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... in a hurry posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:45 from: Martin Wynne RedgateModels wrote: Thing is Martin, when even for me it's an hour round trip to Marcway for materials you don't want to have to go back in a hurry Hi Ian, Just buy double the number you first thought of. Martin. posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:42 from: RedgateModels of course when you are telling "Santa" how much money he needs to leave behind the counter then it becomes even more important to get the guesstimate right.... posted: 30 Dec 2011 18:43 from: R A Watson RedgateModels wrote: of course when you are telling "Santa" how much money he needs to leave behind the counter then it becomes even more important to get the guesstimate right.... Thats easy, just follow H M Goverments procurement rules; add 50% then double the ensuing total! Wally Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club ...
... 2008 21:41 from: adj I've collated an image using the OS maps from the planning portal as per topic 142 I now need to import the map/image into Templot. From what I've gathered I need to know the resolution (I guess the image size in this case) and the scale. Does anybody how I can determine the scale of the image of the maps used? The scale bar says 10m but I've noticed it's the same at the next zoom level too. Any suggestions or will I have to guesstimate? Cheers all, Adriano posted: 11 Jun 2008 02:17 from: Martin Wynne adj wrote: Does anybody how I can determine the scale of the image of the maps used? The scale bar says 10m but I've noticed it's the same at the next zoom level too. Hi Adriano, The 10m scale bar on the maps should change in length at different zoom levels. When creating the picture shape, use the green bar option drawing, photograph or other picture. Enter the full image width in model size ...
... For 4mm/ft the modelling scale is 1:76.2 605/ 76.2= 7.93963 metres= 7939.63 mm. This is the model size of your map area in mm. When entering the picture shape in Templot, use the green "drawing, photograph or other picture" option, and set the width of the image to this size (7939.63mm or say 7940mm for all practical purposes.) regards, Martin. posted: 18 Oct 2009 23:32 from: ClikC Thanks for all the input Martin and Dave. I guesstimated the over all scale of the track plan that I created in photoshop, and tweaked using the ruler against the 10 meter scale bar on the plans, (which I worked out needed to be 131.2mm at 1:76.2 scale) hence I maybe slightly off. Biggest issue at the moment would the fact I've had to draw the track at close to a 45 degree angle. Is there a way to rotate all the conected templates? The only other issue I can think of is the 3 siding which runs very close ...
... so, in finding a book with two photographs of the exact formation at New Street. The two photo's show views of the formation from either end, and although the photo's were taken during the late 1950's, the formation appears to have remained the same right through from 1921. I have structured the rails to match the photographs as closely as possible, however, the timbering in the photo's is, although helpful, not as clearly defined as the rails, but have followed the photo's where possible and then have made my best guesstimate as to how the remainder was done. Sorry I cannot post any of the photo's as these are subject to copyright, however, if anyone is interested in viewing the photo's, they can be seen in the following book: D.J.Norton's Pictorial Survey of Railways in the West Midlands, part two (2) and the photo's in question are on pages 54 and 55. Finally, I would be most grateful for any comments, in particular related to the timbering, as it was, as stated above quite a job to ...
... . I extended the sleepers either side of the tie bar by about 3 scale feet. Cut some plastic strip to represent the planks covering the tie bar. Drilled a hole in the baseboard at about the angle of the point lever at rest. Fashioned the lever out of brass T angle with one side(viewing side) filed flat, the other side I left to add strength and filed the top roundish to represent the handle. Crude, but to my eye ok I think; you can judge for yourself. Then guesstimating from one of the Wild Swan books on GWR branchlines I bent up some 0.9mm steel wire for the guard( what was that guard for? Was it to keep ropes clear of the lever when using horses to pull wagons around?) into a squared off C, drill two holes in the baseboard for them to be planted in. This stuff is pretty robust and as I've already damaged my newly installed point rodding I thought I wanted something pretty tough as its a lot more vulnerable than the rodding. Then, as ...
... grateful if you might have the time to help me with this first template- then I could get on and see if I can actually make a decent turnout in this gauge/ scale combination. I have never built any trackwork before so I have plenty to learn yet Actually I just realised that without templot my project wouldn't even be possible... Rob Last edited on 26 Jan 2015 14:36 by TPP posted: 27 Jan 2015 00:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi Rob, How does this look? I've guesstimated the likely prototype sizes from previous posts in this topic, and what I can see in the various picture links. There seems to be two sizes of turnout, this is the smaller one which I think you said was a 7ft switch with 1:8 V-crossing. The V-crossing is generic, but you can change it to regular or curviform as you wish for track planning. The regular version is in the next post. The blunt nose is 1/2". I set the rail section ...
... difference it does make. For the same reason I like to write if gaunt=True rather than if gaunt. Both are equally valid, but the first seems to emphasize the relevant condition when reading through what follows. I especially dislike using if not in conditionals because it just doesn't register when reading it later, compared with if gaunt=False. That may just be my brain of course. Users of Templot often refer to its strange nature. SGZ returns+ 1 for zero. SGN returns 0 for zero. *guesstimate cheers, Martin. posted: 24 Feb 2018 00:26 from: Mark Barry Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks for your insights. You are not saying anything which is new to me. I have tried numerous optimizations over the years and running profiler programs. None of it ever made more than a negligible difference to the performance, because *95% of the processor time is taken up with the Windows GDI screen drawing functions. The only way to make any significant difference to Templot performance is to reduce ...
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