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... Dalmally station. I took a lot of pictures at the time- some of Dalmally signal box got into the recent Caledonian Railway Association signalling book. But what I didn't do was take note of the track. At that time, the line to Oban was virtually the way it had been at the grouping with very little change and I'm sure that most, if not all, of the track was still in Caledonian style. Another thing of note is a North British table of switch and crossing leads which appeared in the Gauge 0 Guild manual some years ago (it might still be included). The quality is very poor and would hardly be worth scanning, but I could copy the values into a new table if people are interested. Jim. Last edited on 28 Apr 2016 08:50 by Jim Guthrie posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:08 from: John Palmer Jim Guthrie wrote: allanferguson wrote: Herewith the drawing as promised Allan, I've already got a copy of that drawing- from a friend in Scotland. In the 1960s I ...
102. Out of one's depth
... to fill that size of space. I am currently planning a small urban branchline to fit in my spare room. The inside of the Bothy now looks like Steptoe's yard. Good luck Scott. posted: 22 Mar 2008 05:24 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: Having recently moved I find myself with a loft that has 32x12feet of usable space. For someone who has never been able to contemplate more than a 15 foot end to end this is mind boggling! Hi Raymond, You didn't mention that this is for 0 gauge, so it's big, but not the vast emptiness that 4mm modellers might be imagining. In particular, the 12ft width means curves under 6ft radius for a continuous run, which is getting tight in 0 gauge. I see for example that you have a B7 off the inside of the end curve, giving an inner radius of only 41" which is very tight for 0. If you have turnouts in your end curves I would suggest C-10 as the shortest practical size, and preferably using even longer ...
... - all other dxf files I have from other drawings (non-Templot ones) open fine. All the layers show in the layers list- just nothing visible in the drawing area. Regards GeoffB posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:02 from: Nigel Brown At the risk of suggesting the obvious, have you checked that all the layers are turned on? Cheers Nigel posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:29 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Hi Geoff Did you do a zoom (e )xtents, your drawing is located@ 0,122 Cheers Godders posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:45 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Hi Geoff Your limits are set@ 0,0 and 12,9. Your drawing is@ 0,122 and 525,152 Zoom e or Zoom a will find it Cheers Godders posted: 7 Apr 2014 16:15 from: Martin Wynne Hi Geoff, You exported the DXF file in mm units. Most CAD programs of US origin default to inches, or some odd units such as furlongs or cubits. You need to ...
104. Another one lost
... certain ones were duplicated two or three times, but because they were in the same position in the background, I couldn't see that they were "layered" on top of each other. Then I was poking around in the menus to see if there was anything that would help tidy this situation up. I didn't find anything, but what I did find in the Storage Box menus was the item: Options> On copy to the Control Template> Copy onto Datum This means that the new control template is placed at the 0,0 location, away from the existing background templates, rather than over the top of the existing ones where it may not be seen. If this option could be made the default starting choice, then I'm confident that it would save a lot of confusion and error by beginners... Cheers Flymo posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:58 from: Martin Wynne TCLyth wrote:.... Oh, and it was less than 3 weeks ago that I first found out about Templot, and I'm already recommending ...
... " of the station area I currently have a very short 1:4 point to maximise the length of loco that can clear the switch blades and run round the train. This has resulted in an ugly curved section with a pretty tight radius between the point and the double slip as the slip is based on 1:6 diamonds. If I replace the 1:4 with a 1:6 and make the section between the point and slip straight it looks much better, but I'll only ever be able to fit an 0-4 -0 or maybe just an 0-6 -0 tank into the "headshunt". I've attached both .box files, the "plus" one is the one that will mean extending beyond the current baseboard edge So, do I knock a hole in the sidescene and have say a 12" bolt on single track "fiddle yard" and have the prettier track arrangement? I'd have to hide the exit with trees or somesuch scenic device, or maybe resite the signal box to the other side of the ...
106. The Spare Room
... Jim Thanks for taking the time to have a look at the design. The radii of the crossovers are a bit on the tight side, with the room being only nine feet wide I couldn't get them any larger. You will see that I have used quite long turnouts to try and alleviate the problem. By introducing suitable gauge widening, and imposing a speed limit through the crossovers, I was hoping it would be alright. My choice of prototype is the North British Railway circa 1913 so most of the locomotives will be 0-6 -0's, 4-4 -0's or 0-4 -2's with fairly small wheelbases. Unfortunately there will be no room to add a carriage siding. The station is designed as a bay platform which, as you say, will take up less room. This allows the rails to be pushed out to the extremities and for as large a radius around the room as possible. The next stage is to shove a few timbers too create interlaced sleeper turnouts, I'll keep you posted Regards Scott posted: ...
... topic: 2401 B7 scissors in 0 gauge posted: 10 Feb 2014 13:53 from: JohnAHurst I am building a finescale 0 gauge end to end layout and one way of maximising the limited space I have for fiddle yards is to build a scissors crossover with two double slips at the inward end. I have had plenty of experience at building B6 and B7 turnouts using C&L components so I won't be starting from scratch. I have in place at the moment a Marcway scissors crossover but the curves are far too sharp and I have to couple the coaches at an unrealistic distance apart to prevent buffer lock. The crossover I am planning to build would be straight with the usual distance between tracks and I have already bought C&L templates for right and left hand plain turnouts but the Templot option seems to be much better once I have mastered the technique. I have already looked at one of your tutorials about scissors, but feel that I need to study the basics first! Thanks for any help. Kind regards, John Hurst ...
108. Curved Layouts
... insert a turnout where eventually I want a half diamond for the same reason. Hope that helps. Raymond posted: 18 Dec 2013 17:04 from: Phil O I have to agree with Raymond, I always insert turnouts in plain track as this gives a much better flow to the switch and crossing work, otherwise your pretty well back to using propriety track with fixed turnouts. Cheers Phil posted: 18 Dec 2013 19:46 from: LSWRArt I have designed a station entirely on a curve as I am modelling in 0 gauge and have an overall length of only 5m. i roughly plotted where I wanted the track to go, then laid long lengths of plain track over this rough design. I also added some transition curves to soften some of the curves, so hopefully they almost disappears in the centre of the layout and are tightest farthest from your centre of interest. I then inserted points into the plain track. if you want several points in the same length of track, just Main> Store and background to make a duplicate ( ...
... need to look deeper and see how that was able to happen. But that might take a day or two. Yes, that was the worst bug in 19 years of Templot. It has shaken me up to discover I released a version of Templot with such a bug in it. I can't understand how I could have made such a silly mistake, and then failed to find it when testing. For anyone interested, I commented out these two lines while testing, and then forgot to uncomment them: if od[0 ]= def_req then od[0 ]: =134; if od[1 ]= def_req then od[1 ]: =134; I normally put a flag on code changed for testing, and then do a global search for any flags remaining before the final builds. So that was something else I forgot to do. I've been aware for some time that my 69-year-old brain is not the 50-year-old one I had when I first released Templot. I make silly mistakes ...
... bit of track to another to continue a curve with a different radius, or is there an easier way to do this? Hi Tony. This can be done simply with the shift and join button at the top of the screen. When you move the ends of the two templates close enough they will snap together automatically. There is also a rather more elegant way of of doing this with the transition curve method. Move the peg to the end of the template you wish to fix or peg to the Trackpad. Ctrl 0 or Ctrl 1. Use the F4 key to extend the length of the control template. Then selected the Geometry drop down menu, go to the transition curve sub menu and choose one of the options such as C curve expanding transition. This will generate a transition curve with the larger radius twice the smaller one if your starting track was curved. Now repeat the process but this time choose the Zero-length instant transition at peg option. You can now adjust the boundary between the two radius by using Shift+ Ctrl ...
... box file to here I've done a rough template of what's required, using 750mm radius in 00sf, presumably that's what is required. posted: 23 Sep 2020 18:36 from: Jerry Goodwin Hi Roy, I'm doing HO-NMRA for a north american prototype. I want to keep my minimum radius at 32". So I'm using flat bottomed rail, and since I'm not hand-laying all my track but mixing it with microengineering code 83 flex, I've selected 102, 8, 8, 8, 20, 0, 0 for the timbering data, with 8'6" sleepers, square on, ends in line. I've got a decent attempt, but the tightest radius is turning out to be in the crossover, which I hadn't expected. My inner track radius then ends up being 43.8 inches, which is way too large, so I need to try again. Also in my first attempt I was inconsistent in frog size, using CLM for one and RAM for the other. Attachment: attach_3145_3777_decent_try.box 35 Last edited on 23 Sep 2020 ...
... a couple of dummy templates of fixed radius at each end of a section and then with the "make transition" function, make a curve between them. Search as I might I can't find that function? Hi Andrew, I entered "make transition" on the Templot site search, and it produced 6 pages of results. They are here: http://templot.com/zoom/search.cgi?zoom_query=%22make+ transition%22&zoom_page=1 &zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1 &zoom_sort=0 &zoom_xml=0 The most significant is this one, the make transition tutorial: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?info_files_make_trans.htm Admittedly it is 10 years out of date and lots of things could now be done differently, but the basics are still the same. Also, this old video shows how to use the make transition function in the second half: parallel platform using transition curve (5 mins, 5MB) (Press the spacebar to start the playback.) Andrew, please can you post your ...
113. Clifton Down
... yard by the time I arrived in Bristol, but I occasionally wandered down to the passenger station for a quick look on several occasions- my business was at one time at the bottom of Cotham Hill, almost "just across the road". Jim. Last edited on 30 Sep 2008 13:27 by Jim Guthrie posted: 30 Sep 2008 14:30 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: This plan is drawn in O-XF Hi Brian, I had a quick look at your plan. Actually it's in 0-SF (31.2mm gauge), not 0-XF (31.0mm gauge). I don't know if that was a typo in your message, or an error in setting the gauge/scale. The difference affects the lead lengths of the turnouts slightly. I also noticed that you have two sidings in the goods yard with less than 6ft way between them. They appear to be at 10ft centres (70mm) instead of 11ft-2in* centres for 6ft way (78.17mm). If your stock is less than ...
114. Changing Scales
... 000 different things you can do in Templot and a complete How-To manual is a 2-year task. Asking for it over and over again won't change this. What you can do is use the Search facilities provided. There are no less than four separate Search options on this web site. I went to the Detailed Site Search at: http://www.templot.com/zoom/search_cgi.htm I entered "changing gauge". The results are at: http://www.templot.com/zoom/search.cgi?zoom_sort=0 &zoom_xml=0 &zoom_query=%22changing+ gauge%22&zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1 and you can see that the second result is: topic 453 from which I copied my reply to Len. If folks don't use the existing search options, I'm not convinced they would use a How-To manual. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Feb 2010 23:15 from: Brian Lewis Yes. But every day you show an enquirer how to perform a task. By now you must have ...
... width (2mm) so should be good on EM-SF. P4 wagon and coach wheels are 5" scale (1.7mm) so might be a bit bumpy over the crossings, unless constructed with sharp-nose vees. Martin, Do P4 wheel makers actually have different tyre widths for loco and rolling stock wheels? I know that in S scale we only produce a wagon wheel profile from official drawings and that does for everything. Not all loco wheels were 6" wide. I have a drawing of a Drummond Caledonian 0-4 -0 pug where the wheels are 4 3/4" wide. I reckon this was to squeeze the motion behind the outside cylinder slidebars. I've also got drawings of six-coupled and longer wheelbases where the profiles of the central drivers are quite different to normal. Jim. posted: 11 Aug 2019 13:33 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: Martin, Do P4 wheel makers actually have different tyre widths for loco and rolling stock wheels? I know that in S scale we only produce ...
... Jun 2008 02:34 from: Phil O Hi Mark I have had a quick look at your track plan and there are four turnouts with a radius of 23" or less. This may well cause you operating problems unless using short wheelbase loco's and rolling stock. The offending turnouts are at the left hand end of your track plan and are currently numbered 118, 122, 144& 147. Cheers Phil posted: 28 Jun 2008 02:39 from: Mark B. Hi Phil, The biggest loco will probably be 0-6 -0 and 4 wheel stock so hopefully there shouldn't be any problems. Also I should of said that it is to fit in 8'x2' nominally. Might try to increase them though. Any recommendations on minimum radus for fine scale '00'? Cheers, Mark Last edited on 28 Jun 2008 02:43 by Mark B. posted: 28 Jun 2008 03:02 from: Nigel Brown Mark B. wrote: Hi Phil, The biggest loco will probably be 0-6 -0 and 4 wheel ...
117. Rolling sleepers
... is with the F3 mouse action (or 3 key) on a turnout template, which makes a correct rail joint automatically. Then if you want it as a separate plain track template, click the tools> make split> make separate approach track menu item. On a plain track template the sleeper spacings always originate from the CTRL-1 end of the template (marked across with a line). So the way the sleepering responds when using the F4 length mouse action depends on whether the peg is at the CTRL-0 or CTRL-1 end. Try swapping the peg to the other end to see the different effect on the sleepering. Usually in a design you don't have a choice about which end of the template the peg should be at, so if necessary you can reverse the 0 and 1 positions by clicking the template> swap end-for-end menu item. The roll rails and sleepers functions don't change the length of the template -- they are intended as a tidying-up operation when the track plan design is ...
118. llanastr mawr
... or so ago- you're welcome to the attached box file. I think I decided that on the off-chance that I might actually build it, I would prefer to add a couple of feet to stretch it out a bit. However, my tiny two-bed flat might suit the plan as drawn better! Cheers Attachment: attach_1626_2256_llanastr_mawr_201 3_06_23_1942_09.box 324 posted: 13 Jul 2013 07:45 from: Nick Edgcombe Paul, Many thanks for that. Just what the doctor ordered!!!! I will be only using 0-4 -4 and 0-6 -0 tank locos so it should be ok.If it were to be stretched in which way would it be done? Once again many thanks for that, Cheers, Nick posted: 14 Jul 2013 15:56 from: Paul Boyd Hi Nick If it were to be stretched in which way would it be done? Crudely! If you've scanned in the plan to the correct scale, try modifying the picture shape by moving corner 2 in the X direction only to stretch it- ...
119. Peco 0n30 templates
... topic: 2526 Peco 0n30 templates posted: 29 Aug 2014 09:30 from: Martin Wynne These have been scaled at 1:48 1/4 "/ ft 6.35mm/ft American 0 scale, not UK 7mm/ft scale, but can be printed and used for 7mm scale models. The .box file for download is at the end of this message. Standards to match NMRA H0 gauge -- note that this means you won't be able to create mixed-gauge track with standard-gauge 0 scale flangeways. 1:48 scale, 16.5mm gauge, 1.3mm flangeway, rail-head width 2" scale, flat-bottom rail. 12-degree crossing angle (1 :4.7), generic V-crossing, 1/2" blunt nose, custom curved switch not recommended for any other use. Nominal sleeper (tie) spacing is 23.25" scale. Plain track has 33ft rails, 17 sleepers per length. Sleepers 60" long and 9" wide. 2_281637_570000001.png 2_281637_560000000.png Printed template: 2_281637_570000002.png For other 0-16.5 ...
... . Templot can't produce crossings shorter than 1: 1.5 RAM( i.e. not more than 33.7 degrees). This method also works for two straight tracks intersecting, but in that case the result is a regular diamond-crossing.____ For all irregular diamonds you will probably want to do some timber shoving to tidy them up. The program needs some further work in this area. Note that the DP peg position (CTRL-3) for an irregular half-diamond is not coincident with central CTRL-0 position and serves little practical purpose. Or at least, I haven't found a use for it yet. regards, Martin. posted: 18 May 2011 22:09 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I have to say I like what I've seen so far- thanks for letting us have a look at this. The irregular diamond feature just works! Firstly, I tried option 3 above and it was pretty obvious if the wrong intersection point was chosen, so that was easy enough to understand. The end result was ...
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