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... !). I've just tried to replicate it by copying Templot off a USB stick onto my work PC (temporarily!) then running Templot with the USB stick removed. It behaved itself perfectly, loading my preferences (so they're not tied to a specific drive), and only came unstuck when I tried to open a recent file, but even that just politely told me it couldn't find the file. Given the File Explorer window behind Gordon's error message, I'm not convinced it has anything to do with Templot. My inclination is a leftover from AVG, which can be a real pain to remove entirely- I consider it to be a virus itself in the way it insinuates itself into the machine and hogs resource. The Win7 to Win10 update will copy program settings and user data over, so there may be some odd settings from either AVG or maybe a hardware driver. There's a niggle in the back of my mind that I've seen something similar with a graphics card or printer driver in the dim and distant past. Hopefully, if Gordon ...
62. back stories
... /embed/9g-Qr-u8YKE?rel=0 Are you more interested in industrial grit or green and pleasant land? No doubt others will post some links here. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Nov 2019 14:51 from: Graeme Martin Wynne wrote:... you might like to look at Stoke Courtenay...... Are you more interested in industrial grit or green and pleasant land? Stunning- thank you for that. I am from the North East, so my natural inclination is towards industrial- oh but those rural landscapes look so beautiful! Cheers, graeme Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> back stories about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise ...
... the next stage Thanks! Julian posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:49 from: Martin Wynne Hi Julian, Thanks for the link. That's a complex station throat with curved slips, irregular diamond-crossings, etc. I strongly, strongly, recommend that you learn to use Templot on something much simpler, before starting on your magnum opus. Otherwise you are likely to get in a frustrating mess. I have made this point many times here. A first question would be for 1967, is this all bullhead, all inclined flat-bottom, or a mix? It won't be vertical FB, because that was introduced only about 1970. cheers, Martin. posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:59 from: Julian Roberts 3591_200757_000000000.png This is roughly what my screen looks like now, and where I don't know what to do next. For starters I need to see what real model size would be taken to do various parts of this station, easily calculated if I know how far apart the grid lines are. Then, supposing I choose the ...
... be part of the journey over the years from Templot templates being simply construction aids, to being full descriptive drawings. Bear in mind that for wider than scale model flangeways, for good tracking through K-crossings the check rail bends need to be as sharp as possible, to maximize the checked length. This differs from the situation with the wing-rail knuckle bends in V-crossings. Fortunately, unlike the wing rails, REA check rails are always vertical, which makes it much easier to make sharp bends than in inclined rail. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Jul 2018 08:32 from: richard_t Thanks Martin With so much else going on here, I'm refraining from looking at the Templot codebase, however tempting the prospect is. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Setting the bend radius for obtuse crossings about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important ...
... : 2_060815_440000000.png The diagram shows how a model blade tip can be prepared to fit into the joggle and align the running edge with the unjoggled part of the rail. The extreme end of the blade is then rounded off to match the top corner radius on the stock rail. A typical joggle is 3/8" deep. The 9/16" dimension below the rail top is the gauging line, i.e. the position on the rail where the track gauge is measured. The diagram shows vertical rail. If you use inclined rail the dimensions remain the same. More info about all this on the real track page, which I have updated with this diagram: http://templot.com/companion/real_track.php cheers, Martin. posted: 11 May 2019 11:50 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Martin Thanks for this its very clear what needs to be done which, whilst I think I've broadly followed in the switches I've already built, I don't think I completely understood why I was rounding it off. This diagram makes it very clear. ...
... word which comes to mind. Personally speaking, I have no idea why it's so important to some users. I have been using Templot in its present form for over 10 years now without feeling any great need to save preferences. It takes only a few clicks at the start of a session to set things up how you want them, and often that's not the same as you wanted them before. Perhaps it is knowing how much work it would involve that makes me happier than most to accept the status quo. My inclination is to work on new track functionality rather than saving a few clicks here or there, but I know I shall have to do something about it soon. regards, Martin. posted: 22 Dec 2008 23:56 from: Howard Martin Wynne wrote:...Personally speaking, I have no idea why it's so important to some users... I learnt a long time ago that when you write software, someone, somewhere will think of a way to use your program in ways you never thought of. Its ...
67. A new trolley
... the Manor, might it be the body that's the merest tad too high? I think from memory that another way to check is that the cylinders should be dead in line with axel centres? If you have the relevant RCTS book that will probably tell you. Let me know if you don't and I'll check my copy. I'll look forward to seeing the 43xx take shape when you get a breather, such a lovely everyday sort of engine, it would be good to see a blow by blow account if you felt so inclined? It's wandering a long way from track building so I'm not sure if it's appropriate for this forum, but maybe if I can talk about my dining room and modelling paraphernalia, then you can also get away with it! Thanks for posting the photos, good to see them. Kind regards Andrew posted: 6 Nov 2018 06:46 from: Andrew Duncan Rob Manchester wrote: Thanks Nigel, I assume the tenders on the 2251 classed as 'City' were from scrapped 37XX locos which were surplus about the time the ...
68. Brimsdown
... notice that most of the main line pointwork under the footbridge area has FB switches and machined check flares. Presumably you are intending to model that in flat-bottom rail? If you change to real> rails> head and foot (flat-bottom rails), you won't see anything different on the screen, but when printed the rails will have the foot lines on the templates. Which makes it a lot easier to align FB rail over the template. Set the width of the foot, and whether the rail is inclined (which moves the foot relative to the head) at real> rails> rail section data.... Many thanks for posting it. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Sep 2018 15:27 from: Tony W Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Tony, I notice that most of the main line pointwork under the footbridge area has FB switches and machined check flares. Presumably you are intending to model that in flat-bottom rail? Hi Martin. Well spotted that man. One of the fun things about ...
... anyone who wants it. After 20 years of public Templot I think I have a good understanding of users' expectations. cheers, Martin. posted: 12 Sep 2019 10:00 from: John Clutterbuck Hi Martin, Thanks for your reply. Yes I can appreciate that licensed components do mean that Templot2 can't be opensourced in its current form. I was speculating if the lack of any collaboration is because it is not the main project, however it could equally be that there aren't enough people with the time, skills or inclination to participate. Templot is a wonderful piece of software, unequalled in its functionality and I would hate to see it disappear, however I know I am not alone in finding a struggle to use at times. When I do finally retire in a year or so I would be interested in contributing to development especially with regard to usability, but only if it were the main project- as you may recall I did build a UI wrapper for Templot a while back. I have over 40 years experience in delivering highly usable ...
... a wide end gap, and if you look at the wear marks on them it is clear that wheels contact only the last inch or so of the flare, as indeed they should do if the back-to-back and track gauge are correct. Also of interest in your Midland drawing is the very narrow 1.3/4" (44.5mm) knuckle gap equal to the flangeway, showing a sharp zero-radius knuckle bend in the wing rail. I don't actually believe this drawing, especially as the rail is shown inclined. It is simply not possible to make such a sharp bend in bullhead rail (even though that is exactly what Templot shows, of course.) It is in contrast to the North Eastern drawings which show a generous knuckle radius and wider knuckle gap. Doing something about this is also on the NOD list and much closer to the top, but it will also be a lot of work. For a list of REA knuckle gaps, see the crossing data on this page: http://templot.com/martweb ...
... 17 from: DerekStuart Sorry- another question. I'm really not trying to hijack the forum. I have asked this question of a few people to get a broad range of opinions and can think of no better place to ask than here where the experts gather. Solderless common crossings: Good idea or bad idea? As there are so many different methods, I mean making the vee as normal- bend, file, bend, solder as described by Martin and others throughout the internet (preferably with a bend from vertical to inclined rail- easy after practice). Then the wing rails are added using functional chairs- on the A timber a cut down check rail chair can be used and then these are secured using glue or solvent as normal. I have been warned against this for reasons of longevity. But I have tried alternately baking and freezing a turnout for several days and no sign of deformation or breaking. I have dropped it from a reasonable height etc. It seems to me that if we are relying on a solvent/glue system ...
... the reason there is no switch anchor on the drawing, contact the Midland Railway drawing office... Anchors were not universal at this time. Early pointwork often looks quite flimsy compared to modern high-speed junctions. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Feb 2016 19:42 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tim, I have found this scan of Midland Railway stretcher bars. I don't know where it came from, so apologies if it is infringing someone's copyright. It is obviously from an early date, because the rail inclination is shown as 1:22 instead of 1:20. 2_041436_060000000.png A full-size scan is at: gallery/2 /original/2_041435_200000000.jpg regards, Martin.. posted: 4 Feb 2016 20:20 from: Tim Lee Thanks Martin, That's a very nice drawing. Tim posted: 5 Feb 2016 13:15 from: David R Martin Wynne wrote: Sometimes the pin has an extended head which runs through holes in the stock rail. This ensures that the switch blades are held down onto the slide ...
... existing Long Preston Layout where I found that with long curved points (above 1:10) that switched frogs made the running very much more reliable and the wheels didn't drop into the flangeways. There are three of them on each of the fiddle yard approaches to provide access to what was meant to be an engine release road that runs via a turntable in the centre of the fiddle yard. It hasn't got used very much during exhibitions but is very useful in the last hour as trains can be run off up the two inclines and packed away without interfereing with the other trains that are still running. It helps us get out of the hall and back home in a reasonable time. I just haven't bothered to try and plot them on this file as they are already built and working. A friend of mine designed them for me on Templot and that was what made me buy a copy for myself as I as so impressed. The road will be retained but I am losing the turntable board and most of another one to get a shorted fiddle ...
... Hi Geoff, Sorry, no. You can represent a custom rail joint on the template using a severely shoved bonus timber (reduce the width to zero). What is the prototype? In the vast majority of cases the splice rail length is set so that both legs of the vee are the same length. For example the usual dimensions of REA bullhead 1:7 crossings from the blunt nose are: Point and Splice assembled= 13'-10" Splice rail only= 13'-1.5" And for original inclined FB: Point and Splice assembled= 14'-0" Splice rail only= 13'-3" The couple of inches difference is accounted for by the changed blunt nose dimensioning, and the wider timber spacing at joints for FB. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Feb 2012 15:34 from: shawg info is taken from NERA's L.N.E.R standard permanent way 95r B.S Rail drawing No:100A. i cant make out if these measurements are individual rails or combined from blunt nose posted: 17 Feb 2012 15 ...
... will no longer contain the word 'test'. I did actually start to draw waybeams and rail bearers, but when looking at the pictures I have of such bridges, there seemed to be non showing lower ironwork (with the exception of some pics where the bridge was being either repaired or actually built). All other pictures showed, either plated or timbered decking with ballast. I thought that it might save a little time, rather than take the trouble to draw the extra ironwork, to deck and ballast. My first inclination was to detail the lower ironwork, and may well do that for the final image, I personally think it would look much more interesting. As a matter of interest, the waybeams for this bridge are 14in x in top plat and 2 off 14in x in for the bottom plate. The rail bearers are of 9in x in for both top and bottom plates, with 3 in x 3 in x in flanges for both waybeams and rail bearers (they built them strong in those day's). So this can all ...
76. German O Gauge
... topic: 2176 German O Gauge posted: 11 Mar 2013 23:20 from: Rob Manchester Hello, Is anybody on here modelling German railways in O( standard) Gauge ?? Any links to suppliers of materials for track construction would be most welcome. Baseplates for FB rail seem to be difficult to find. There is a .pdf on track construction on a German web-site at: http://www.argespur0.de/pdf/weichenheft.pdf I would welcome a translation if anybody has the inclination.... Rob posted: posted: 11 Mar 2013 23:42 from: rodney_hills Rob, Try google on: High End Selbstbaugleis von Demko| Spur Null Magazin self build trackwork hit list should also have: Demko Modellbahn| Startseite http://www.demko-modellbahn.de/ go there, search on: gleis find FB baseplates :-) many browsers eg opera, chrome, will giv e you a trans lik regards, Rodney Hills 11 Mar 2013 23:42 from: rodney_hills Rob, Try google on: High End Selbstbaugleis von Demko ...
77. P4 Kings Cross
... building it with FB rail? You can easily change it all to print out as FB rail showing the rail foot lines on the templates, and with machined check rail flares. But of course the switches will still be to steam-age REA bullhead semi-curved geometry. Whether that matters only you can decide. Only a tiny minority of modellers would be able to notice the difference once it's built with FB rail. There are some proper FB switches pre-set available in Templot but they are all pre-1970 inclined FB designs. Even just changing to those will mean quite a lot of reworking of your plan. If it was remodelled in 1972 it's more likely to have been done with the 1432mm vertical FB designs with double-curved switches. But that will have long since worn out by now, and is probably now replaced with RT/NR60 designs. If you want accurate representations of what is there now you will need to create custom modern FB switches and cast crossings (and have access to a lot of the current prototype ...
... strange contraptions were tried in the 80's/90's to replace the Qwerty keyboard but none succeeded, so that is an almost certainty to survive unless speech recognition suddenly takes off. What I would be concerned about is the operating system (OS). I could well imagine that Windoze as we know it won't exist and the likes of Android will be much more prevalent. Everybody will then be into a porting/re-writing exercise as they were at the change from DOS to Windows and it's whether or not Martin feels the inclination to do that. Having said all of that you've no idea what the guy next door is doing in his garage that might change the way we view the world. Also I've been running Templot under Wine on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (10.10) with no issues for the last few days. Andy Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> digital trends -- and Templot? about Templot Club Templot Companion- User ...
... : Martin Wynne p.s. Nothing is ever simple of course. If you are using canted bullhead rail in functional chairs, you can use the FB setting to show the outer edge of the rail foot on the templates (i.e. slightly outside the head because of the cant in the rail). This may be helpful in aligning the rail over the templates. For bullhead rail the foot width needs to be set to match the head width at real> rails> rail section data... menu item, and the inclined rails option selected. Martin. posted: 6 Jul 2012 17:11 from: Tony W Hi Martin. Thanks for the replies. I guess part of my query was to the purpose of adding the BH letters to the information bar, you obviously had a reason for doing so as it was not show in earlier versions. On giving it further thought, like you, I see little reason to change the rail type automatically as the running head is to all intents and purposes the same for both Bullhead and Flat ...
80. Posted by email
... links- from opening the Templot.com home page, it was click, scroll down whilst reading the words, click and save. How much easier can you make it? There's even a bloody great note under the download link advising that an internet connection is needed when starting Templot each time. I don't suppose for one minute that Mr Shillito is reading this, but if you are, then of course you can go back to the old purchased version. Just re-install it, but I wonder if Martin will now feel inclined to let you have a new release key for your new laptop It's reassuring to see posts like the one above from Dave M, and others in various places on this forum. It shows that Templot is perfectly usable if you're prepared to put the effort in. Those looking for instant results for no effort should look elsewhere. Cheers posted: 24 Jun 2012 14:42 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, I don't wish to 'glog' up the forum with my input in response to Andrews comments, but if Andrew ...
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