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... railway. Thanks for any help. Regards, ken Australia posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:44 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ken, Welcome to Templot Club. I'm sure you will find lots of friendly track-building help here. I think it is fair to say that many modellers building their own track in this scale would use the 2mm finescale standards rather than commercial N Gauge -- that of course has implications for RTR rolling stock conversions, wheel changing, etc. I would be doubtful that stripping components from Peco turnouts would produce very successful hand-built track, but making your own track parts really isn't difficult with a few jigs and tools. Two obvious starting points for you are: 1. The 2mm Scale Association. Their excellent web site is at: http://www.2mm.org.uk They can supply the tools and jigs for track building, and have a detailed page about getting started with hand-built 2mm scale track at: http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/getting_started/ 2. The N Gauge Society. Their web ...
... curve of the track? My second question is how to add a straight piece of track. I created a separate piece by adding a branch from an existing point then moving using the f7 command and snapping onto the end of another piece. But I can't get any closer to be straight then visual. Chris, To shorten the length of your crossover, you could try altering the crossings to a lower number- like 1:7 or 1:6. As you go to the lower numbers, the radius of the turnout road will lessen and how far you go will depend on what minimum radius you can stand. If you have the template information box showing (F2 toggle) you will see the minimum radius displayed as you vary the crossing angle. You can also try changing the type of switch used- say from the REA semi-curved B switch you have used to something like the shorter straight heel switches (select from Template/Switch Settings). For straight track you can use the Quick function- Ctrl-Q- which ...
163. tandem turnouts
... topic: 2809 tandem turnouts posted: 13 Dec 2015 22:29 from: PeterD I have had a very long break in my railway modelling and as a result, have forgotten too much. The problem I have come across is that I need to use a 3 way turnout. The main track is straight with a turnout each side. Pretty straight foreward (I thought) but not in practise! I know that the current thinking is to use gaunt turnouts for this application but, try as a may, I could not find a way of using these- if there is already a description for this type of application, please excuse me but it would be good to have the thread pointed out. Without any other guidance, I thought I would use the out of date instructions for a tandem turnout. This is pre Templot 2 but I managed to find the items in the new menu. I set up Turnouts 1 and 2 without any problem and they line up nicely. The problem seems to be with Turnout 3 which provides the ...
... topic: 1337 Pre 1900 Bavarian turnout posted: 16 Jan 2011 15:56 from: Franz Martin; Thanks for developing a great tool. It will take me some time to learn this. I am staying with the v74 while I try to learn. I am attempting to build a layout with custom turnouts. I am developing a Pre 1900 Bavarian turnout. I am using drawings from the Laenderbahn Forum (see attached): (click the image to see the large full-size scan, or view it in the Image Gallery): 2033_161048_020000000.jpg I have had trouble determining the terminology used for turnout designs. I came upon the entry topic 1129 which is helpful. I am having trouble determining the Heel Offset from my dimensions. I am also planning to use Proto87 parts for an HO layout. I do not know if I should use the Drawing dimensions or the dimensions of the Proto87 hinges. Do you know the dimensions of Andy's hinges? Regards Paul Franz Attachment: attach_966_1337_W1_8,5 -SPr1HauptBahnenD11-re-li.pdf 430 posted: 16 ...
... topic: 3137 help with crossovers on transition curves posted: 26 Nov 2017 21:28 from: madscientist Im having a little issue with" make ordinary crossover" on a transition curve. Specifically turnout 23 below, This is made the control and the crossover is generated. What I do find is the crossover turnout so created is not exactly parallel to the exit track, i.e. if I extend the approach track it does not exactly run parallel to the exit of the initial crossover turnout. despite the screen shot the tracks are all connected accurately the next step is to make the short exit track of the crossover bottom left, straight, doing this shows up that the loop straight line is not aligned with the crossover straight( K is 0.57) box file attached thanks as always 3004_261617_520000000.png just to add, after the crossover is created I can go in to" Geometry- Straight" and this creates a straight track and removes the transition, but then I have to rotate the turnout on Peg 5 position to get the K= 180( ...
... 2017 18:43 from: Richie Kynaston Hi all, I'm slowly making some progress with a new O Gauge layout, its only small but revolves around building a 3-way point. Could someone review the attached design and suggest how I can convert the two point templates into the one so I can print and build it. 3470_021338_160000000.png Any comments/advice/suggestion would be welcomed. Richie Attachment: attach_2557_3119_Worcester_Street _MPD.box 234 posted: 2 Nov 2017 19:08 from: Phil O Have you had a look at the tandem turnout video? It's a bit antiquated, but still works, although the terminology has changed in a few cases, it's easy enough to work out what's what. There are slightly easier ways to create the extra common crossing, but I never worry about it when I need to create a tandem turnout. No doubt Martin will be a long shortly to sort out my short comings. Phil. posted: 2 Nov 2017 20:42 from: Richie Kynaston Hi Phil, Thanks for that- I thought there was something, ...
167. Stub turnouts
... topic: 393 Stub turnouts posted: 2 Apr 2008 04:27 from: jeckardt Can Templot handle stub turnouts? Thanks, Joe posted: 2 Apr 2008 04:52 from: Martin Wynne jeckardt wrote: Can Templot handle stub turnouts? Hi Joe, Not in so many words. But it's easy to make one up, like this. Use CTRL+ F3 mouse action to blank off the switch, and then add a bit of plain track as a separate template: stub_example.png regards, Martin. posted: 2 Apr 2008 05:05 from: jeckardt Martin Wynne wrote: jeckardt wrote: Can Templot handle stub turnouts? Hi Joe, Not in so many words. But it's easy to make one up, like this. Use CTRL+ F3 mouse action to blank off the switch, and then add a bit of plain track as a separate template. Thanks, Martin. So this leads to the next question which I haven't had a chance to investigate yet. On of the main differences (at least in the US) between ...
... : CLM degrees= 2 x ARCTAN( 1/( 2 x N)) RAM degrees= ARCTAN( 1/ N) So for 1:5 crossings (# 5 frogs): CLM= 2 x ARCTAN(1 /10)= 11deg 25min 16.27sec RAM= ARCTAN(1 /5)= 11deg 18min 35.76sec Note that for increasing N (flatter angles) the difference between CLM and RAM diminishes.For modelling purposes the difference in angle is insignificant, but it makes a measurable difference to the lead length of a turnout. Try swapping from RAM to CLM in Templot to see the difference. So for 1:10 crossings (# 10 frogs): CLM= 2 x ARCTAN(1 /20)= 5deg 43min 29.32sec RAM= ARCTAN(1 /10)= 5deg 42min 38.14sec I shall leave you to dab your own calculator for the rest! Or you can use this trick in Templot: peg_ram_degrees.png Set a straight turnout, shift it onto the datum so that the rails are horizontal on the screen. Press CTRL-4 ...
... topic: 1656 Advice on tandem turnouts, please posted: 17 Oct 2011 00:49 from: Bill_Lobb I attach an incomplete box file that I am playing with at the moment. Towards the right of the plan, there are two turnouts overlaid over each other (templates 38& 41) which I intend will eventually become a tandem turnout. However, I have no experience at all of tandems. Before I spend more time on them, or the track leading from them, I am hoping that someone might have a look and see if they look OK. In particular, given the switch and crossing placings, does it look build-able? Any other comments will be welcome too. Thanks, in anticipation, Bill Attachment: attach_1199_1656_wormalds_cut_11_1 0_16_0150_43.box 215 posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:42 from: Tony W Hi Bill. I have downloaded your trackplan and will come back to you shortly. Tony. posted: 17 Oct 2011 14:04 from: Tony W Hi Bill. Interesting project. I have made a couple of minor ...
170. Using gaunt turnouts
... topic: 1487 Using gaunt turnouts posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:21 from: Martin Wynne Richard T asked for a quick recipe for using a gaunt turnout in a 3-way tandem turnout. This was one reason for introducing gaunt turnouts -- for use as a partial template forming the middle crossing in a 3-way turnout (tandem or three-throw types). Note that in many cases you may find using an irregular half-diamond template gives better results and is easier to adjust than a gaunt turnout. Here's a quick guide to using a gaunt turnout in a tandem: (Templot2 only) 1. Put the notch on the rail intersection for the middle vee in the usual way.* With a new turnout control template: 2. F5 to set the crossing angle to a guess, say 1:5 for a typical double-sided tandem. 3. real> V-crossing options> curviform V-crossing. (These are new quicker-access menu items.) Don't forget this step. 4 ...
171. tandem aids
... topic: 3152 tandem aids posted: 10 Dec 2017 20:07 from: Martin Wynne For the next program update I have added 3 extra functions to help in creating tandem turnouts. Now in update 217a. These will make it a bit easier to align the inserted additional V-crossing: 2_101500_510000000.png 2_101500_510000002.png 2_101500_510000001.png I will make a bit of video showing these in use shortly. The program update should be available in the next few days. There are still a few loose ends to finish first. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Dec 2017 20:22 from: Alan Kettlewell I'll look forward to this. I spent another whole day today getting to know this part of the process and still found it difficult to get aligned. So anything to make it easier would be great. Cheers... Alan posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:52 from: Martin Wynne Alan Kettlewell wrote: I'll look forward to this. I spent another whole day today getting to know this part of the process and still found it difficult to get aligned ...
... topic: 2768 new symmetrical Y-turnouts posted: 29 Oct 2015 00:58 from: Martin Wynne Two requests in one day about Y-turnouts means "something must be done". Full adjustable split-deflection switches have been on my NOD list (" nice one day") for over 20 years. Without getting any closer. But in a couple of hours today I have come up with a stop-gap solution which works far better than I dared hope. Which means I am now kicking myself for not doing something like this much sooner. It does rely on the irregular half-diamonds, so wouldn't have been possible before Templot2. I have added a new peg position at peg on split deflection: 2_281934_280000000.png This puts the peg on the TP switch toe position (CTRL-2) but at half the switch deflection angle. Which makes it easy to peg an irregular half-diamond onto a bit of plain track to create a switch front. The result is that I was able to create this with just a ...
... topic: 1193 Track plan tutorial again- Track handedness, negative radius turnouts and crossings posted: 10 Aug 2010 10:16 from: grog_polymer In the Track plan tutorial it also says that looking from the peg at Pos 0 RH refers to the direction of positive radius. This seems really bizare as a track curving to the left is considered to be Right Handed but with negative radius. I don't understand that. There are also a couple of references to shorter crossings being acceptable for turnouts with significant negative radius. Is this due to the fact that the deflection through the crossing is shallow on both roads? Regards, Greg posted: 9 Nov 2010 14:43 from: Martin Wynne grog_polymer wrote: In the Track plan tutorial it also says that looking from the peg at Pos 0 RH refers to the direction of positive radius. This seems really bizare as a track curving to the left is considered to be Right Handed but with negative radius. I don't understand that. There are also a couple of references to shorter crossings being acceptable for ...
174. Scissors crossovers
... topic: 2930 Scissors crossovers posted: 2 Oct 2016 17:13 from: Ray Martin, I have been using your fascinating programme for a few years now, though intermittently, to see what I could get (in 18.83) and what I couldn't into my 14ft x 9ft space. I have not progressed beyond using it as a sort of more flexible 'click and connect' system where I call up turnouts and track and add them together, although 'insert turnout into plain track' has also been useful. Using this method, I have been trying to design a scissors crossover with B7 turnouts but not at a given adjacent track spacing( I am trying to emulate the throat at Cheltenham St James arrival platforms). I have inserted B7 turnouts into curved track so that they face each other, and then add plain track to each so that they cross, and then use the 'make diamond crossing' command in the peg align tools menu. This looks at first sight to work but on magnifying the view, there is a small but significant ...
... Martin for having provided such a powerful and useful software tool as Templot. I am attaching the box file for the most recent evolution of my projected West Highland model: an alternative to the Mallaig Extension based on the premise of a railway along the west shore of Loch Shiel to a terminus on South Loch Moidart via Acharacle. The box file shows the current layout for the terminus, any resemblance to Mallaig being entirely intentional. In the late 'eighties I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to measure and photograph a North British turnout at Rannoch with interlaced timbering. The turnouts on the attached drawing reflect the data collected at Rannoch. The projected layout features one tandem turnout, the employment of which is fairly critical as I haven't found a satisfactory alternative way to fit in the required facilities. Whilst I am reasonably content with the geometry of this tandem unit, I am much less happy about the interlacing of the timbers. I have scoured every photograph available to me of NBR trackwork, but have yet to find one that clearly shows a tandem, let ...
... on overlaying a design making good use of the various video clips you put together showing how things can be done, It's certainly helped me avoid going the long way round and making educated guesses through the process! But, I've run into a small problem that I think might be resolved by clip D (which has yet to appear!). In a similar situation to the end of clip C, I have a four track crossover where the first double junction is completed with a length of plain line leading to where the turnout of other double junction will be. Not having risked "having a dabble" at the menu's, is there a method to move that length of plain line across the third line and create a turnout? I know pictures would speak a thousand words but hopefully question is logical. I'm hoping there is method in the madness as it will certainly help other areas where it would avoid endless roaming of turnouts. Also as a side issue, is there a function to produce an outside slip [straight main line facing and trailing ...
... topic: 667 An important announcement by C+ L Finescale posted: 21 Dec 2008 00:06 from: Brian Lewis An important announcement by C+ L Finescale Whilst watching Norman Solomon building turnouts on the latest Activity Media DVD- constructing templates, sticking down timbers, etc.- I was struck by the thought that I was doing this 40 years ago. Locomotives and rolling stock are so much more accurate that they were even ten years ago? So why haven't available track components reflected this improvement? Folk still create trackwork by building individual turnouts and 'stitch' them together with plain track using 'one size fits all' generic track templates. Surely we can do better than this? Well we have and as from the new year, a new era in track construction begins. Boat and aircraft kit manufacturers use lasers to cut components with amazing accuracy- as do model railway kit manufacturers in the US. It doesn't seem to happen here. But we are going to change all that. So for the past month I have been taking prototype track ...
... topic: 1176 interlaced sleepers on a 3-way turnout posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:40 from: Mike Waldron Has anyone produced a 3 way turnout with interlaced sleepers? Apparently they were fashionable in the early days of the LB&SCR. Would value any help possible Mike Last edited on 24 Jul 2010 11:53 by Mike Waldron posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:23 from: Mike Waldron I have just been running the 3 way Tandem turnout video- which is great- but I have not quite worked out how to get to the starting point- namely to being with both turnouts stripped of their central timbers. Added to which, I am working with interlaced sleepers instead of some of the timbers- LBSCR pre 1900 practise. I suspect that the timbers left out are the ones I will be interlacing- from the rear of the switches to the 4 timbers that the crossing and check rails are set on. It's just getting to that stage I'm not sure of. The rest I can work out from the video. ...
... comment, suggestion or advice given by me is illustrative of the use of my Templot software only, and must not be relied on in the design of any railway track. Attachment: attach_1549_2121_herstmonceux_slip .box 295 posted: 11 Dec 2012 22:44 from: Ron Mitchell Hi Martin, that's fantastic! I got as far as step 5 in the Quick Guide, assumed a substitute for "control" is "Main"& then got totally confused (because I hadn't given enough time to reading help)with "Get a mint turnout template" from store& background. As I said, I need to devote most of my time to machining& building the crossing components then assembling on site (probably in the wind& snow of a Norfolk winter) so as to be ready for next season's running. I'll read help to attempt to clean up the drawing, get the text off it (& the extraneous straight track)& get a full size print made so that assembly can be carried out on top of it. Again, many thanks for ...
180. Double Junction
... topic: 1132 Double Junction posted: 26 May 2010 05:44 from: kenbec Hello out there, I am replacing all of the Peco TurnoutsI have installed on the continuous run portion of a layout I am actually still designing. I am not trying to exactly match the Peco Turnouts with Templot Turnouts but start with a rubbing in each case and take it from there. The continuous run was built before I got Templot but the rest of my design has been discarded in view of the greater opportunities now open to me through Templot. However in two locations a double junction is still the best option to allow me to transition to and from the other parts of my future design. Both are on straight stretches and, having previously been constructed using standard Peco parts, do NOT involve "irregular diamond crossings" if that is still the accepted term. My question is could someone out there point me in the direction of anything which covers the construction of Double Junctions? I have searched Templot but have not found anything describing the construction of a Double ...
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