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... . In a few weeks time I shall release a new version of Templot based on the current Templot Development Version (TDV) which will be free for use by anyone. 3. I shall be adding a "donations" button to the Templot web site. Hopefully users who find Templot useful will want to donate something towards the costs of developing it ... as an unfinished work in progress. It provides exactly the functionality I need for custom switch pieces. Best George Leaf posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:16 from: Tony W Hi Martin. I have to say that I absolutely agree with the decisions you have taken. There are several comments/ observations I would like to make. For some time ... think Templot is a great tool and I have suggested to a number friends that this can help them and some have already joined. Thanks for all your help Stuart posted: 8 Dec 2011 07:36 from: PaulTownsend Martin Wynne wrote:. I must have Templot2 released soon because I anticipate not having much time for Templot in the first months of ...
... Dent Head viaduct to Smardale viaduct. The M.R. awarded the contract for constructing the station buildings at Hawes to James Jones and George Nelson Clarke of Leyburn. Bob posted: 3 Feb 2012 08:45 from: Mike Megginson John Shelley wrote: LSWRArt wrote: Has anyone ordered recently from Exactoscale? I sent an order at the beginning of the week ... companies have been great in responding and keeping me updated on deliveries. Thanks to the good guys :-) Arthur posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:13 from: Tony W Hi Arthur. Yes that is the correct number for Exactoscale. I spoke to Len on it myself on Tuesday. It is a bit pot luck catching him as he is ... So that is the latest info if anyone else is waiting for deliveries. Regards Arthur posted: 30 Jan 2012 20:09 from: Mike Megginson I ordered a 1: 8 single slip kit from Exactoscale towards the end of November, sending the order to the Essex address. After three weeks I had heard nothing, so rang Exactoscale's phone number, ...
... crossings. That would work very well for mixed-gauge, but it's a lot of work to do, and doesn't look right for UK narrow-gauge prototypes. or 3. devise your own track standard to accommodate your actual models. For example if the 00 models use only kit wheels( no RTR ), such as Ultrascale/Alan Gibson ... point me in the right direction? Ideally OO-SF and N gauges with sleeper spacing to 4mm/ft Thanks posted: 14 Sep 2019 17:32 from: Tony W RedgateModels wrote: Good morning, I've had a look and can't see how to make a new template for dual gauge track. Can someone point me in the right direction? ... : attach_2898_3498_RpG5.box 104 posted: 19 Sep 2019 01:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, What you are looking for is something like this: 2_182013_060000000.png It's made up from 8 partial templates. Without your rather murderous reverse curve in the standard-gauge, it could probably be done with fewer. There is still the timbering to do of course. ...
64. 3 way point help
... topic: 2946 3 way point help posted: 12 Dec 2016 00:59 from: gibbard d Hi guys Is anyone able to help me out by tidying up and adding the missing V crossing and check rails to my attached 3 way turnout please? ive drawn it from 2 straight B6 turnouts. the positions, lengths and radius ideally cant be ... have the one turnout instead of 7/8, that's the reason I'm worried about the entrance and exit positions moving posted: 12 Dec 2016 23:59 from: Tony W If you wipe the second template to the control and move the peg to the Ctrl 4 position, you can adjust the switch type without the crossing moving. I have done ... and attached the A-6 version box file. The next problem is that the middle crossing will be very close to the adjacent running rail so a full crossing vee will not fit. Regards Tony W. Attachment: attach_2353_2946_3_way_A6.box 232 posted: 13 Dec 2016 01:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi, Welcome to Templot Club. As others have said ...
65. Minories
... the 1989 book confirms this. Also, each plan has a minimum radius specified which for S54 is 2'. Looking at S54, there's a double slip which would be 3' radius, and possibly the turnouts attached to that. The others might be 2' radius. The bit to the right of the diamond crossing near the top looks a ... layout of Bewdley in EM in the early 1970s which used such rail. I don't know where you would get it nowadays. It was listed by the old suppliers -- W&H, ERG, Bonds, Hamblings, etc. Martin. posted: 1 Dec 2014 18:29 from: Jim Guthrie Martin Wynne wrote: I remember helping on ... small room the ability to run this old stock on a vintage designed plan. I have plenty of old track building parts so happy to make the turnouts The room being about 8' square would lend itself to a L shaped plan, with the turnouts on a curve. I think the curve may have to go down to 2.5' radius, just ...
66. Large layout
... attached the file and really want the area between 13' and 16' to send as a pdf file to a print company who will print it on one 18' x 3' strip. I'll also want to show the grid lines and grid lables with the measurements in feet. Attachment: attach_1234_1590_23_- _ET- _Western_Sunset_13_engine_bay.box 267 posted: ... They plug the flash drive into a USB slot on the printer and out rolls my drawing. Simple! The catch? Fifty cents USD per square foot for a B&W print, over three dollars per square foot for color. Changing subject; I really like what I can see of the TDV, especially the sketchboard. I cannot wait to ... metric calculator if that's a problem. The maximum printable width will very likely be less than the roll paper width. 7. create each page as a separate PDF file. 8. tell the print shop at least 3 times -- set the page scaling to none when printing the PDF. This is not the default setting, so it may take ...
... we can compile a short list of say two dozen settings for inclusion. Every time I load background shapes, I change the font/colours so the lines are of width 3& the colours different from the colours on the printed pages. It would be useful (to me at least) if these could be saved, either in the bgs file ... the most frustrating part of Templot. When I use Templot I do not want radial end marks, outline extension marks, timber centre lines, timber numbering, timber infill, 8'-6" marks on 9' sleepers. I can put the generator settings in the user preferences. But I'm not sure you are using the generator as intended. ... formats: on the pad window as the control template on the pad window as a background template on the storage box window on the sketchboard* sent to the printer exported in DXF format exported in PDF format* created as a .bmp image file* etc.(* not yet available) If you change the generator settings, you are controlling what data ...
68. A new trolley
... replace the shelving on one of my walls. 2001_170812_160000000.jpg That is for bay heights of 7' 7' 6' and 6' and bay widths of 2' 2' 3' and 2'. Seems expensive but you have more options on height, width and shelving quantities than Billy. This is a bargain on offer now- racking- if ... present, so I haven't put it down on paper to see how practical it is? Thanks for asking. Andrew posted: 17 Oct 2018 16:33 from: Tony W Chaos theory certainly seems prevalent round here. Any new horizontal surface (of which there are many) seems to disappear rapidly. I keep telling myself that with time as I ... a lovely model- back in the 70's I made a Keyser kit of one which I sadly lost at some point. I am on the lookout for a 72XX 2-8 -2T- maybe sunday at the local toyfair? I have soft spots for Midland Deeley and Johnson types and the Great Eastern/M &GN types have always appealed- ...
69. New user
... yours. It is buried way down in the adjust option. Windows tool bars have File, Edit, View, Tools, etc. Why invent a whole new pattern? 3. I clicked the "Click-drag zoon rectangle" and the template immediately got squashed together at the bottom of the screen. How do I unquote it? The Undo ... click the arrows. Is that just a reference to a page number in the help file? Hi Nicholas, Do you mean this (ringed)?: 2_200758_500000000.png There are 8 cyclic page slots( labelled a- h) in the roll-back register for the Help viewer. You can run back and forth through the most recent Help notes that ... saved- I have different settings for paper and card, for example. You are prompted to load the printer settings in the printer dialogue. Vector files- Templot exports in DXF format- very easy to do and works well. You can also export to a virtual printer if you want pdf files. Construction- this is essentially the same as using ...
70. Laser cutting
... a sample of your material. I do not know what instructions you have with your machine. You need to check focus. I read that you normally aim for 1/3 to half way through the material. You also need to support the material flat, but on some waste material that it does not matter if the laser cuts into it. ... a half cut. You can even do scratch marks with a third colour, so you could, for example, mark the rail edges. Most machines will take up to 8 colours, so you can also prioritise the order in which parts are cut (e.g. to cut the centre out of a window frame, before cutting the outside of the ... topic: 2283 Laser cutting posted: 11 Aug 2013 11:20 from: leflep I have recently acquired access to a laser cutter which uses *dxf files. The last time this topic seems to have been discussed here seems to be 2009 and I wondered if there have been any developments since. Getting an output in *dxf format is simple ...
... I have just mentioned need to be modified to work together. The mods are dead easy. Some components are omitted, and a few linking-wires added. posted: 3 Jun 2010 07:10 from: Stephen Freeman Servo Control Boards I can now offer the following versions Normal on/off switch control DCC Interfaceable (Price depends on DCC Accessory ... elsewhere and I will) 4 unit accessory decoder which only switches on/off i.e. does supply a current? posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:44 from: Brian W Lewis I think MERG do a DCC board that takes the DCC signals from the track and provides either 4 or (I think) 8 ON/OFF switched outputs posted: ... Nov 2009 09:51 from: Brian W Lewis Bad form to follow up my own message, I know. Sorry, but... Both the Servo4 and the DCC board I have just mentioned need to be modified to work together. The mods are dead easy. Some components are omitted, and a few linking-wires added. posted ...
... . Copy your template to the control template if not already. 2. Set it as a straight turnout, with timbers square-on, and ends in-line. 3. Shift it onto the datum. 4. store& background. 5. Select the background template as the only member of a group. 6. Make sure print normal ... for timber centre-lines and timber numbering. Set mm or inches for your preferred units (these will be model sizes, not prototype). Save the DXF file. 8. Open the DXF file in a text editor such as Windows Notepad (DXF files are plain text). 9. Search for the word "ENTITIES" and delete everything ... it in the file. 10. You should now have a long list looking like this short extract for each timber. Search for the word "LINE" to mark the start of each block of data:......... 0 LINE -- -- -- start of data for this timber 8 TIMBCENT 10 171.96 ...
73. GWR Chairs
... They are designed for use with the supplied templates. They do sell a starter kit at exhibitions that has a point kit and a few yards of track panels. Flextrack uses 3 bolt chairs. The chairing issue is a horses for courses thing. It really depends on how accurate you want your track to be. The flextrack that C&L sell ... buy this book, you will suddenly find all sorts of things "wrong" with any templates you've already done This book is essential reading for anyone modelling GWR or BR(W) bullhead track. GWR_Track_200px.jpg Ordering information is at GWR track book. Even if you don't model the GWR, there is a lot of useful background information in the book for ... topic: 122 GWR Chairs posted: 8 Aug 2007 06:20 from: Bruce Wilson I am nearing the stage where construction on my version of Hemyock is getting closer. From what I gather the GWR used a 2-bolt chair for holding the rails. What types of chairs will I require for construction of points and crossings (turnouts) ...
... both end and a centre check rail chairs to a check rail and cut off a half chair from each check rail chair. 982_261815_170000000.jpg Here you see the check rail with the 3 chairs on and with their half chairs cut off. 982_261816_210000000.jpg Now its slid into place using a check rail gauge, once set glue the half chairs in place. See also ... plastic chairs: 528_261930_140000000.jpg It should be fairly easy to see which chairs have been chopped where; you can even see some of the bits chopped off Sorry about the B&W; it was intended for a monochrome page of the Society magazine. The sleepers are Plastruct strip. Nigel posted: 27 May 2015 07:48 from: Hayfield Nigel The ... the Vero pins, in the same way as Brook-Smith rivets. They are already tinned which helps. 7. carefully prise up the finished turnout from the workboard. 8. trim the protruding pins flush on the underside. (e.g. Xuron rail cutter, eye protection). 9. some could be left protruding for invisible electrical connections. ...
... they will at least know what you are talking about, and should be able to do it. They may want to do it on expensive drafting film instead of paper. 3. the fallback option is to export a PDF file from Templot. Templot doesn't do any printer calibration in creating PDF files because the file may be printed on different printers at ... in the new dialog. But you can still use the peg method if you prefer by clicking the relevant option. Here is the note in the latest 212a change log: 8. The make transition function has new dialogs when one or both of the original templates is itself a transition curve: 2_061149_120000000.png Previously only the peg location option was available, often ... them use a laser-printer, which will heat the paper causing differential shrinkage and generally poor precision. 2. failing that, the next best option is to export a DXF file from Templot, and send or take it to a specialised CAD printing firm for engineering drawings. There are not many such firms about, and it will be expensive. ...
... half-diamond, and therefore comprises 2 templates: 2_101052_470000001.png Overlaid on the Peco template: 2_101052_470000000.png K-crossing angle: 1:40 V-crossing angle: 1:3 curviform regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2397_2768_peco_short_y_equi v.box 257 posted: 10 Mar 2017 17:44 from: Hayfield Martin Thanks a million, every time I tried adjusting what I ... best layouts seem to be those where the standards are maintained across all disciplines, so they each compliment each other. posted: 8 Apr 2017 18:55 from: Tony W Even with all the choice available in the 4 mm gauges and we are relatively speaking spoilt for choice, there will always be something that is not available, for instance, ... 3 bolt LSWR chairs are available slide chairs to match are not. You pays your money and takes your choice. Tony. posted: 9 Apr 2017 08:51 from: Hayfield Tony W wrote: Even with all the choice available in the 4 mm gauges and we are relatively speaking spoilt for choice, there will always be something that is not ...
... in the last photo', the signal box is just to the right of the dog leg. The rodding comes down the right side out of shot, before crossing the 3 roads to the area in question and then this one wire for the starter comes back along the platform edge. It certainly would be behind that rail. It couldn't go along ... /1854142410_ttHPV8F#!i =1854142410&k =ttHPV8F Last edited on 16 Nov 2014 18:24 by DerekStuart posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:18 from: Tony W Hi Derek. That is not an arrangement I have come across before. The only possible explanation I can think of is that as the outside check rail appears to be higher ... 20Town&serial=6 &img=66-97-19 EDIT: Some more here, especially fourth photo' http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/2_30-8 -81.htm FURTHER EDIT: It does look like the PW teams liked leaving rails lying around improperly. This is on a siding but it does show the practice went on. ...
... plain track, rather than pointwork. If you have some other amount of gauge-widening, you shouldn't use them -- prototype steam-era gauge widening is up to 3/4" max, which scales to 0.25mm. In pointwork the check gauge is so important that I would prefer to use a soldered construction for crossing check rails and add ... curved turnouts should always have straight bits in them" or similar. Even after I have pointed to an image such as this: http://bristol-rail.co.uk/w /images/0 /03/Filton_Abbey_Wood92.jpg From the excellent Bristol Rail web site for more of the same. regards, Martin. Last edited on 12 Feb 2012 11: ... by Martin Wynne posted: 17 Nov 2007 02:56 from: rodney_hills Keith Norgrove wrote: Like most things to do with railways, it's right some of the time! Some railways use curved crossings some don't, and some use both straight and curved as suits the need. This Hungarian firm will sell you 12"/ft (or is it ...
... are building?- I was thinking of using Off-the-Rails check rail chairs (GOG finescale with 1.75mm gap), but these are 4 bolt. LSWR used 3 bolt chairs for plain track, but does anyone know if the check rail chairs would have been 4-bolt, or were these also 3-bolt?- Off- ... check gauge tool engages the check rail only and is clear of the other rails. This is the 00-SF check gauge tool: 2_151030_530000000.png v= nose of crossing vee w= wing rail alongside vee c= check rail r= running rail, possibly gauge-widened f= flat on tool to clear the top of the vee c. Use ... crossing flangeway gauge to set the V-crossing flangeway gap between the vee and the wing rails. (2. above) This is usually a small flat piece of metal of the required thickness, usually sourced from precision shim or a feeler gauge or similar. It should be a close fit in the gap, otherwise there is a risk that wheels ...
... use to dilute copydex, and at roughly what proportions? Does the dilution reduce the tendency for a drill to wind it up when drilling through it? Les G posted: 3 Nov 2012 12:27 from: Richard_Jones Ian T wrote: That all depends on what PVA you are using. Woodwork PVA (Resin W etc) does go solid but ... after 7 or 8 months is still compliant. PVA is the worst offender for going solid. Ian That all depends on what PVA you are using. Woodwork PVA (Resin W etc) does go solid but if you use "School PVA" or "Craft PVA" these have a different formula and they seem to retain a bit of flexibility. ... posted: 16 Oct 2012 13:22 from: Ian Allen Mark, Diluted Copydex/Latex adhesive stays flexible. I have a 1 metre test strip which after 7 or 8 months is still compliant. PVA is the worst offender for going solid. Ian posted: 16 Oct 2012 16:26 from: Les G Ian Allen wrote: Mark, ...
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