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... admit our hobby has a habit of attracting characters, its just a case of getting to know them and how they work. Phil has his own way of working but at least the products are still available. Now if Phil is not answering the phone, I just assume he is busy and phone the next day. I have learnt to try and anticipate my requirements, plus keep stocks of what I require a little higher, I also try and plan my purchases to coincide with shows. Saying things are untenable is so dramatic and frankly over the top. And yes I have phoned through an order and received it reasonably quickly. Granted not the next day as in the previous ownership, but that business model failed financially. Sadly I see you are in a part of the country where it might be a bit difficult to go to shows he attends, all I can suggest is that you build up a rapport with him posted: 29 Apr 2018 18:43 from: Andrew Barrowman Borg-Rail wrote: Sorry to hijack this but is ...
... Exactly the same physics applies, the problem is the type of tyres and road conditions have a huge influence on the coefficient of friction. Other than dropping sand, locomotives can't do much to influence that. Fat tyres on racing cars are there for (at least) two reasons. Heat dissipation and wear rate. Narrow sticky tyres could provide just as much traction but they would disintegrate in no time at all. Even the fat ones only survive for a very limited distance. And the surface temperature of narrow tyres would increase dramatically and that would alter the coefficient of friction too. Racing cars don't usually have much of a problem obtaining enough friction to travel in a straight line (other than dragsters). The tyres are being selected more to ensure the cars corner at the highest possible speeds. If they added flanges they wouldn't have to worry about that. Cheers! Andy posted: 6 Oct 2019 22:21 from: Andrew Duncan Andrew Barrowman wrote: Andrew Duncan wrote: Andy, I follow your logic on the weight question but as to ...
... computers. I had had to learn to use at least four different word processors by then, all different. My basic approach was learn by experiment and read the help notes if I could not work it out. I was not on line back then. I reasoned that the most common problems encountered would be found in the question and answer section on the CD and sure enough they were. The thing I could not grasp at first were transition curves, but the tutorial soon sorted that out. Templot has of course grown dramatically since then. Regards Tony. posted: 30 Jan 2018 00:17 from: madscientist Martin Wynne wrote: Thanks Dave..... I know that rather depends on whose intuition you are talking about. the voluminous tombes that are Apples and Microsoft style guides for applications and the collective implementation that are the body of apps that use them Just get me wrong martin, its not a criticism of you, I am merely attempting to address, as I see it( from the point of a professional applications programmer ...
... not a bug as such, but had to chuckle when I looked up at the screen a few minutes ago.... 479_260758_150000000.jpg Attachment: attach_996_1391_Templot.BMP 296 posted: 26 Feb 2011 13:31 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: Hi Martin, not a bug as such, but had to chuckle when I looked up at the screen a few minutes ago... Hi Gordon, That's the famous "matchsticks and broken glass" effect. It's a known effect. Your coloured tracks make it look even more dramatic! It is caused by the transition curve being too "gentle" for the maths capability of your processor. In other words the radius changes by too little in too long a transition length. If you look at the transition radii there you will see 2053- 2020mm radii -- a difference of less than 2%. When you get this effect you can be fairly sure that you are using a transition curve unnecessarily, and that a fixed radius curve would do just as well. Sometimes this effect flashes up while ...
... topic: 1639 RT60 Turnouts Pics posted: 25 Sep 2011 17:43 from: GeoffJones Hi All Can anyone point me towards any good photos, or perhaps post one, of UIC RT60 turnouts. I am particularly looking for views that give enough information for modelling. Most of the views I have seen are taken from the track centre, and whilst they give a very dramatic picture they are not very helpful for modelling anything apart from the switches and stretchers. Two questions: How wide are typical concrete bearers? Are the tops of the bearers that support the switches lower to accommodate the substantial slideplates PIctures seem to show that the slide plates are thicker than the normal pads, or is that an illusion? Geoff posted: 25 Sep 2011 18:28 from: Martin Wynne Hi Geoff, Bear in mind while searching that RT60 turnouts are now called NR60 turnouts or RT/NR60 turnouts.( RailTrack> Network Rail) Martin. posted: 2 Oct 2011 18:23 from: GeoffJones GeoffJones wrote: Can anyone point me towards any good ...
... the situation. I, like others, applaud your decision to concentrate on the programming rather than keep answering questions put by others, and in particular to look after your health (and sanity), that is absolutely paramount. I can only say that it has been, and still is, a pleasure using Templot, which is a superb, second to none, tool for railway modellers. The advances and improvements made to the program, even over the short 18 months or so I've been using it, have been very dramatic and have made life much easier to cope with the more complex formations one inevitably meets when designing a layout. I too thank you for a most brilliant tool, and hope you will be happy in it's further development. I think the best way I can sum this up is to say, that it would have been very great tragedy if Templot had fallen by the way side due to ill health having overtaken you Martin, and I'm very glad you are wise enough to see reason in this matter. Templot has most ...
... and the Barnstaple single line to protect same. The maximum curvature on the passenger lines is 20 chains throughout with a 40mph speed restriction as per the period prototype Plymouth route at Coleford jnc. 2297_211243_260000000.png The single slip at the entrance to the yard will facilitate a run round manouvre in the platforms. 2297_211244_050000000.png 2297_211453_170000000.png I've narrowed the track centre gap on the main lines through the station and double junction too as the spacing appeared too generous when printed. The above close up showed the change of direction in the down main to be fairly dramatic so I've now used the 'easement from straight' feature in 'transition curves' to improve matters, see below 2297_221200_280000000.png Cheers Dave Attachment: attach_1448_1962_st1.PNG 198 Last edited on 22 May 2012 17:34 by Dave M posted: 23 May 2012 11:39 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Which version of Templot are you using? If you download Templot2 it is easy to create diamond-crossings where you have the plain tracks overlapped. It's difficult to comment on the plan without access to your Templot .box file. It's easy ...
... discussion about using Sketchup with Templot DXF here: topic 327- message 1836 Templot DXF in Sketchup: beam_ends_skp.jpg Templot DXF in TurboCad: hopton_clee_tc8.jpg regards, Martin. posted: 25 Sep 2012 21:44 from: James Thanks for reply Martin- I wasn't aware there was a scale function in sketchup? I've just created my baseboards to size under woodworking template. ie my 1200mmx1000mm baseboard is exactly that. When Templot it imported the distance between tracks is 2488mm!! Like I said before, the scaling from within Templot is so dramatic that I lose clarity when imported. Bit stuck! posted: 25 Sep 2012 22:13 from: James I think I've got closer to finding a solution- when I just imported one n gauge turnout into Sketchup, although it was still massive, i was able to scale it from a corner in Sketchup to rescale it all in proportion. When I tried the same for my whole trackplan group (using exactly the same settings), only an edge resizing button was available in Sketchup as if it was a 2d ...
... curve, if you match the first and second radius closely together (effectively producing a near constant radius) the template becomes rather scrambled. I know you would never use an s-curve in this way but I thought maybe Martin would like to see this if he hasn't before. See below: 2786_251442_230000000.png posted: 25 Apr 2014 20:12 from: Martin Wynne Hi Michael, Thanks for posting. It's a known issue -- see: topic 1391 We could have a little competition to see who can post the most dramatic screenshot. regards, Martin. posted: 13 Jun 2014 15:44 from: TCLyth I'd LOVE to see someone build that, AND then run a train on it!! :P posted: 13 Jun 2014 16:34 from: John Lewis Certain politicians' plans for HS2? :- )) Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I found a flaw> Scrambled Rail about Templot Club Templot Companion- User ...
... hit a known issue, where the transition curve is too "gentle", i.e. the change in radius is too small over a transition zone too long. This causes the transition calculations to exceed the maths capabilities of the computer processor. Templot tries to catch this condition, but isn't very good at it. When I have tried to make it more secure, it restricts the usable functionality by too much. Usually it displays as a shattered glass effect, see: topic 1391 The effect on your template is rather more dramatic, drawing rail edge lines several miles long! If you try adjusting the radius by a small amount, you will see it returns to a normal template. I have done that for you, and deleted the background template. .box file attached below. This also caused the problem on the sketchboard. The lines are so long they are crashing the sketchboard drawing functions on overflow. If you try going to the sketchboard with the file below, it should work ok. (The sketchboard works at lower 32-bit precision ...
... 6 and give an overall length that suits. There are some wobbles in the tracks but I now know where I made the mistakes that caused them. terminus_straight.png Box file for straight arrangement It looked a bit better but it was still looking like a Peco plan. In an attempt to make it a bit less regimented I thought I would add some curvature to the 4 main roads. The turnouts at the left and the diamonds at the right were still 1:6 but as the diagonals crossed the inner roads the angle dropped dramatically. The central crossing was less than 1:1.5. terminus_curved.png Boxfile for curved arrangement I had a play with one of the lower value crossings to see what would happen if I tried to add the slips. There are problems straight away as the predefined slips only go down to 1:6. There is also the problem with how to deal with the different V crossings each side. I have been reading as much as I can about irregular crossings and slips and have a better idea of how to put them together ...
... %20Central%20Station/Newcastle%20Central%20Station.htm. Fraser posted: 24 Oct 2017 10:50 from: FraserSmith Hi Andrew I only did a short reply above as I was just about to leave for a few days away with little access to the internet but I felt I needed to respond quickly to dispel the idea I was complaining about a topic change. I realise now that I missed what was the main point I was trying to get over and that is MERG's CBUS system that can be used to cut down dramatically on wiring just as effectively on DC layouts as it can on DCC ones. I will follow Rob's lead and create another topic in the Off Tracks section where CBUS can be discussed separately to DCC. posted: 25 Oct 2017 01:08 from: madscientist H my the loss of such beautiful track work posted: 19 Apr 2019 23:05 from: Richie Kynaston Evening all, Firstly apologies for having started the thread then gone to radio silence. 18 months further on, and a house move later, I am ...
... topic: 3343 8am in sunny California if you watch right now posted: 17 Oct 2018 16:06 from: Martin Wynne Set full screen and HD 1080p or 1440p: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Kwgw6c606x0 Martin. posted: 17 Oct 2018 20:42 from: Martin Wynne Looking hot and dusty now with overhead sun at mid-day, CA time. At 8am this morning (4pm UK) the low morning sun was lighting up a dramatic landscape, with several trains stationary and backing up. Martin. posted: 17 Oct 2018 22:07 from: Charles Orr I visit this site regularly. There are some incredibly long trains. Charles posted: 17 Oct 2018 23:09 from: John Lewis Hi NMartin When I click on the url you gave earlier I get a view on hilly/mountainous country at West Cable, Tehachapi. But I have not seen a train or the railway. Am I doing something wrong? There seem to be at least a couple of roads in the foreground and a ...
... topic: 3768 coming soon to a screen near you posted: 13 Sep 2020 23:20 from: Martin Wynne Open to non-members. More info: http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p =78428#p78428 posted: 14 Sep 2020 00:45 from: DerekStuart Well I wasn't quite prepared for the dramatic music! But what good looking stuff they've shown there. There is something about the double-headed steam locos (sorry- no idea what they are, steam is new to me) that really looked the part. Thanks for sharing. Derek posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:14 from: Rob Manchester Derek, Another show this year that we will all miss out on- but hey it is only a few trains and an expensive day out and keeping CV19 under control is more important. The double header's are BR(ex-LNER) B1 locos. You need to get reading up on this steam thing- some say it is addictive Rob posted: 14 Sep 2020 23:30 from ...
... of my turnouts is shown below: 54_311508_060000000.jpg The brackets are soldered to the inside edge of the foot of the rail and the etched brackets. The drive bar is extended to the side in a similar manner to the prototype. The assembly is solid with no pivots- this works more satisfactorily for longer switches compared to the dummy sleeper and pivoting pin arrangement. Even with short switches there is plenty of flex in the switch rails for the movement to be free enough for point motor operation. Since using these the price has increased dramatically and I now use a simple wire bracket instead of the etchings. Copper wire stripped from cable is used, soldered to the inside foot of the switch rail, bent down and then inwards before being soldered to copperclad strip. Regards. posted: 31 Oct 2020 22:46 from: Julian Roberts Hi Alan, Nigel, Bill (is it Bill from the modelling "dungeon" below Glasgow Central Station in the old days?) Thanks for your ideas guys, that's a great response! Wow that Ambis video shows ...
... up to 720x720 pixels per tile instead of 512x512, the preference maybe swaps to the less intense "Triangle" interpolation (3. below), and "Spline" (4.) is a bit too fuzzy. To confuse the issue further I swapped to the "bright night" colour scheme for the template: 2_250612_120000000.png Zooming out to the more usual browser size, the differences are not so obvious. But we don't do track design at this level: 2_250612_120000001.png We could go higher than 720x720, but memory usage increases dramatically, and screen response speed suffers. Maps can easily have 100 tiles or more. I can also have a fresh think about the low-contrast functions. Maybe with the more intense interpolations it would actually be better to increase the contrast, for a cleaner background? It seems clear that it's worth doing something to improve on the original loaded tiles, but deciding exactly what to do is tricky. And that's just for the 25" maps. There are also the 50" maps to consider. Time for a boiled ...
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