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... to gauge-face. I will tidy this up and compare it with the 00/H0 small-radius turnouts which I did years ago. Notice the very tight turnout radius (493mm). regards, Martin. posted: 28 Aug 2014 21:59 from: Martin Wynne Hi Keith, I have done a bit more on this and produced what I think is a workable match to the Peco 0n30 templates. Note that I have scaled this at 1:48 1/4 "/ ft 6.35mm/ft American 0 scale, not UK 7mm/ft. .box file attached below. 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. 1:48 scale, 16.5mm gauge, 1.3mm flangeway, rail-head width 2" scale, flat-bottom. 12-degree crossing angle 1:4.7 (enter k12 in the dialog), generic V-crossing, 1/2" blunt nose, custom curved switch. 2_281637_570000001.png I ...
182. yet another newbie
... start from the trackpad origin. Also note, I have removed the grid pattern for clarity. It does however, require you to set these rectangles up in the correct positions on the trackpad in Templot, then every time you post a box file, also post the rectangle image files and the sk81 file that way the baseboards will appear without the need for the overall track plan image. Alternatively, I can set this up for you, but I would need some information (dimensions) regarding the distance from the outer (0 and 12ft length horizontal edges, and the (0 and 3ft length vertical edges) of the baseboards to the rails (either nearest rail to the edge, or track centre-lines). This would be required the rail distances from both vertical and horizontal edges to be defined. Of course, the ideal solution is a flat scanned plan image with the baseboard boundaries marked on it, plus the sk81 file to align it. All the best, Brian. 1853_281520_420000000.png posted: 29 Sep 2014 15:09 from: ...
183. Cutting Rail joints
... crossings etc) and am ready to start putting them together. I aim to cut the rail as accurately as possible to provide the minimum of gap consistent with reliable insulation. In places where electrical insulation is not needed, I cut "cosmetic" gaps through the rail head only. With a bit of practice, a piercing saw makes a very accurate cut in exactly the place you need it. It is very important to buy good quality blades and my preference is to use the finest I can- usually a 4/0 or 6/0 (ie 0000 or 000000 NOT 4- or 6-). If you take Model Railway Journal, I wrote an article describing the process- part one was in the last issue and part 2 will be in the next. There is also a more complete version of the topic you are referring to on the S4 soc forum:- http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f =78&t =1342 Hope that helps. Best wishes, posted: 22 Nov 2014 01 ...
184. tandem turnout
... posted: 1 Jan 2015 09:59 from: Simon Dobson Thanks both. I don't have the book (I guess I should simply buy it!!!) so I'm grateful for the comment about equalised incremental sleepering, which is an easy change, I hope. What is not so easy is to elongate the blades- the layout is a classic quart in a pint pot, (please see link at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79052-porth-dinllaen-in-0 /page-5 #entry1723851- actually the previous page but the RMWeb server isn't serving at the moment) Moving the crossings relative to one another would allow an increase in the wing rail length as suggested, but this is back to the track layout itself. Ideally, an extra foot between the lounge door and the end wall... In any case, I will make the wing rail as long as I can without fouling the flangeway of the middle road. Thanks again& HNY Simon posted: 1 Jan ...
... like to see it Dave.I think Iain Rice may have used a similar scheme where each blade connected to a switch operating device under the base board. An Approach to Building Finescale Track in 4mm by Iain Rice (ISBN: 9781874103004) Regards, Trevor. posted: 12 Apr 2015 23:59 from: madscientist I'll try and find the picture again. Standby posted: 13 Apr 2015 00:10 from: madscientist Pictures from the rmweb thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_02_2014/post-20336-0 -03224800-1393441102.jpg http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_02_2014/post-20336-0 -69249500-1393441138.jpg posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:40 from: Hayfield One of the better methods I have seen, I still think the way Lime Street have worked theirs is the most deceiving on the eye in 4 mm scale though. Which depends as much on painting and weathering as being prototypical posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:15 from: madscientist Have u a link to that method What Iike ...
... topic: 2691 OS Press Release: paper maps now include mobile download posted: 20 May 2015 16:28 from: Martin Wynne Ordnance Survey have today announced that starting next month, all their paper maps will come with an option to download a digital version onto a mobile device. Stored on the device, so no mobile signal needed to view the map when out and about. post-1103-0 -07024200-1432134899.jpg post-1103-0 -38065000-1432134876.jpg To access the mobile version of the map, there is a scratch-code on the map to be entered into the OS mobile app, which can be downloaded from the 10th June 2015. See: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/news/2015/os-maps-undergo-greatest-innovation-in-200-years.html More info: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ordnancemaps/conversations/messages/5312 Despite predictions of paper maps dying out, it seems sales have actually increased recently. regards, Martin. posted: ...
... Templot for track planning. There are over 40,000 sheets to scan so it is taking them a while, but so far they are about half-way through the project, having started from the south coast. Here is the current extent of the sheets available, coloured over. Click and zoom in to find the sheet you want: http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=7 &lat=52.6770&lon=-2.0197&layers=64&b =1 &point=0 ,0 For most areas there is a selection of 25-inch sheets available at different dates. Some of the early ones are attractively coloured. Press F11 in your browser to go full-screen and see more of the map. Following along behind the scanning of individual sheets they are providing the seamless geo-referencing option, so that you can cross-fade to and fro between the old map and the current maps or aerial views. I posted a short bit of video recently showing the great possibilities of that ...
... 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 there's an option to reset the page origin (the 0,0 co-ordinates- the little green blob) which you can put near your template. Sorry I can't look at your box file as Templot isn't on the works laptop, but it *appears* that you have placed the two turnouts very close together- are you sure there are no clashes or did you intend to design a three-way (three-throw)? posted: 3 Nov 2017 20:37 from: Richie Kynaston Hi Martin, Thanks for the reply- I'll have a look at ...
... nor can I think of any reason to do it. Are you sure it was me? Can you provide the RMweb link? Yes I know about the 25" mapping of England& Wales on the NLS web site. They started at the south coast working northwards and have currently reached a line roughly from Bristol to Hull, see: http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/index.cfm#zoom=8 &lat=53.0040&lon=-2.0724&layers=64&b =1 &point=0 ,0 Unlike the old-maps.co.uk site, it is all free and without watermarks. Also the scanning resolution seems to be better, which is significant when zooming in on them for use in Templot. When the scans are integrated into their seamless georeferenced system, you can cross-fade from historic to present-day mapping, making a wonderful resource for track planning and scaling. See this bit of video which I made a few months ago: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=8Du_Kizucpvgbsfe2rGw4g2 regards, ...
... other track layout possibilities, with a view of making a more simple track plan than I originally intended. On reflection, I think I may have been trying to squeeze too much trackwork in too small a space and am now contemplating a single track branch with fewer and more standard turnouts and crossings. I hope to finalise my ideas over the weekend in order that I can start some serious design/construction work sometime next week. You are quite correct in your assumption about long-wheelbase locomotives, as I will only have 0-6 -0 steam locos plus the Heljan Metropolitan Electric Bo-Bo's running on the branch with associated bogie coaching stock. I was convinced way back in the late 1970's of the benefits of handbuilding all my trackwork in copperclad material by a fellow member of a model railway club, when I lived in North Devon and would never contemplate using any other method. Thanks again, Martin regards Brian posted: 11 Dec 2016 13:02 from: Tony W Hi Brian. This is a common source of confusion for those ...
... length as before. Which will be generally helpful for a crossover, especially for long bogie vehicles. What this boils down to is that we can't answer the question without more information about the space available and traffic using these crossovers. regards, Martin. posted: posted: 3 Feb 2017 14:03 from: madscientist Thanks Martin, its a modern irish layout( i.e. 1970s ->) in 00-SF( for the track work). Traffic is Diesels bo-bo, co-co and the odd 0-6 -0 steam special, stock is a mixture of 50-60 foot bogies carriages and mostly 2 axle 00 wagons, with a limited amount of bogie flats Last edited on 3 Feb 2017 14:06 by madscientist 3 Feb 2017 14:03 from: madscientist 3004_030915_070000000.jpg The 5 way junction is shown!( all lines are single track) The track plan contains all the configurations of the prototype, even if the ends are curved, as you can see to handle the" knock shrine" pilgrimage traffic( ...
192. Printer problems
... multiple-page printing. The printer is an Epson DX4200 inkjet (incidentally for which it says there are no calibration files). The idea is that you create the calibration files yourself. Click the output> printer calibration> calibrate printer... menu item or press SHIFT+ F5. regards, Martin. posted: 22 May 2012 20:38 from: Brian_G Hi Martin, Sorry, that is not the answer to the problem. I was creating the print file correctly and, as I said, a deafult 0 gauge A6 turnout is only 2 pages totalling 128KB of data. I tried setting the printer to almost the lowest resolution (text) and got the same result: the printer prints almost to the end of the first page then hangs up. The printer works fine in every other app, so I saved the same default A6 turnout to a pdf file (98KB): this prints with no problems, therefore this confirms my suspicion that there is some kind of problem with this release. I can use this as a ...
... building it. However, over the last couple of days I have had some concern over the 3 way tandem turnout and whether or not the switches were to close. I have therefore made two plans, one with a more relaxed turnout where the switch are close, possibly too close and another with a less generous radius turnout but the switches are further away. I have tried to keep the minimum radius to below 5 ft, but due to the tight constraints of a small layout and wanting enough room to fit a small 0-6 -0 and a couple of wagons in the head shunt, 3 wagons in the inside loop and a sector plate which will take a loco and 3 wagons I have dipped below this on some parts. I have just about finished shoving the timbers, so thought I would upload both files for some feedback and perhaps someone with more knowledge than me could polish up the 3-Way to a better standard than I have or give some advice on how to improve. As always, thanks in advance Josh Attachment ...
194. Companion changes
... it as an attachment instead. Here is a crop from your original upload to the image gallery: 2_250705_180000000.png If that is a true representation of what you are seeing, I honestly don't know how you can watch it for long. I couldn't without getting a headache. Why not reduce it to the intended 1024 pixels width? It would be much nicer to look at. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:16 from: madscientist As an aside can you configure your MP4 encoder for lossless( QP =0) operation. ffmpeg etc can do this posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:20 from: madscientist I find it absolutely fine on the mini iPad zoom to screen extent, the iPad mini is too small to watch it smaller Your overlay text is sharp ,templot menus are sharp and the track is slightly fuzzy, but nothing that detracts from the excercise Are your sure your encoding at the highest bitrate and QP setting your MP4 encoder is capable of. In reality file size is not as a concern as it once was ...
195. Outside single slip
... build, but only enough to get the flange-way required. As far as tightening the radius of the slip, I did juggle with this for ages so that I could get the longest wing rails for the crossings and check rails on the K-crossing. The resulting track work is to be used for an industrial type location where only 4 wheeled wagons and short wheelbase locomotives will be used. I am hoping the largest loco will be a Terrier or a P class, if they won't fit I will stick to 0-4 -0 tank locos. Mmmmm... that reminds me, I ought to go and look at the new Hattons Barclay! Cheers, Bryan. posted: 18 Oct 2017 15:02 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, You can adjust the check and wing rails much shorter than you have there. The trick is to shorten the flare length first, so that the rail length can then be shortened without losing the checking function. This is the absolute minimum Templot allows for a wing rail: 2_180947_240000000.png ...
... so the text is a bit fuzzy. It is much clearer in the FBR version.) Looking at your screenshot, I think you would do better to replace that transition curve with a fixed-radius curve. Templot will do it for you and create the diamond-crossing if you: 1. change the turnout to a flatter V-crossing angle, 2. set a curviform V-crossing. (Click the green R at top left of screen, change it to C. Have the peg on CTRL-0 first.) 3. click the tools> make ladder crossover> make curviform ladder menu item. 4. click the tools> make branch track menu item. You may need some trial and error on the turnout angle and position to get the desired result. If you attach your .box file instead of a screenshot, I can be more specific and try some sizes for you. regards, Martin. posted: 12 Apr 2017 16:00 from: Panos Tsirigotis Here is the Box File.Thank you in advance Martin Wynne ...
... a turnout, it follows the straight track and not the diverging track. Is this as intended? Hi Howard, Yes, that's intended. Prototypically it is quite rare for a platform to be alongside the diverging road of a turnout. However, if you do need that: 1. copy the turnout to the control. 2. click tools> make split> make plain track turnout road> on external geometrical radius menu item. If that menu item is greyed out: a. if the peg is on CTRL-0 put it on CTRL-1 (or anywhere except CTRL-0). b. add a few sleepers of approach track (F3 mouse action). c. try 2. again. Add more approach track until it is not greyed out. 3. click geometry> track centre-lines only menu item. 4. click real> platforms... menu item and add a turnout-side platform. 5. if necessary, put the peg on CTRL-1 and shorten it (F4 mouse action ...
198. Lost shapes file
... ? I can't think of anything I was doing differently, and the file was saved by overwriting the previous file (I usually do this for shape files). Fortunately this particular shape file won't be difficult to recreate! posted: 31 Jan 2010 02:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi Paul, Thanks for the report. A "pen-line" background shape is created when using the draw function with the spacing-ring tool. If you haven't moved the spacing-ring you will get a pen-line from 0 to 0. So you can create exactly that shapes file instead of the one you thought you had, by doing this: 1. If the Background Shapes dialog is open you can delete all by pressing A on the keyboard, followed by ENTER twice -- on the confirm dialog, and then on the Save dialog. 2. If the spacing-ring dialog is open( click tools> spacing-ring menu item), click the draw to ring button or press A on the keyboard. Notice that both ...
... E.Bate, a copy of plate 20 from the 1900 IRC report- this plate is drawings of LNWR crossings and differs in some aspects to the table which has been provided by Mr. Nicholls. Given that the congress took place in 1900 then the data in the drawing relates to an earlier date- as to when is not known to me. As an example, the plate shows the arrangement of a 1:8 common crossing with a "9ft Vee", that suggests that the Vee has leg lengths of 9' 0". regards, Graham Beare posted: 10 Dec 2011 18:32 from: Brian Nicholls grahambeare wrote: I have received recently, courtesy of Mr. E.Bate, a copy of plate 20 from the 1900 IRC report- this plate is drawings of LNWR crossings and differs in some aspects to the table which has been provided by Mr. Nicholls. Given that the congress took place in 1900 then the data in the drawing relates to an earlier date- as to when is not known to me. As an example ...
200. In an other life
... topic: 925 In an other life posted: 26 Aug 2009 18:19 from: Mark Hy Martin, how you doing Remember when you used to sell them wonderful 0-6 -0 Hunslets.... Well now that I have retired from full time work I have just a little more time to make trains, Dianne makes sure I spend some time upgrading the house but a little is better than none. My question is this; I am about to go digital for my layout control and am wondering if the Hunslet will take a chip. I noticed in the loco instructions you advise against the use of "variable pulse controllers" does this mean DCC? Does anyone run one as standard on digital any suggestions/tips greatly appriciated. You ever think of bringing them out of production retirement as I know I'm not the only one who would take another? Regards Mark Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Off track> In ...
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