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... from: Mythocentric Hi Martin Re my topic over on YMR this is my layout plan based on the Lancashire& Yorkshire's Rishworth with the problem area outlined in red. Who said small branch line termini were simple? I've tried to follow the video and repeatedly got stuck, no doubt through trying to run before I can do the Templot walk! The photo (which has been 'flipped' horizontally to match the track plan) shows the 3-way as being symmetrical but an asymmetric 3-way with the left-hand leading gives me more room to fit in the coal road (not to mention being easier to build!). I'm working on B7 crossings on both turnouts which give's me a good compromise in the space I have available. Thank you in advance for your generous assistance both here and on YMR! 2849_021659_570000000.jpg 2849_021700_430000000.jpg Edit: Sorry! I committed the usual sin and forgot to mention the track gauge which is 00-SF! Regards Bill posted: 3 Jan 2014 00:21 from: Alan Turner Mythocentric wrote: The photo ( ...
102. Outside Single Slip
... missed out one vital piece of information (everyone does). What track gauge? Martin. posted: 1 Jan 2014 13:19 from: Michael Woolford Hi Martin, I've done this before on RMweb! I'm modelling in EM gauge. Thanks. Michael Last edited on 1 Jan 2014 13:20 by Michael Woolford posted: 1 Jan 2014 13:23 from: Paul Boyd How fortuitous! I happen to have that C&L template for EM gauge, so given that it's not the best of weather today I'll give it a go. Watch this space... posted: 1 Jan 2014 15:10 from: Paul Boyd Right then, here it is There are a few points to note:- My paper template isn't printed with great accuracy, although it's an original from C&L. There's probably a good chance that if you print off the Templot file, it won't overlay exactly your C&L template. However, I chose to keep the diamond crossing angle at 1:4.5 rather than make it fit my ...
... for a foot. Albion alloys is £4 for 4 foot for 0.25", I agree that's a bit steep- but then we don't need huge amounts and at least it is easy to get hold of. Just looking at Brian's site, the PCB is about 1/4 the price but I would still use the brass even if I had to buy it! One thought- it might be worth contacting a few of the etched kit suppliers (or even builders) to see if they have fret waste to "give" away- especially those who do 7mm coach kits- I am fairly sure the stuff I am using came from a 7mm Comet Models kit I built about 25 years ago! Best Wishes, H posted: 6 Dec 2010 22:18 from: Richard Spratt JFS wrote: One thought- it might be worth contacting a few of the etched kit suppliers (or even builders) to see if they have fret waste to "give" away- especially those who do 7mm coach kits- I am fairly sure the ...
... John, from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde Hi John Thanks for the offer but looks like Matt has given chapter and verse on the GW version! Regards Mike posted: 6 Dec 2015 21:30 from: mikewturner alan@york wrote: Is this the type of track? 2_050723_350000000.jpg undefined Hi Alan It's similar yes but not the same. Where is this as a matter of interest? Regards Mike posted: 6 Dec 2015 21:36 from: mikewturner Hi Matt Thank you for your very comprehensive reply. The description you give exactly matches the photo I've seen which is in a siding at Barmouth, although I remember seeing some in sidings at Croes Newydd North Fork too. I've looked in the Rice book and it gives some basic ideas on modelling but with what you've told me and the drawing if I can get a copy should give me an idea of how to model it. Regards Mike posted: 6 Dec 2015 21:59 from: alan@york Hi AlanIt's similar yes but not the same. Where is this as a matter of ...
... also noticed that this ink doesn't clog in the print head so readily meaning the machine won't run cleaning cycles anywhere near as often, which is wasteful of ink. If I refill my Stylus Photo R800 with Epson cartridges, it costs £132 and they only last a few months. On top of that the onboard chips will stop the cartridges from working when they're only half empty. This is a major rip-off. You can get chip resetters but it's a pain as the software then thinks the cartridge is full again.This gives a false ink reading meaning the print quality can drop sharply when a cartridge really is almost empty but the offending one isn't always obvious. Refillables with auto reset chips on the other hand, together with bottled ink, costs £60 and there's enough of it to keep you going quite literally for years! You can also get Continuous Ink Supply Systems from Consumable Cafe for most printers which obviates the need to refill the cartridges at all! HP printers and scanners are very good in the hardware department but their software and drivers ...
106. Soldering Steel Rail
... to rave about the benefits of steel rail yet steel is NOT easy to solder! All the fluxes which are recommended for steel are acids and so corrosive- not a problem if can dunk the whole lot in passivating solution, but not possible with track work! Have you tried using any of the so-called neutralising rinses such as sold by Brian under the Carr's label? Howard. posted: 23 Feb 2011 14:15 from: Stephen Freeman Yes- I've tried the neutralising rinse, still rusts. Perhaps if I give it a rinse over with yellow label that might work (phosphoric acid is a common component in rust treatments). Plus I've just remembered I might have some rust inhibitor somewhere. I'll give that a go as well. posted: 23 Feb 2011 18:32 from: Richard Spratt I never bother. I just let the sides of the rails rust and polish the tops with emery. After all who ever saw full scale rail with sides that weren't rusted? posted: 23 Feb 2011 18:40 from: Nick ...
... topic: 1096 Just have to give kudos to Martin posted: 5 Apr 2010 05:40 from: BruceNordstrand Well, I have finally got the hang of things and am now going great guns on Templot. So far I have completed all the levels on my new RR- the town, staging, lower branch level and upper branch level. I have mastered (so to speak) the various transition options including playing with 1st and 2nd transition zones and the basics of track laying onto background scans. I probably do it a little differently than most in as much as I lay out curves and straights first and then insert turnouts where required. Still haven't confidently got to grips with the whole notch and peg thing yet, just use the basics. So a big kudos to Martin for writing Templot, it has finally succumbed to my whims and allowed me to visually see my track full size plus have a fantastic base to build upon- no more fixed number straight turnouts where they aren't welcome! Cheers Bruce posted: 5 Apr 2010 11: ...
108. Moving Labels
... topic: 2507 Moving Labels posted: 16 Aug 2014 22:57 from: JFS Hello Martin, One little thing I notice which is a slight irritant. If I give a template a new name then move the name label, it sits there happily until the next time I delete the template to the Control. When I then save and background it, although Templot is happy to remember any name I gave the deleted template, it does not remember where the label was. So when the new template is created, the name label is in a different place. Would it possible for Templot not only to remember any given name but also the former label position when the insert key is pressed? Best wishes, Howard posted: 16 Aug 2014 23:22 from: Martin Wynne Hi Howard, I agree that it is an irritant. I have had a note about it on my to-do list for years. The difficulty arises when creating partial templates. The labels would stack on top of one another and make it difficult to Shift ...
109. Publishing of plans
... topic: 3547 Publishing of plans posted: 8 Nov 2019 16:57 from: KeithArmes I have produced a Templot plan for a friend. Now he may like to include it in an article for a Model Railway journal. How does this fit with the Templot terms& conditions? Presumably an acknowledgement would be appropriate at least. If its OK, any idea what file type would suit a publisher. PDF seems to give the best looking results on a screen. Best wishes, Keith posted: 8 Nov 2019 18:59 from: Martin Wynne KeithArmes wrote: I have produced a Templot plan for a friend. Now he may like to include it in an article for a Model Railway journal. How does this fit with the Templot terms& conditions? Presumably an acknowledgement would be appropriate at least. If its OK, any idea what file type would suit a publisher. PDF seems to give the best looking results on a screen. Hi Keith, Thanks for asking. I don't insist on an acknowledgement but "Plan prepared by Keith ...
... crossing. Other than needing to alter slightly one of the Common crossings (next job after this one) I have nearly finished the turnout. I have kept watching the tutorial but now have completely lost the plot and cannot see for looking. Please could someone very kindly type out the key actions I need to use to make the rail breaks in the stock rails. Thank you posted: 17 Aug 2014 21:42 from: Trevor Walling Hello John, Have you actually printed a template of your threeway out? It might give you a better idea what is present and anything not there could possibly be placed by hand with a suitable marker pen. It is sometimes hard to see the wood for the trees if you consider all the detail that one can miss on the monitor. Regards. Trevor. Last edited on 17 Aug 2014 21:44 by Trevor Walling posted: 18 Aug 2014 01:13 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Hayfield, Try these two sites for the info you require. http://www.handlaidtrack.com/v /vspfiles/ ...
111. Route control
... system a software, running on a PC. This is what I want to avoid if possible. Martin, I have sent an email to the MERG and the answer was somewhat vague. Martin, are you a member of the MERG and do you know whether I can get a step by step instruction to assemble such a system? Or is there a reader out there who can affirm that? Regards, René. posted: 22 Nov 2007 15:55 from: Roger Henry Stupid machines?!? Every time I give the web address for the Yahoo Group "mrrelectronics" the remainder of the message vanishes. I'll try the text again. Might be best to look up the group via the Yahoo directory. Rene, You might want to contact this group. Members use and write programs for device known as PIC/AXE micro controllers. Small and economical they might do what you want. 102 routes might require a fair bit of code but the experts should be able to give advice. Membership, and advice, is free. I ...
... only offer my own experience. Sorry if this offends but I rejected Epsom which is an excellent brand but their scanners do not do equal dpi(dots per inch) in both x and y axis. Most of my requirement is for scanning historic photos and I felt x and y axis should be scanned to the same resolution. I choose an HP Scanjet 8270, which last time I checked was still a current offering and what I am continuing to use, currently with Windows 10. It has survived a Windows upgrade and gives excellent service. Any questions on this scanner please feel free to email me. Regards Peter Chappell posted: 24 Dec 2019 10:42 from: John Shelley PRChappell wrote: John I can only offer my own experience. Sorry if this offends but I rejected Epsom which is an excellent brand but their scanners do not do equal dpi(dots per inch) in both x and y axis. Most of my requirement is for scanning historic photos and I felt x and y axis should be scanned to the same resolution. ...
... you posted! Cheers, Alex originally dated: 2008-03-11 00:12:43____ from: Paul Boyd Looks like an interesting project. I lived in Bristol for most of my life until I managed to escape, and I think it's a shame and somewhat ironic that the old station is just a car park now. As far as track spacing goes, this was originally built with broad gauge, and I vaguely remember seeing an engraving that shows four broad gauge tracks, so that should give you an idea. originally dated: 2008-03-11 10:12:13____ from: Nigel Brown Paul Boyd wrote: As far as track spacing goes, this was originally built with broad gauge, and I vaguely remember seeing an engraving that shows four broad gauge tracks, so that should give you an idea. For an engraving of its original state, see:- http://www.nrm.org.uk/exhibitions/bourne/gwr.asp It's possible that there are other relevant Bourne works. Nigel ...
114. Templot docs
... through the tutorials. In my view, they are far superior to any manual. I couldn't agree more Raymond, sometimes I think some would rather have someone else do their learning for them. Regards Alan McMillan posted: 29 Jan 2010 18:43 from: Paul Boyd Now this is on a new thread, I'll wade in! When I bought Templot in April 2001 (blimey!), I dived straight in and got absolutely nowhere. So I worked through the tutorials several times. They were more than sufficient to give me a good grounding in the way Templot works, which is why I keep on suggesting that people should do this. At other times I just bumbled through the menus and saw what happened when I click things. I've rarely needed to go back to the website to work out how to do things although sometimes I will to remind myself about something. Now, the bit that seems to be missing here is that as far as I can see, Brian has never actually said how far he's got before getting stuck. ...
... scruff video: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=vbiGFs70bYVMs9Ul78fvnA2 cheers, Martin. posted: 11 Aug 2019 13:11 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin. That really will be a useful tool, thank you! posted: 11 Aug 2019 17:44 from: Jim Guthrie No more sidings with transitions. Jim. posted: 11 Aug 2019 18:53 from: Tony W Useful indeed. So much quicker than the previous method of adjusting curve radii manually and zooming in to find the tangent point, gives precise alignment every time. Regards Tony. posted: 11 Aug 2019 20:05 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: Useful indeed. So much quicker than the previous method of adjusting curve radii manually and zooming in to find the tangent point, gives precise alignment every time. Regards Tony. Hi Tony, The previous method was actually to leave a slight gap between the tangents! And then use the make transition function to create a nice smooth connection: http://templot.com/companion/link_existing.php I'm hoping ...
... to 0.8mm? See also the EM-SF option in the Templot gauge list. The EMGS published standard could do with updating to reflect the different back-to-backs for different wheel profiles (flange thicknesses): Gibson, Ultrascale, etc.: 16.6mm Romford/Markits: 16.5mm RTR (NMRA 110): 16.4mm (not for EM-SF) cheers, Martin. Hi Martin. This is where the EM standards are confusing in my view. I have two booklets on EM track standards. The earlier one gives the gauge as 18.0mm, BB as 16.5mm and flangeways as 1.0mm. The later one gives the track gauge as 18.2mm, but the other dimensions are the same. So the answer to your question is no, it remains at 17.0mm with 1.0mm flangeways. The person who I build that track for has a lot of locos with Romford wheels. Regards Tony. posted: 28 Jun 2020 18:45 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: I have two booklets on EM track standards. The earlier one gives the gauge ...
... , is to use the Windows On-screen Keyboard. If you know the shortcuts this can be very fast. It also provides easy access to the number pad keys for those using laptops. See: message 281 regards, Martin. posted: 20 May 2010 13:00 from: kenbec Hello Martin, Yes they could mean different things. However, I think it would get even more confusing than it is already. Could very well be so. I just thought this could save you a lot of function fiddling by giving you a few more shortcuts. I wanted to have as many shortcuts as possible which could be easily pressed with one hand (the other hand being on the mouse). So I duplicated 10 of the CTRL+ shortcuts with a simple press on the main number keys. A great idea in my opinion. Personally I am quite happy with the way things are, my preferences are:- 1. Single press keys eg numeric keys, space bar, tilde(top left key), single F keys etc. ...
... where there were none. The first turnout to the ladder I have named "Ladder lead", the inserted turnouts are "ladder turnout #1, 2& 3". See the attached .box file. I notice the minimum radius on Ladder turnout #1 is a barely acceptable 47.2 inches. The minimum radius on the other two are 33.3 and 26 inches respectively. I believe that some reworking of the plan may be useful. Additionally, I have changed the radius on the inner crossover line to 60 inches. This gives a minimum radius on the crossovers at about 47 inches. Hope that this helps. John Attachment: attach_923_1270_Richard_1.box 303 Last edited on 11 Oct 2010 23:31 by John Preston posted: 12 Oct 2010 14:29 from: Glen Suckling Richard, Is there a reason for placing both crossovers before the ladder? Operationally it work the same if only the facing crossover was in the approach to the fiddle yard. The trailing crossover could then come from the lowest of the ladder tracks to an extension of the main parallelling the ...
119. Flatbottom Track
... next Pug on the horizon as I am happy to wait for the new "modify on rebuild" feature. Regards Alan Last edited on 4 Aug 2010 11:54 by Alan McMillan posted: 4 Aug 2010 14:47 from: Martin Wynne Alan McMillan wrote: Is the next Pug on the horizon as I am happy to wait for the new "modify on rebuild" feature. Hi Alan, I'm aware of the long interval since 0.91.c and I'm hoping to have a new Pug available quite soon, but I can't give a definite date. The modify on rebuild function is not new, it's been there for 10 years since version 0.63 -- options> modify on rebuild menu item on the storage box menus. However, at present it applies only to the rail lengths and timbering sizes and spacings. More information about it is half-way down this page: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_box_notes.htm regards, Martin. posted: 4 Aug 2010 16:38 from: Alan McMillan Hi Martin Thanks for that. Having the ...
... it doesn't need to be ultra-slick. But I agree the present function is frustratingly cumbersome. In 074b there was a function to swap the peg on a background template to the opposite end, but it seems to have got lost in 091c. Even then it was a nuisance to remember to do it first. I will add a sub-menu to put the notch under any peg position on a background template, similar to the existing sub-menu on snap the control template onto background template. Thanks Paul for giving me a prod. regards, Martin. posted: 7 Oct 2010 19:39 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I'm glad it's not just me! You're right- it isn't something that's done often, which is why I have to remember how it works each time. I'll actually be doing the "Shift group onto notch" function on track that's already laid- I'm moving the station "throat" a foot to the right to give a longer platform, but I decided to do this five years after building the ...
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