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... conventional long timbers, but the interlaced timbers are still evident. Keith tells me another interlaced turnout survives at Helmsdale on the ex-Highland Railway. regards Graham Roberts Attachment: attach_473_waterloo-turnout-2.jpg 1239 posted: 26 Jan 2009 19:04 from: grahamroberts This is Keith's second image. Attachment: attach_474_Waterloo-turnout-1.jpg 1344 posted: 26 ... topic: 208 Interlaced turnouts, including NER at Hessle posted: 26 Oct 2007 18:40 from: Martin Wynne For timber-shoving enthusiasts, Mick Nicholson has very kindly supplied this superb picture of NER interlaced-sleeper turnouts at Hessle. Looking at these old pictures (this is thought to be the 1890s) it is easy to imagine it ... but the interlaced timbers are still evident. Keith tells me another interlaced turnout survives at Helmsdale on the ex-Highland Railway. regards Graham Roberts Attachment: attach_473_waterloo-turnout-2.jpg 1239 posted: 26 Jan 2009 19:04 from: grahamroberts This is Keith's second image. Attachment: attach_474_Waterloo-turnout-1.jpg 1344 posted: 26 Jan 2009 21: ...
... live steam?? Yes i have a very clear idea what i want to achieve and build, but could use some help with designing/fine tuning some parts for the tracks.Sadly gauge 1 is a bit more expensive than n scale where it is doable to buy turnouts off the shelf and modify them. I would like to avoid 3d printing as much as possible, it costs a lot more time with a 3d drawing program and 3d print a frog than make it by hand. Well by hand, not entirely, i ... thoughts and reading. Cheers Last edited on 11 Sep 2020 19:20 by Igor Kurgan posted: 11 Sep 2020 19:11 from: Igor Kurgan Thinking out loud, i hope the link will work. http://www.norgrove.me.uk/pointsimages/checks-2.jpg Something like this would be very handy yes or cutting some slots at the right distances in a piece of alu strip. To make sure that there is clearance enough between the wing rail and the check rail. But if you would keep to the drawing of ...
... topic: 2734 3D Printed Track and Turnouts posted: 9 Aug 2015 05:18 from: Andrew Barrowman Greetings fellow Templotters, As some of you already know, I've been messing about trying to print turnout bases on a 3D printer. It's fairly easy to create a 3D model of the timbers in CAD from any Templot template. It's also fairly simple to drag models of the chairs into the correct positions and orientation and combine them to produce an STL file to drive a printer. What is not so easy is producing 3D models for chairs that a) actually work, and b) don't look too horrible! I think I have reached a point where I'm limited by the printing technology itself. The results are actually a lot better than I thought they might be when I started out. Anyway, I've been making some wild guesses about chair dimensions, and I have not had a lot of luck finding anything on the Web. Any information would be greatly appreciated. (Here's a bit of track I've been using to test the latest chair ...
... to be very fond of me despite my rather eccentric hobby. Maybe its something to do with her training as a psychotherapist, I think I'm probably an interesting case study for her...can't otherwise understand why she should put up with a bit of trainset on the end of our dining table week in week out? Anyway domestic arrangments apart, back to the layout. Here are few pictures of what Ive been describing above...if I can recall how to upload? 2787_191503_490000000.jpg This view shows the underside wiring including the servos for turnouts controlled by the Megapoints electronics which seem rather like magic to me....! 2787_191512_420000000.jpg Yeovil point rodding under construction last month. Unlike Howards point rodding mine doesn't have to work luckily, as even this non working set up took an age to do. Incidentally I used Modelu point rodding stools which really are quite exquisite models (if only I could see all the detail!) Howards cranks, compensators etc and Eileen's metre long 0.4mm straight brass wire( this may have been a mistake as I've since read that ...
... DCC Concepts, so thought I'd make a start on creating the track plan. My first thought was to use Sketchboard, but once I started to enlarge the panel, the track edges became jagged. The final mimic panel is going to be something like 800mm long by 400mm deep. I can't say the exact size as it's going to be governed by the need to place LED's within the track lines. The bezels of the LED's are 7mm diameter. In total there will be at least 72 LED's on the panel showing the turnout detection of 36 turnouts. What is the best way of accomplishing this? Ideally I would like to add six platform faces and text to show lines to the MPD and hidden storage traverser. All ideas grateful accepted.... posted: 13 May 2020 12:47 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, From memory your roundy-roundy layout is squarish, about 15ft/4500mm square? A panel 800mm x 400mm isn't the least bit squarish, so I'm wondering what you have in mind. Is the whole layout ...
... topic: 401 Interlaced Sleeper Turnouts posted: 5 Apr 2008 22:08 from: Stewart McSporran I've written up some notes on how I create interlaced sleeper turnouts with Templot and posted them on my website. So, if you're interested you'll find them at http://grotsoft.net/Railways/Templot/InterlacedSleeperTurnouts.aspx cheers Stewart posted: 7 Apr 2008 18:32 from: Martin Wynne Stewart McSporran wrote: I've written up some notes on how I create interlaced sleeper turnouts with Templot and posted them on my website. Hi Stewart, Excellent. Many thanks for taking the trouble to do that. But please note that Templot has a function to put the timber ends in line, you don't need to do it manually: ends_in_line.png Normally centralized timbering is used when timbers are skewed (equalized timbering), and timber ends are in line when timbers are square (square-on timbering). But Templot doesn't make this change for you (perhaps it should?), and you can use either option with whichever timbering style you prefer or in accordance ...
... topic: 2702 Turnout Cost Comparison posted: 29 May 2015 14:24 from: madscientist following on I did a quick and dirty book comparison, using only C&L pricing using a Templot turnout for a right hand B 5 type turnout all sleepers are 1.6mm thick 1.2 metres of HiNi Bullhead £1.2( assuming you are bulk buying rail) 2.5 strips of 17" long copper clad £2.62 4 strips of 1.6 ply 300mm sleeper strip £0.68 exactoscale 1.6mm turnout sleepers( builds 2 points) £4.25 vero pins costs have been ignored@ 8.50 per 1000 Chairs- plastic c&L 60 plain chairs @4.8p per chair( 500) £2.9 c&l 20 slide chairs £1.71 allows 20 chairs for butchering £0.96 Exactoscale ABC fully functional chairs turnout builds 2 point £4.50 per point Exactoscale Common Crossing chairs( 2 points £4.50 so you can see firstly that ply is now far cheaper then any other method so 90% ply with functional plain chairs+ slide and some copper clad at strong points with cosmetic chairs at common ...
... .. posted: 11 Jul 2009 13:18 from: BruceNordstrand Hi all I finally sat down with Templot long enough to try the software "in anger" which resulted in the attached plan. I have to revert to my older plan again due to my lovely wife taking up duathlon racing requiring part of my garage to become a racing bike storage and maintenance area. I have no idea if I did this correctly but it turned out pretty much like I wanted it, that is to print full size and build my turnouts in place without the need to standard templates. A couple of the turnouts have slight curves and others are "inbetween" sizes (ie not #5, #6 etc)- BTW, I model US track hence the numbers. Attached to this message is an image of the plan in Templot. The 2% that I am not happy with is the two turnouts in the lower left corner at the end of the coke ovens. These 2 are somewhat intertwined with the LH turnout to the outer ovens embedded deeply ...
... topic: 1390 USA Turnouts box file and inserting turnouts.... posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:31 from: BruceNordstrand Hi all Just wondering who created the USA turnouts box file? I ask as it does not seem to match any specs I have found for USA based turnouts. Well, let me qualify that.... I used the USA turnouts box file as the starting point of my layout. I started with a section of plain track from the box file and laid out the basics then inserted turnouts into that plain track. I made the assumption that Templot would insert USA turnouts into the track at the required points on the plans (using Template -> Insert turnout into plain track). However I found out tonight (WAY too late to do anything about it) that, for example, a #6 turnout on my Templot plan is NOT a #6 USA turnout, well at least not according to both the proto87 website or the templates available on handlaidtrack.com. So, have I totally stuffed up and ...
... topic: 722 Peco 7mm Scale Turnouts. posted: 4 Feb 2009 17:16 from: Jim Guthrie Has anyone drawn up equivalents of the Peco Streamline 7mm scale turnouts in Templot? I'm particularly interested in the standard turnout and the curved turnout. I haven't got any of the pointwork to do my own measurements and reasonably accurate templates would be a great help in doing some planning. Jim. posted: 5 Feb 2009 11:40 from: Glen Suckling Jim Guthrie wrote: Has anyone drawn up equivalents of the Peco Streamline 7mm scale turnouts in Templot? I'm particularly interested in the standard turnout and the curved turnout. I haven't got any of the pointwork to do my own measurements and reasonably accurate templates would be a great help in doing some planning. Jim. That is something that I could also use. Glen posted: 5 Feb 2009 12:55 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: Has anyone drawn up equivalents of the Peco Streamline 7mm scale turnouts in Templot? I'm particularly interested in the standard turnout and the curved turnout. ...
... topic: 235 C+ L track and P4 gauges posted: 13 Nov 2007 03:43 from: mattots I just received my copy of the Scalefour Digest in the post today, having just joined the Scalefour Society (yep, I've finally decided to go down the P4 route). One interesting point that I stumbled across while flicking through it is on the sheet covering turnout construction using C&L components (23.6.4). It says that you "do not want a track gauge that has a firm grip on the running head and holds the rail upright" since as soon as you remove the gauge the chairs will tilt the rail inwards (as they are supposed to) therefore making the track under-gauge. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere before. Can anyone expand on this? Do the gauges produced by the Scalefour Society have this problem with track constructed using C&L chairs and if so how do people get around it? The digest sheet recommends turning down the flanges on roller gauges so that only the top of the ...
... topic: 1585 Y turnout help please posted: 5 Aug 2011 18:43 from: Hayfield I need to build a Y turnout in EM to match an A5 turnout, they do not connect directly to each other but I need the Y turnout to be a bit smaller in size than the A5. As the crossing angle is increased by turning the standard turnout into a Y, what is the safeist smaller crossing angle I can use please Is it best to start with an A5 and reduce the size or stary with a smaller crossing angle Thanks in advance John posted: 5 Aug 2011 19:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Sorry, I'm not too sure I understand the question. If it's the same question as the recent discussion on RMweb, the answer for 00-SF at the scale track spacing (44.67mm) is 1:3.86 crossing angle curviform. I used a GWR curved 9ft switch to get the best fit. The radius is just under 36". The TDV makes it very easy to do this -- ...
... 2' boards end to end, then on the R/H end of these a 3' x 2' turned right through 90 degrees to form an 'L' shape. On the bottom edge of the 3' x 2' another 4' x 2' is added to extend the 'L'. I was hoping to be able to have an accurate baseboard drawing so that I can insert my track in exact location. Failure no.2 was in trying to build an accurate copy of my C+ L tandem 3 way turnout which is the centre piece of my layout, as trackwork goes. Like I said I've read the tutorials and tried to follow the '3-way tandem turnout in EM' data file as a guide. Gpt halfway through a dozen times then just swore at the screen, repeatedly. Some of the controls in the video don't seem to exist in my version of Templot and I got annoyed at the number of times I thought I'd saved it only to find that I had to restart it all over again. So help ...
... as possible, because you had been asking and pleading for them for years. I didn't think I could make anyone wait any longer, even if the development version was in a half-finished mess. The strange thing is, that after all the clamour for them, they now hardly get a mention on here. So either the demand wasn't really there, or I got them just right first time -- which is difficult to believe. The same goes for several of the other new features -- platforms, gaunt turnouts, wrapping a picture shape along the control template, foot lines on FB templates, the dummy vehicle tool. Welcomed at the time, but since then -- silence. I can't believe they are all working so well first time that no one has anything to say about them. So I will confess that I'm a bit disappointed and wondering if I have taken a wrong turning. The sketchboard function took months of work and a considerable expense for the licence for the graphics engine. But only a few sketchboard screenshots have ...
... keys don't seem to work as described but I expect that to be a version specific thing. Indeed shortcuts are only shortcuts if you can remember them. It does take a while looking for where things are in menus etc though. This specific issue: I had added the works siding by adding a branch track from the loop to works siding. I have tried to make a transition to straight to make the end of the works siding straight. No matter which end I put the peg the straight always ends up at the turnout. The notch is there and I suspect that is why. I have tried adding the transition and doing end for end etc but nothing makes it right. Picture attached.1920_100452_420000000.png There are a couple of other things that I am not clear on. I can see why the curved turnout stock rail needs some straight at the point blade to make the planing sit in right. The turnout diagrams show a begining of straight part just before the knuckle on one road. I understand why. But, When both roads of a turnout ...
... topic: 2034 Custom timbering of turnouts posted: 27 Jul 2012 13:25 from: Alan McMillan Hi all I've just created a new custom plain track setting for Swiss Federal Railways CWR and it's just dandy. However when I insert a turnout in the new plain track or use new template (quick set), it comes up with default (presumably GWR) sleeper spacings although the lengths appear to agree with the settings I've defined. Is there any way to get turnouts to take up the spacing settings I've defined by default rather that have me do an awful lot of timber shoving afterwards? Regards Alan Last edited on 27 Jul 2012 13:25 by Alan McMillan posted: 27 Jul 2012 13:55 from: Martin Wynne Alan McMillan wrote: Is there any way to get turnouts to take up the spacing settings I've defined by default rather that have me do an awful lot of timber shoving afterwards? Hi Alan, Yes, use the modify on rebuild function. 1. Have the required settings in the control template. 2. Put ...
... topic: 3777 Red rails for below minimum radius posted: 21 Sep 2020 06:27 from: Jerry Goodwin I saw a forum post, which I now can't find again to link to, where Martin explained that with a certain series of steps one could end up with a turnout with a very short (like less than a foot at full scale) section of rail with less than the minimum radius. In that post, the offending bit of rail was shown as red filled, while the rest of the rail was not filled. My question is, where do I turn on below-minimum-radius rail highlighting? I've googled my fingers to the bone, and all I've discovered is that: The red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) is an extinct species of flightless rail. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. which isn't close to the answer I was looking for, but might be effectively correct if I can't do it. The reason I am asking is I have laid ...
... on 9 Nov 2007 13:36 by Gordon S posted: 9 Nov 2007 03:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, Welcome to Templot Club. Great to see an ambitious main line project. You're right that it's a challenging design, because you want to include as much as possible of your existing pointwork while hopefully creating a flowing "Templot" design for new handbuilt curved pointwork. Before you began handbuilding you sent me some scans of your existing 00 pointwork, which I matched for you in Templot. The straight turnouts were a good match to A-7, and the diamonds matched 1:7 too. The curved turnout was near a C-10, but not such a good match: gordon_scans.png gordon_scans_a7.png I tried using these for the CJF terminus plan, and managed to fit it within your 5400mm space, without losing any platform length. The goods yard access needed a changed design to keep a long enough head-shunt, but otherwise it's a straight conversion to 1:7 angle of CJF's original design. But it does ...
19. Questions on the basic fundamentals on prototype (and scale model) turnout dimensions and design met
... topic: 1377 Questions on the basic fundamentals on prototype (and scale model) turnout dimensions and design met posted: 20 Feb 2011 15:04 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, Please excuse me for asking what might seem to be some dumb questions, but something has been bugging me for a little while now. First let me explain why I am asking the questions, on several occasions I have been placing turnouts onto my background track layout plan, and have found that in these cases, no matter what I do I cannot get both the main and turnout sides to align with the plan track lines. In some of these cases, I have aligned the main side and then altered the adjoining track-work for the turnout side to mate up with that end (but I am not absolutely sure this is what I should really do), (I know, someone will scream the dreaded words "compromise"). I have tried ringing the changes, such as changing from B to C or D type turnouts (and/ ...
... topic: 2399 Dual Gauge Turnouts- Basic Principles? posted: 8 Feb 2014 21:17 from: Steve Bedding Hello Martin et al, I have been using Templot for a number of years for a several 2mm projects and although fairly happy that I can muddle my way through most simple tasks/functions, I have been asked to produce a plan for a 7mm dockside layout that incorporates both standard (SG) and narrow gauge (NG) lines; this has taxed my abilities beyond what I can achieve without guidance. I have searched the forums for any pointers/tips but can't seem to find a definitive tutorial or guide to the basic steps and principles to be followed; I would prefer to understand the sequence of producing the turnout rather than ask for a single solution as this way I can further my learning/understanding. My best guess is that the steps would be something along these lines... Created base turnout (standard gauge- GoG-F) which in this case is a GWR 9ft regular crossing v5. Store ...
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