... . Contrast that with a 30 second wipe and polish with a bit of paper towel and a dab of methylated spirit. In my view, the heated plate solution is the logical way to go. It also provides a very smooth base surface which can be used to advantage. Les G Last edited on 13 Aug 2015 14:01 by Les G posted: 13 Aug 2015 17:28 from: Andrew Barrowman I'm using blue masking tape on an unheated metal bed. Seems to work well enough for me. I always give the tape a light rub with sandpaper between prints to remove any residue from the PLA and to provide a bit of key on the surface. The Z-axis zero position is critical. My printer is a bit flimsy, so I have to keep a close eye on the Z adjustment to ensure a good first layer. I've also found it's better to use a honeycomb fill on the bottom layer rather than make it solid. posted: 2 Jan 2016 03:52 from: Andrew Barrowman Turnout stereo lithography file. ...

... of a rare medical event; thanks to the NHS I walked out. Recovering at home and scouring the web for my favourite haunts I stumbled across Geograph. Ideal. Over about 3 years loaded up my archive, with many great memories, and it was an incentive to go and explore places and take a reasonable number of pics. Couple of Scottish trips a year are a good source. Tailed off a bit last year due to bladder/kidney stone ops in the summer/autumn, but also because my Golf was giving trouble, after VW retuned it after the exhaust scandal. However, it's getting changed next week, so back on the trail Nigel posted: 25 Feb 2018 23:34 from: Nigel Brown Martin Wynne wrote: Martin Wynne wrote: However it seems I can pair the camera with my mobile phone and get GPS data that way. I intend to get better teched-up for this year's wanderings. Hi Nigel, You have spurred me into action. I have downloaded the camera's app onto my mobile phone, and ...

... topic: 458 Converting a CJF track plan to EM posted: 18 Jun 2008 13:41 from: Paul Hamilton Hi all, Just a query really. I have a track plan that a friend did for me in XtrkCAD. I don't have this program but I do have a pdf of it. As such, I was wondering on the best approach to take this plan and create my layout in Templot. I am assuming that Templot will give me the advantage of fitting turnouts to curves etc that XtrkCAD couldn't do because it was using Peco Stremaline templates to create the track in the first place. Should I import the plan in as a back ground image (I see plenty of help on this particular topic around the forum so I am not asking for assistance on this aspect- yet!) and then overlay templot EM track work to suit the general "feel" of the plan or is there a better way? I do have C. Freezer's original track plan image too however it had to be compressed by 6" in one ...

... way to do this( 0.2mm joggle) thanks dave Hello Dave I think my approach to track building maybe considered a bit gung ho so you may want to take this with caution or a pinch of salt! On Yeovil Pen Mill I'm building loose heeled switches and I do separate the switch from the closure rail at the point where they are joined on the the real thing. I say this a bit loosely (sorry) as I often move this joint back one sleeper(toward the crossing) from its intended position to give a touch more clearance that you referred to. And indeed I make the electrical break there rather than in the more usual place near the crossing. To give an engerneering flavour to the proceedings I hinge the the heel on a 10BA bolt that passes through the sleeper into a nut soldered to the underside of the sleeper. It may help to understand what I'm talking about by looking at the first page of my thread on this I'll try to put a link in after I've uploaded this. For making Joggles I put the ...

... this admirably- none pof the 'lurch/drop' through the crossings. Heljan? I had one of the first production models and it ran perfectl;y on my trackwork. (It ran so weel in fact that someone who saw it made me an offer and bought it. As I model 1936 GWR, it did not find into our scene, but it was a nice model). Go for 3 bolt chairs. We do not make special chairs, although others do. Our experience is that cutting standard chairs gives a good representation. Dog's legs, (joggled stock rails), are good in theory. Problem is, they are usually very much overscale and it shows. Instead, use straight stock rails and switch blades which have been properly milled. I mill for general sale as fine as I think the public will accept. You will understand that you cannot mill nickel silver to an even sharp pointed end- you get to a time where the rotary action of the end mill makes the end ragged and uneven- we call ...

... topic: 2260 A user gives up posted: 15 Jul 2013 10:59 from: Martin Wynne Sad to see this post today: http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p =24919#p24919 I know you can't please everyone, but I would try to help if I could. Martin. posted: 15 Jul 2013 11:48 from: Fishplate42 Hi Martin, I can understand the guy's frustration. If it don't 'click' it can be a nightmare trying to understand what you are doing wrong. I paid for a licence a few years ago and after a computer upgrade have downloaded the free version. I have not used it much but am just getting to grips with it- so far so good. With other programs I have got stuck with, it always helps me if I can find someone to actually show me face to face what I need to do. It is the little things that get missed trying to do it remotely. So far I am very pleased with my progress and a slow methodical approach ...

... the planning stage for this expansion so anyone on this forum who is interested is more than welcome to provide suggestions or make comments (by all means use the templot already posted and have a go at designing the fiddle yard expansion). Hi Richard, idea no. 1 If you move the existing boards back by about 2 metres, you will only need to build two new plain track linking boards initially to keep everything moving. Then you can build a new inner fiddle yard at your leisure. A full 2 metre move gives you some extra operating space to get at the stock more easily than doubling the existing fiddle yard width. Something like this: mostyn_fiddle_new.png regards, Martin. posted: 16 Nov 2007 16:32 from: Richard Oldfield Hello Russ, Thanks for your thoughts. I think you are on the 'right track' with your idea of extending the scenic sections down each side and then building a double junction leading to a new fiddle yard outside the existing one. It has the advantage that we could finish the new scenic parts in ...

... :53 from: Phil O Paul Boyd wrote: How about "irregular diamond"? Everyone on here must surely know what that means by now, even if it goes a bit against the grain of prototype terminology. It also fits with your suggested help page that already describes a regular ladder, so regular/irregular types of diamond seems to make more sense than regular/curviform. Well, it does to me! Good Idea Paul. Cheers Phil posted: 20 May 2010 20:49 from: Alan Turner Dictionary gives Regular: evenly or uniformly arranged; symmetrical. So I would suggest that the term irregular is a perfectly proper term to use. Alan posted: 20 May 2010 20:59 from: Martin Wynne Alan Turner wrote: So I would suggest that the term irregular is a perfectly proper term to use. Hi Alan, Yes, but that's not in question. The question is whether all Templot users will understand that meaning. I don't want to be endlessly explaining that there is nothing wrong with an irregular diamond. I ...

... been well and truly hooked and have now built curved points, a double slip and two 3 way points so feel comfortable that I could build most combinations if required. I have standardised on B7 straight points, C10 curved points and 1:7 double slips. Minimum curve radius is 3', but in reality most are 4' plus. I have recently bought Templot and as such I am very much a beginner. I have had WinRail for a year or so and have been able to produce a plan which will give an indication of what I am trying to achieve. I want to run main line trains of 7/8 coaches plus freight of 30 wagons plus. My interest is watching trains move at scale speeds with representative formations. Freight will be of the through variety and will have its own upper storage loops (or goods yard) which has yet to be finalised. The freight storage loops shown in green is simply a representation and may be changed if better alternatives can be found. The lower level is shown here. lowerlevelsem2.jpg ...

... regards, Martin. Hi Martin, Looking good so far. A couple of points :- 1) You say "You probably already know the basics of UK pointwork geometry" in section 4- what are you assuming that people already know? It may help to be specific and say" if you know xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx then you are familiar with UK pointwork geometry" 2) I have said this before but once you have covered the absolute basics and brought people round to the Templot style I think it is important to give users some specific track design methods/worked examples as many may come to Templot( as Peco users wanting better prototype fidelity) and just want to design a single plan and then move off and build it only returning to Templot when the next new layout is due. The basic methods of making: Double track oval with passing loop and siding( like a Triang train set with a couple of track extension packs) Terminus station design- Minories type with double track/engine release/parels bay. Flowing single track terminus ...