... , I can't seem to attach two files- here's the second. Phil [edit for typo] Attachment: attach_281_444_st_margarets_08_05 _28_1515_02.box 455 Last edited on 28 May 2008 21:04 by phileakins posted: 28 May 2008 23:46 from: Paul Boyd Hi Phil Attached is an outside slip extracted from a plan I did years ago (and can be seen in the flesh* on my website at http://www.paul-boyd.me.uk/- follow the model rail link then the "EM trackwork" link) Hopefully this will give you a pointer, and I think it should regauge from P4 to S7 fairly well as both are "scale" track standards.* sort of- the photos are of the EM version, the box file is P4 Attachment: attach_282_444_OS_Slip.box 428 posted: 29 May 2008 00:15 from: phileakins Paul Boyd wrote: Hi Phil Attached is an outside slip extracted from a plan I did years ago (and can be seen in the flesh* on my website at http://www.paul-boyd.me.uk/- follow ...

... topic: 1417 Action- mouse-geometry: dropdown menus give incorrect operations screens posted: 13 Mar 2011 00:47 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, I think I've found a fault in Templot 0.91c. The suspect fault manifests it's self in the below described way. With a turnout template on screen and in control, whilst using the long winded method of dropdown menus( not using shortcut keys) to adjust the length of the turnout I found the following results: 1. When I selected,< action>< mouse actions: geometry>< adjust plain-track length (F4)> This came back with an F3 Approach Length screen, and adjusted the approach length of the template. 2. When I selected,< action>< mouse actions: geometry>< adjust approach length (F3)> This came back correctly with an F3 Approach Length screen, and adjusted the approach length of the template. 1. When I selected,< action>< mouse actions: geometry>< adjust overall turnout length (F4 ...

... rail to reduce the incidence of fractures together with a corresponding alteration in the design of the chair. This implies that no change was made to the spacing of the sleepers. But the figures don't add up! Based on this evidence, the S& C rail introduced in 1870 and the I. S.& C. rail ntroduced in 1875 appear to have comprised seven sleepers at 3 ft centres bookended by ones with 2 ft 6 ins centres and end projections of 1' 1" to which the fishplates were attached, giving a total length of 25 ft 2 ins, whereas the rails are known to have been 24 ft long. I am not as bothered about the S& C rail, but I would like to know the correct sleeper spacings for the I. S.& C. rail. Can anyone help? My own guess is that the middle seven sleepers were 2 ft 11 ins apart, the outer pairs at each end were 2 ft 2 ins apart and the projection at each end for the fishplate was 1 ft 1 ...

... be more readily converted to EM gauge. Paul posted: 5 Nov 2018 12:35 from: Nigel Brown Interesting. Wonder if it will be compatible with existing EM track components from other manufacturers. Nigel posted: 5 Nov 2018 20:40 from: Rob Manchester EM gauge made by Peco, now that is good news Wonder if the EMGS specified 2,3 or 4 bolt chairs? How do we persuade Bachmann, Hornby, Heljan and Dapol to offer the option of EM wheels? Probably as likely as a supermarket giving us healthy ready meals.... Rob posted: 5 Nov 2018 21:08 from: Nigel Brown So long as the locos are readily convertable think that's the best one can hope for. Ultrascale seem to have no problem with producing conversions for various manufacturers. Although, thinking about it, maybe a ready to run job would have attractions. I believe Airfix and Mainline did originally consider EM. Need to run on trainset curves probably put paid to it. posted: 7 Nov 2018 07:44 from: ...

... out more, contact me off line and I'll forward your message to the person concerned. I think it's fair to say that an increasing proportion of 3mm Society members use the Society's Finescale standards, mainly with 14.2mm gauge, although some use 13.5mm gauge as a sort of 3mm EM, the attraction of the latter being increased clearances (and of course other gauges for other protopype gauges e.g. Irish). As there are a wide range of wheels, and associated tools such as track gauges, to this standard, and it give something pretty close to scale while remaining reasonably easy to use, there's not a huge incentive to adopt Scale Three. However, if there are people interest in exploring this as a possibility no doubt the rest of us would look on in interest. These views are of course my own, not necessarily those of the Society. cheers Nigel posted: 27 Dec 2007 23:09 from: Jim Guthrie Nigel Brown wrote: Hi Jim Don't know if any Scale Three layouts were actually built. One member of the 3mm Society ...

... topic: 2425 Help with station approach posted: 16 Mar 2014 22:01 from: PeterD Following on from Martin's great help with my 3-way query, I have now taken the plunge with partial templates etc. I dreaded doing this but having seen some great solutions possible I realised it was about time to give it a try. I wanted to get some better flow through the point work and get away from just connecting turnouts end to end. I have attached a box file containing the station approach tracks. Try as I may, I have an alignment problem between the Down Main and the crossing over the branch track. I have spent the day on this so far but could not correct it. Can anyone help me here please? Now for the Sketchboard issue- Since making partial templates, the sketchboard seems not to recognise all the track work. I have not included this file as it can easily be reproduced from the .box file. Can anyone help me with this too? Many thanks Peter Attachment: attach_1783_2425_Station_approach _2014_03_10_2255_33.box 263 posted ...

... + F6 mouse action) to align with the branch track. Zoom in for a precise result. 2_281652_350000000.png You should normally end up with the two turnouts staggered slightly. That's correct geometry and prototypical. It also helps with the point-rodding design for them not to be exactly opposite. Check before you start that you are allowing adequate track spacings for the size of radii. Ask again if any of that is unclear. Method B. you can create an irregular diamond-crossing by directly overlaying the curved tracks. This gives you more control of the different radii if necessary. 1. start with the two lengths of curved plain track crossing over each other, or one curved and one straight length. One should be a background template and the other the control template. 2. click on the background template. 3. on its menu, click peg/align tools> make diamond-crossing at intersection menu item. 4. follow the instructions and wait a moment while Templot does the calculations. 5. you will then need to split ...

... 2_091244_540000000.png The reminders can be formatted in any way you like, and edited as you work. But you would have to remember to load the file of course. Off the trackpad, any template can have a detailed set of memo notes attached, which can be accessed from the storage box or from the trackpad: 2_091244_540000002.png 2_091244_540000001.png In addition it is possible to leave yourself a reminder which will show up on the startup splash screen next time: 2_091244_540000003.png But none of that is a specific answer to your suggestion, so I will give it some thought. If you have say 8 different reminders, what happens as you zoom and pan? It could get very messy, as the overlapping template name labels do already. Possibly just a bright number on the template itself, and a row of numbered reminder boxes along the bottom of the screen or down the side? regards, Martin. posted: 9 Nov 2017 18:22 from: John Shelley Martin Wynne wrote: richard_t wrote: I wish I could put on screen reminders in Templot. Hi Richard ...

... as a guide, then you need a stable paper that won't buckle with moisture, especially if you're going to slosh flux around. That definitely rules out photocopy paper, in my experience! Even if you use a "dry" method, the paper absorbs moisture from the air and can buckle and distort. I used to use roll paper but got bored of trying to get it to feed My current method to reduce the number of sheets is to use A2 board (somewhere around 250gsm) cut in half lengthways, so giving a single sheet the same size as two A4 sheets end to end (210mm x 594mm). I then set a custom paper size in the printer driver and off I go! For the printer you mention (Epson, not the place in Surrey) you might be able to use the same principle with A1 board to give effectively a single sheet equivalent to two A3 pages end to end (297mm x 840mm) if your custom paper size allows that. Once I have the printout, it's varnished with Ronseal to ...

... , who was heavily involved in the decisions, wrote an article which made things clear. It was believed, quite understandably, that to manufacture succesful toy trains, which needed to run on clip together small-radius track often laid on carpets and similar, using anything like scale wheels were a total no go. Hence thicker wheels with deeper flanges were used. The problem which then arises is the British loading gauge, which on the prototype forces tight clearances between wheels and outside valve gear, and wheels and splashers, to give just two examples. The proposed wheels simply wouldn't work if the scale was right for the track. So they increased the scale. Which is why commercial toy models of British locomotives in ALL scales use underscale track. To return to the discussion, OO isn't primarily a scale. It is a scale/gauge combination, in the same way that EM and P4 are scale/gauge combinations. Cheers Nigel posted: 26 Sep 2015 12:59 from: madscientist Nigel Brown wrote: madscientist wrote: 00 is primarily a ...