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41. Templot new user
... common practise? The default sleeper spacing in Templot is just that a default spacing. The correct spacing depends on prototype and date. This however is easy to achieve in Templot. And also, according to my copy of "British Railway Track", the spacing can depend on track radius, whether water troughs are fitted, In tunnels longer than 1/4 mile or on soft formation. I dare say the last two situations are a bit academic for us modellers since I'm not sure how you model a soft formation- insulation board baseboard top?- and you'll not see the sleepers in a tunnel. Jim. posted: 9 Apr 2010 06:02 from: Stephen Freeman The problem with 0-XF is that there is very little play available, even if your track-building is to the highest standard, you will still have a problem if your radii are too small, in which case you need to widen the gauge up to 32mm depending on the curve! Standard 0-F apart from not looking that good also gives less ...
42. Stub turnouts
... a quick snap from an old book). Note the economical use of a single check rail! 105_140358_010000000.jpg As far as the Ffestiniog 3-way stub point goes, yes I have built one! The 2005 photos show this on a layout that no longer exists, although the crossing assembly does and will be incorporated into my "flat bottom" layout that's been discussed recently. The crossing assembly is straightforward to build, as was the switch (the photo shows it prior to having the tie-bars cut to fit an insulating sleeve over). The difficulty was in the operation, specifically keeping the free ends of the switch blades down. I have a better idea for my new layout using a tongue that runs in a slot under the stub ends of the crossing. 105_140409_420000000.jpg 105_140410_320000000.jpg Originally the switch was operated using a memory wire mechanism which worked well enough but I wouldn't use again. Basically two bars that each drive half the movement of a beam attached to the tie bar. I'm intending to use two servos on the new layout. 105_140413_250000000.jpg ...
... something. A nice project for retirement also when the goats are away The field i have a eye for is big enough 80 meters by 8 meters. Time is the constant enemy. With best regards It has all ready a running canal, i only have to pump water up. posted: 8 Oct 2020 10:25 from: Igor Kurgan Dont want to hijack the tread by the way, sorry. When i am able to reach the drawings i will post a separate tread, my room with books is full with insulation, no exes atm posted: 8 Oct 2020 17:44 from: roythebus Not to worry, take your time. sounds like a good project. posted: 8 Oct 2020 20:06 from: roythebus Help again, my mind's gone blank! I now seem to have lost the original imported track plan when I went back into Templot. Can someone be kind enough to remind me where I am likely to find the background shape to ut behind the track plan. I load the "restore previous work" and ...
... noticed was the wheel pickups were flat PB strip that had a neat 90 degree twist in the middle which I haven't seen on a model for a long time. I guess it stiffens the strip. Each of the axles had black paint marks around the centres- maybe to mark the wheel set/axles for assembly. The twist in the pickup strip increases the contact pressure against the split axle by presenting only the edge of the strip, without increasing the frictional drag. The "black paint marks" were in fact an insulating spacer between each half of the split axle. cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Off track> Memories for Martin 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, all ...
... chairs. This certainly gives very robust results and looks really good from normal viewing distances. There's some photos on my Shotley album here 105_020532_490000000.jpg (Wonder if that image will show- Chrome will no longer let me insert images from the gallery!) posted: 27 May 2015 12:55 from: Hayfield [img] gallery/982/thumbs/982_270341_530000000.jpg [/ img] Why bother with drilling then cutting pins to length, make spacers with either 0.5 mm metal strip or double sided copperclad strip, the latter will automatically insulate the rail from the sleepers [img] gallery/982/thumbs/982_270342_400000000.jpg [/ img] Grind the surplus material level with the rail sides and glue on half chairs. Keep things simple, less to do and go wrong Well I tried to post the photos Last edited on 27 May 2015 22:43 by Hayfield posted: 27 May 2015 13:51 from: Martin Wynne Charles Orr wrote: I have seen the vero pin method mentioned elsewhere and I would welcome some guidance on its use. Presumably a ...
... (I say that fully aware that I've shot down my earlier argument for using them- but it's options to follow). posted: 13 Nov 2015 12:45 from: madscientist Personally, I remain wedded to soldered track, either coppeclad or JBS( ply). I then use half chairs etc. I find this very useful for things like diamonds and more complex crossings, where I find some fettling may be required. I agree ply looks best, but painted coppeclad, where some detail is scratched on and the insulation gaps are filled are very difficult to tell the difference. The main issue is the crazy price of copperclad these days and the supply difficulties from time to time My next experiment is ply with veropins held in by a high temp adhesive that can withstand soldering temps, it means slightly quicker construction as I drill the veropin holes through the sleeper while every things is stuck down to the template Last edited on 13 Nov 2015 12:49 by madscientist posted: 13 Nov 2015 17:34 from: Hayfield There are/have ...
... renewing "like for like" means that it does not need to meet current Standards. (which always cost a fortune to meet). This, after all, is why Stockport is signalled from mechanical boxes- it was "not possible" to meet the current Standards, so like for like it had to be. Ridiculous or what? I notice that the rodding passing under the turnout in one pic is Great Western- this particular stuff was used under rails even after channel was in general use. I suppose the insulated sole plate and stretchers are needed in case supervision of the area is turned over to the West of UK Network Management Centre located at Inversnecky or somesuch. Best wishes, Howard. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> New bullhead turnouts 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 ...
... board. Why not try Brian Lewis's method of foam underlay fixed with latex and then latex your track onto that? That way you ar emore likely to hear the clackety clack of the wheels too. Regards Raymond posted: 2 Mar 2011 13:03 from: Gordon S Thanks for the tip Raymond. I'll take a look at it, but to be honest, I'm not a fan of any foam underlay. In this case, cork will be fine as it is stuck to the template and the paper acts as an insulator. The track is then stuck to the cork strip with no track pins to transmit noise through to the ply surface. This loop is hidden from view and as such will not be ballasted. Where you do have a problem with cork, is generally where the track has been ballasted to form one solid block and it is that which transmits track noise and vibration through to the ply trackbed. I'll post another pic once all eight pieces are finished. The next two are well under way as I type. I'm just ...
... topic: 1557 New Tiebar Design posted: 7 Jul 2011 07:49 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, I have a new insulated tiebar design available suitable for just about any gauge/scale combination now which is capable of being fitted in a prototypical manner- i.e. by drilling the point-blades and stock rails or more conventionally- details on my website Attachment: attach_1124_1557_tiebar2.jpg 685 posted: 7 Jul 2011 08:42 from: Mike Waldron website address? posted: 7 Jul 2011 10:28 from: Jim Guthrie Borg-Rail wrote: suitable for just about any gauge/scale 5mm scale?? Jim. (S scale Society) posted: 7 Jul 2011 10:58 from: Stephen Freeman website. S Scale- certainly sir! posted: 7 Jul 2011 11:46 from: PaulTownsend How can I use these on 4mm scale mixed gauge track for 4'8" and 7'? posted: 7 Jul 2011 14:46 from: Stephen Freeman I don't understand why you think you couldn't any more than with any other system ...
... sets like concrete. this is more dangerous than loose track- anything hitting it at speed can bounce off. I have know "concrete" ballast to have to be jack-hammered out a chunk at a time. (It broke the back-hoe digger they tried on it). According to my training the sleeper-wide flat plate under the toe of the point blades is called a sole plate. Note that both the sole plate and the gauge tie bar are not continuous between the rails. Both have an insulated joint in them. this is so that they don't mess up any track circuit in the length of track. Last edited on 28 Feb 2015 11:50 by D Foster Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Variation of chairs on a crossover 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. ...
... be practical or commercially viable to cover all chair types for all railway operating companies)- so these are usually catered for by trimming the ones that are available to fit the desired location using a sharp chisel or stanley knife. http://www.p4track.co.uk/ (Click on Instructions- 4mm Scale Track) I've no experience of the Borg-Rail tiebars so can offer no advice on how to fit them unfortunately. However, there is some information here: http://www.borg-rail.co.uk/ (Click on Trackwork- Insulated Tiebars) The Norman Solomon method of making tiebars is well worth considering also- see MRJ 151 for a feature (send me a p.m. for info if required) A minimum set of Gauges for 00-sf would be a pair of 16.2mm Roller Gauges, a pair of 15.2mm Check Rail Roller Gauges and a pair of 1mm Crossing Flangeway Gauges. 16.2mm 3-point track gauges can be added later if desired. So far as I know Templot does not cater for Gauge widening in the templates- track gauges should ...
... topic: 623 Switch detail pics posted: 13 Nov 2008 14:11 from: Martin Wynne Some excellent pics of REA bullhead switch detail, kindly supplied by Mick Nicholson. The white diamond mark on this LNER ground disc signal indicates track-circuiting, as can be seen from the wire links across the rail joint and the insulated joints in the sole plate on the toe timber and in the stretcher bars. Notice the variable spacing of the chairs in the right foreground, showing the closed-up sleeper spacing adjacent to a rail joint: switch1_1983.jpg A trailing view of the same switch: switch2_1983.jpg Here is a closer view of that. I have added some yellow lines because this picture is an excellent illustration of the sharp "set" (bend) which occurs in the diverging stock rail just ahead of the switch tips: switch_set_1983.jpg More about that in: this topic. Mick also supplied this picture of a badly worn switch tip at Beverly. It's probably better not to try to replicate this on a model: worn_switch_tips_beverley.jpg Many thanks, Mick. ...
... about the gaps in copperclad, but I offered to build one turnout just for the experience of building one. One thing I have done is to gap the sleepers before I start soldering, and then fill the gaps with filler and sand it flat, as its so much easier to do this without any rails in the way. You can also test the work whilst building it under power I also sometimes use the odd copperclad timber in a chaired turnout, using a packing piece of 0.6 mm double sided copperclad strip (this insulates the rail from the timber providing cast chairs are not used) as a riser Thanks for the album, certainly a very realistic and impressive bit of building As for the use of these parts, the jury is out as far as I am concerned. Plastic chairs I think look better, but that's my own view. John posted: 18 Jun 2016 13:34 from: Ariels Girdle We should remember that the Masokits etch system is very old now. At the time it was introduced many people were soldering rail direct ...
... a third rail to my layout, so thanks for this post; it is very useful. Whilst not a templot question, can anyone advise the best way to raise the third rail up to the required height? I suppose in HO/OO one could use code 100 rather than code 83 rail but I am wondering if this is the usual practice or whether spacers are normally used? regards Andrew posted: 3 Aug 2013 08:17 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andrew, A range of 4mm conductor-rail supports/insulators and fittings is available from C&L: http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=346_347_360 A very detailed page of notes and pictures of electrified track has been prepared by Russ Elliott at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/russelliott/3rd-4th.html regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Adding a conductor (third) rail to a template ...
... , this will not be modelled, simply being a fiddle yard beyond the station canopy front. Baseboard shapes are shown in red. Although the yard is not electrified, the two running roads to the left of the image (where they dive into Hove tunnel- another fiddle yard) are and I've been trying to find on the club and other topics how to arrange the timbering to accommodate the conductor rail. I can't remember if they timbers were lengthened only on the conductor rail side or if they were longer to hold the insulators- or not! I notice that the running lines were relaid to flat bottom (109lbs?) sometime in the 1950s so will need to be so installed as the period of the layout is 1955- 1962. It's a shame I can't show you the 1:2500 OS plan as the tracks fit PERFECTLY on it, but copyright rules and all that.... Thanks to Martin's note (below), I am now showing the 1953 1:2500 OS plan. As ever, any help or, ...
... slip. It looks OK but I'm not certain about the switch blades. Would this be buildable? Best regards Charles Attachment: attach_1590_2196_Double_Slip_C10.b ox 317 posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:36 from: Martin Wynne Hi Charles, It looks fine to me. Well done. You have 3.3mm between the wing rail fronts at the switch points, allowing 1.6mm opening on each at the same time. That's enough for 00-SF, although normally 1.7mm is used (20p coin gauge). Some thought will be needed about about the insulation gaps if you are building in copper-clad. In which case you might try moving the switches one timber space further from the V-crossings. It's fine for plastic chairs, provided the switch points can't touch if both are open. regards, Martin. posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:49 from: Charles Orr Thank you Martin. That praise has inspired me. My previous concern for the switch blades I have now attributed to the level of the template. Am I correct in assuming that with overlaid partial ...
57. GWR Chairs
... Nose Chair, brass- 5 sets sadly no picture Other parts of interest are 4CH102B 4 mm chairs, 2-bolt pattern- 500 Exactoscale/P4TrackCo also have a range of chairs, but their website seems rather primitive- to order you need to call which is a hit or miss thing from N America- C&L have a secure online ordering system that I have used. Details of the Exactoscale stuff is at http://www.exactoscale.co.uk/4mmtrack.html Exactoscale have some rather nice ABS fishplates that can be used to insulate gaps, and look the part. I use a combination of both company's parts. C&L do kits of parts for turnouts that will work, if you have not built track before their turnout in a bag product is a good place to start (you might ask if this can be supplied with 2 bolt chairs). They also supply planed switch rails and preassembled crossings. The latter might be of less use if you are using templot to make curved turnouts. The C&L parts are appropriate for OO ...
58. Go slow on a Mac
... intensive graphics on the older Macbook Pros, due to there being too much glue placed on the CPU heat-sink during manufacture. But as a general rule over-heating is not a major problem on any Apple. If the system does heat stress it shuts down completely. The metal casing finish and aluminium integrated chassis on a lot of these machines means masses of conductive heat coming out. This is not overheating, it is a by-product of the design. You don't put an Apple laptop on your lap without insulation... The fan speeds set by Apple are fine. There should be need to alter these unless you are intensively gaming. And then you are better of with a Wintel tower. A few thoughts: 1). You are running a foreign OS over the Apple OS and hardware system. This can set up some interesting problems with graphics and kernel panics. I have a CAD program that continually puts circular lines behind the bottom layer on the drawing board. Only the circular ones. The straight lines are fine ...
... -up pics of the BR Clamp-Lock design of combined hydraulic switch drive and facing-point lock. This is normally associated with FB track, but can also be fitted to bullhead. clamp_lock2.jpg This view also shows the chamfered style of switch planing: clamp_lock1.jpg clamp_lock3.jpg A detailed description of this design is in sections B3 and B4 of this document: Clamp-Lock data From which: clamp_lock_dwg.png Clamp-Locks on the movable K-crossing switches of a double-slip: fb_movablek_dslip.jpg Finally another pic from Mick, of an insulated stretcher bar joint (for track circuiting): insulated_stretcher.jpg Many thanks Mick. Martin. posted: 21 Apr 2010 18:30 from: Jim S-W Hi All A quick pic for you of Colin Craig's 4mm scale clamp lock details clamp%20locks%202.jpg HTH Jim Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> Clamp-Lock hydraulic switch drives about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z ...
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