track, because of the width of the rails and flangeway gaps, and the size of the timbers (ties). In the former case you might produce something like this: gn15_9ft_65.png Is that something like what you are asking for? In the UK and Templot, G-scale is called "No. 3 Gauge" and you can find it in Templot in the standard list: 2.5" track gauge, 13.5mm/ft (1 :22.58) scale. It's exactly half of the model engineer's No. 5 Gauge (5 inch track gauge): gauge3.png After which you can change the track gauge, timber (tie) sizes etc., ...
60. Forum v. Yahoo
... into the Forum, can I say that I find the whole concept of the Forum to be a pain, while things come up on Yahoo fine, if it is decided to go completely to Forum format I and I suspect others will drop out. As an example the DEMU site went to Forum and is such a pain to get to that I never bother. Hi Andrew, You can please some of the people some of the time, but... Some folks prefer forums, some prefer email. Generally the former are in the majority, because on a forum: 1. you can include pictures and diagrams directly on the page. It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so that's a lot of typing saved! 2. you can read only what interests you and quickly skim or ignore the rest. 3. there is no risk of viruses, spam or dodgy attachments, and no advertising. 4. many users are unhappy about privacy issues and advertising on Yahoo. But unlike most forums, on this one ...
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