... short this leads me to conclude that drinking whisky out of a Ravenhead tumbler is not quite where "it" is. If I promise to never lay my rails at 20 degrees again, I challenge you to do the same with your tipple! Odd where conversations about model railways end up really. Kind regards Andrew posted: 14 Jan 2019 17:06 from: Rob Manchester Hi Andrew, Just curious about the turnout sizes, that is all. Do you use 3-point gauges at all or just roller types? Martin's comments re filling the slots in roller gauges apply also to the 3 point types. As for my boozing habits in earlier years- we used to frequent the pubs and knock back the ale before turning to the beauty of the grape at a later hour. Reason? Simple, the pubs called last orders at 10:20 but the wine bars( serving food) had late licences. We did have a period of just doing the wine bars and skipping on the pubs but the first house purchase( mortgage rate 13 ...

... instance. When you are manipulating the track in some way, such as F4 lengthening or F6 curving, if you pan with the mouse it causes the function to turn off. However if you use the scrolling arrows it doesn't so you can move the plan and then continue with the lengthening or curving. I must admit that I don't actually find that a problem- I just hit the appropriate function key again. I suppose it would be a pain if you used the menus to choose the mouse actions. I've just seen Martin's note about using the middle mouse button, but that option isn't open to me! Cheers posted: 28 Feb 2009 17:39 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: I just hit the appropriate function key again. Hi Paul, The big BackSpace key restarts the most recent mouse action. Likewise the top tool-button with the triangle symbol. regards, Martin. posted: 1 Mar 2009 07:49 from: Jim Guthrie I've just tried mine and it seems to be stuck on paper no matter what I ...

... wood. That's just a personal preference -- I'm not in a position to grandly "endorse" anything. regards, Martin. posted: 23 Dec 2011 15:17 from: JFS The first proper layout I built was just after reading the first P4 articles in the M R Constructor in the late 60's. It talked about using "white glue" (meaning PVA) but as a spotty 12 year old the only "white glue" I knew of was Copydex- which I have used ever since. I use Martin's method of avoiding disasters when drilling holes. having tried cork/ foams for underlays, I have come round to Alan's view and I am currently building a layout without any underlay- this has the massive advantage of being able to lay the template directly on the baseboard then build the track directly onto that- wonderfully accurate, though it does mean that the "old" approach of building a whole formation then plonking it down into an ocean of wet glue has (for me at least) become a bit obsolete. Despite ...

... that an upgrade to 0.82d was available but advised that the upgrade should not be carried out until 0.74 was mastered. I now notice from the Templot Club site that there has been a string of upgrades since then with the latest one being 0.92b. Two questions spring to mind therefore. Does the advice about staying with 0.74 still hold? If not can I upgrade directly from 0.74 to 0.92b or do I have install all previous updates first? Dick Dick, The advice to stick with V0.74 for new users is because most of Martin's web based support is based on that version. Later versions of the software have had facilities added, and some changes made to menus, etc., which could cause confusion if used with the web site support. Once you get to know your way around the V0.74 software, you could upgrade to the later versions since you should have a good idea of how the program works, and you should find your way round the additions and amendments. I would recommend having a look through Martin's video tutorials. You will probably ...

... topic: 195 Partial Templates posted: 16 Oct 2007 20:37 from: Edward I need to decompose any given control template into partial templates in order to construct a dual gauge trackplan. Can anyone point me to the magic incantation necessary to perform this action? In Martin's email about mixed gauge trackwork on 2/11/05 he mentions "rails are removed and restored via the REAL> RAILS> settings"- I presume this is what I'm looking for. However in my 0.91 version I cannot track that function down Many thanks Edward posted: 16 Oct 2007 22:47 from: Martin Wynne Edward wrote: I need to decompose any given control template into partial templates in order to construct a dual gauge trackplan. Can anyone point me to the magic incantation necessary to perform this action? In Martin's email about mixed gauge trackwork on 2/11/05 he mentions "rails are removed and restored via the REAL> RAILS> settings"- I presume this is what I'm looking for. However in my 0.91 version I cannot track ...

... topic: 1835 Adjacent Track Centres posted: 18 Feb 2012 18:14 from: dessire_luvals Hi Folks, Can anyone point me at or offer any guidance as to appropriate measurement for track centres versus radius of a curve? I saw Martin's little video for proving the overhang of a carriage but don't think I've come across any easy to consume data. BTW I'm working in EM Gauge with minimum radius on my running lines of about 48". Thanks Russell Last edited on 18 Feb 2012 19:22 by dessire_luvals posted: 18 Feb 2012 23:38 from: Dellboy dessire_luvals wrote: Can anyone point me at or offer any guidance as to appropriate measurement for track centres versus radius of a curve? I saw Martin's little video for proving the overhang of a carriage but don't think I've come across any easy to consume data. BTW I'm working in EM Gauge with minimum radius on my running lines of about 48". Thanks Russell Russell I've taken the liberty of e-mailing you an excel calculation sheet which should answer your needs. posted: ...

... topic: 1295 Mixed 7ft BG and standard gauge in P4 posted: 26 Nov 2010 13:57 from: PaulTownsend I have been designing some mixed gauge pointwork and discarded all options as they are forced to include K crossings of angles around 1:10 ,where the gauge lines cross, because Martin's rules imply these cant be fixed Ks. However having examined his example BG crossover I find he happily includes such fine fixed Ks. Advice please! posted: 26 Nov 2010 14:16 from: Martin Wynne PaulTownsend wrote: I have been designing some mixed gauge pointwork and discarded all options as they are forced to include K crossings of angles around 1:10 ,where the gauge lines cross, because Martin's rules imply these can't be fixed Ks. However having examined his example BG crossover I find he happily includes such fine fixed Ks. Hi Paul, The rules don't apply when the K-crossing is on one side only. The opposite rail is fully checked, and it is therefore impossible for a wheel-set to take the wrong ...

... the timbering didn't match from one row of prints to the next where a template overlaps the long edge. I did already trim one long and one short edge of each page to ease the setting out. Everything is laid out now but with some timbering mismatches between the rows, I'll have to live with that. Once I finish off the other main station i.e. built the slips and shoved the timbers I will use my A3 inkjet instead of the laser. Hang the expense, there's been many hours of my time and Martin's invested in the project to far! posted: 1 Mar 2009 16:02 from: Paul Boyd Once I finish off the other main station i.e. built the slips and shoved the timbers I will use my A3 inkjet instead of the laser. Hang the expense, there's been many hours of my time and Martin's invested in the project to far! If you really want to hang the expense, how about getting the plan printed off professionally on roll paper? That's certainly what I would do with a plan that size ...

... its operation than Templot and the CAD is a 'Windows' environment program. If you want a really difficult and (to me) non-intuitive, program, try the Gimp. In the early days I found some the Templot's so called quirks irritating, until I took the trouble to learn something about track and how the program operates. Crying out for a 'Windows' type environment is not only (as David says) laziness, but is counter productive since it would severley limit what can be done with the program. Martin's analogy of the the document and data file is correct. So for me, there is no special pleading to save me a click or three. I want to be able to make complex pointwork. Regards Raymond posted: 6 Mar 2009 21:16 from: Nigel Brown Martin Wynne wrote I'm minded to implement a "master template" which you can create containing your desired settings for the startup template, including gauge/scale etc. Then a user option to load it as the control template at startup instead of loading ...

... topic: 2162 Problem with an e-mail from Templot Club posted: 17 Feb 2013 10:28 from: John Shelley Not a problem in Templot itself, but in the e-mail from Templot Club. I choose to receive an e-mail of each message as it is posted and this morning whilst reading Paul's reply (Message 14388) to Martin's message (Message 14386) I was intrigued by a reference to a possible video card problem as Martin's message, as received by me, didn't include such a reference. I checked the Templot Club site and compared the message there with the one that I had received and there was a section missing from my received one. Screenshot of my received message follows. 99_170520_450000000.png I have added an indicator to the missing section which was a second quote from Paul's first message followed by Martin's comments on it. Did any e-mail recipient get the full message? Cheers for now, John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde posted: 17 Feb 2013 10:43 from: John Shelley John Shelley ...