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... :34 from: Andrew Duncan Hello everyone Uploading these photos almost drove me round the bend tonight. Try as I might I couldn't get the captions to work or get the pictures to load in anything other then haphazard order...!!!! So anyway here's a bit more progress with the MPD. I'm using a London Road Models turntable 50' (although it should only be 44') which is turning into a very nice model and its driven by a Chatham models turntable drive which, so far has proved a relatively easy install once I'd got the wiring the correct way round! The track that I built 3 years ago went down surprisingly easily although I've not rested it yet under power. Like the junction I'll be using Megapoints controller and servos to switch the turnouts. Handily there are four spare ways on the junction board that will deal with them. This time though I'm going to use conventional micro switches to change the polarity of the crossings. I hope the chronology is reasonably clear. Andrew 2787_011703_150000000.jpg 2787_271836_510000000.jpg 2787_011708_360000000.jpg 2787_011707_580000000.jpg 2787_011706_450000000.jpg 2787_011650_330000000.jpg ...
... Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: It's just that I am making sure there will be no problem regarding the attached image. Hi Brian, If Trevor's image was scanned from the LNWR Society's new book I will remove it, unless Trevor posts it as part of a review of the book, in which case it may fall under the fair dealing provisions if it is only a tiny part of the book as a whole. If it was scanned from an original drawing, I won't do that until the copyright owner requests it and proves it is still in copyright. I'm not really expecting to hear from the London& North Western Railway, or its successors. regards, Martin. posted: 1 Feb 2015 21:01 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, As I stated in my previous message, my posting was just to ensure no problem arises. Now to clarify the image, that image (the one posted by Trevor) was scanned some time within the last 5 or 6 years, however, the images produced, were of very low resolution ...
... time, of course), there is going to be a lot of interest from track builders. With full chairs there is the problem of threading the bent rails, but I'm still hopeful of finding a solution where those rails can be dropped in prototypically. Followed by inserting a miniature key on a break-off slug, or maybe by heat-sealing the open jaw down over the rail with a suitable shaped bit on the soldering iron. As soon as I have got a DXF out of this, and you have proved block substitution in CAD and successful printing, I'm going to be getting one of these printers myself and experimenting. At present the chairs are a bit primitive compared with the injection-moulded ones created by Len Newman, but everything has to start somewhere. I can still remember gluing unidentifiable bits of white metal over rivets. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Jan 2016 03:24 from: Andrew Barrowman As soon as I have got a DXF out of this, and you have proved block substitution in CAD and successful ...
... how detection worked...another hole in my knowledge! I assume that Monsal Dale being mainline would have had detection in 1902? The other thing I have also wondered... and again as a caveat i may be showing my lack of knowledge here.... because there is a goods siding and a lie by loop at Monsal Dale, would there have been any catch points? posted: 19 Oct 2017 17:35 from: Tony W Hi Tim. Assumption is always dangerous because sooner or later someone will prove you wrong! Tony. posted: posted: 19 Oct 2017 17:46 from: John Shelley Tony W wrote: Hi Tim. Assumption is always dangerous because sooner or later someone will prove you wrong! Tony. Tony, Are you assuming that? John, from St Ciers, formerly Harrow. 19 Oct 2017 17:46 from: Tim Lee Tony W wrote: Hi Tim. Assumption is always dangerous because sooner or later someone will prove you wrong! Tony. I'm Learning that one fast I know I ...
... be directed to is probably the best approach as I know you already do. Regards Tony. posted: 18 Jan 2018 13:35 from: Phil O I agree with Tony, I came to Templot with the desire to get nicely flowing trackwork, I had some background of track formations having been involved in permanent way for some years previously on the ESR, and the need to understand the fundamentals I joined the Permanent Way Instution and got a copy of the bulkhead supplement. The GWRSG book on Great Western practice has also proved invaluable. I would suggest that any newcomers to Templot go away and do some homework, if they are that interested in the subject, it's well worth the time spent. Let's face it Templot is a massive step up from off the shelf templates that was all that was available, unless you were prepared to draw up your own bespoke templates. I think that there were only a few prepared to do that, I certainly can't recall any layouts with bespoke trackwork prior to Templot. I did a few items of bespoke ...
... so I hope people aren't put off of trying either version. Once you've done one or two it becomes a lot easier, and it's a great way to learn about using partial templates. *It might be tomorrow as we have BT here... hopefully with faster broadband... we'll see. Last edited on 12 Apr 2011 07:49 by richard_t posted: 12 Apr 2011 13:31 from: Raymond Hi Brian, I have had a good play with that and, for a complete beginner it should prove an excellent way into using Templot for this complex formation. For me, with a little experience it became, naturally, very repetetive. Though I recognize that this is designed for a video, perhaps a few more screen shots would make it all the more clear for those who prefer a printed document. I do like the ease and elegance you have in using the centre lines to get things accurate, much better than the method I evolved anyway and I shall certianly use it future. However, I am puzzled as ...
7. Single Slip
... an excellent picture from Mick Nicholson showing a flat-bottom double-slip with movable K-crossings: fb_movablek_dslip.jpg© thanks to Mick Nicholson regards, Martin. posted: 12 Feb 2009 13:01 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, I've built 2 of these curved double slip in O-FS for a customer and one in P4, if anybody is interested I can look out the boxfiles for same. posted: 12 Feb 2009 13:17 from: Scott Willis Hi Martin Thanks for the information, it just goes to prove that you never stop learning. I take it, except for adjusting timbers/check rails, that my Single Slip is fine the way it is? I am modelling the North British Railway c1909-1913. Can I assume that Switch Diamonds were around during this period? I know Jim Guthrie recently asked a similar question but I was unsure of the outcome. Regards Scott. posted: 12 Feb 2009 14:21 from: micknich I can't speak for the North British but the North Eastern was using them by c1910 ...
... Martin Wynne wrote: Which has the disadvantage of obscuring the track detail. p.s. it doesn't if I flood-fill each side of the track separately. Often writing stuff here helps to clarify my thoughts. Martin. posted: 26 Sep 2017 19:30 from: alan@york Would it be possible to only have overlaps coloured in? alan@york posted: 27 Sep 2017 14:18 from: Martin Wynne Thanks for the comments. The method of creating the paths of several fixed points on the dummy vehicle proved to be flawed. By rolling the dummy vehicle over it, I found that on sharp reverse curves there were places where short sections of vehicle overlapped the drawn line by a fraction. To work properly, it would need lines drawn from an infinite number of points along the side of the vehicle. No doubt someone with a better geometrical head than mine could have predicted that. So back to the drawing board, and I have now drawn the full vehicle outline at frequent steps along the track: 2_270842_500000001.png Yellow shows the ...
... desk of some other ongoing tasks. The sketchboard is essentially a self-contained mini-program, so any problems there won't impact on the core working of Templot. It is also a very worthwhile addition to Templot. You can't create anything on the sketchboard which you couldn't do by other means, but doing it directly in Templot makes it much easier to change the underlying track plan design as you add the scenic details. Many users enjoy creating "what if" plans, and my feeling is that the sketchboard feature will prove very popular -- with or without irregular diamonds. I've also committed to doing something soon about saving user preferences. Not because I want to do it or think it's really necessary, but simply to silence the constant requests for it. regards, Martin. 6 Mar 2009 14:00 from: Glen Suckling Hello Martin, davelong wrote: I much rather Martin spent his time upgrading the program in the way he sees fit, I'm waiting patiently for the sketchbook upgrade personally, which I'll find a heck of a lot ...
10. Templot new user
... that good also gives less than perfect running, especially on larger radius turnouts. All of this has of course been discussed at length before, have a look at Jim Snowden's article(s) in MRJ (forget which one without looking it up- there is at least one index for MRJ on Scalefour's website) for a good introduction. posted: 9 Apr 2010 09:38 from: Brian Lewis When theory meets actual working practice, something has to give and this debate is becoming rather like that of the scientists who proved positively that bees could not fly. :-) I ran 0-XF for 10 years without problems and rest my case upon that fact. Regards Brian Lewis Martin Wynne wrote: A significant problem with 0-XF is that the dimensions don't add up, if it is intended as advertised for all existing G0G-Fine wheels. The quoted track gauge of 31.0mm min with a 1.2mm flangeway gives a check gauge CG of only 29.8mm. This is less than the wheel BEF of 30.0mm max, breaking the basic rule ...
... of the crossing is lettered "a" and which is lettered "b" ?? Kind regards Peter posted: 18 May 2020 17:54 from: Martin Wynne PRChappell wrote: My question is- are there any rules about which end of the crossing is lettered "a" and which is lettered "b" ?? Hi Peter, The A end of a crossover is the one nearest the signal box. cheers, Martin. posted: 18 May 2020 21:56 from: PRChappell Martin Brilliant. It just proves its obvious when you know the answer!! I have been trying to solve that dilemma for a while. Very many thanks as always Peter posted: 5 Jun 2020 09:09 from: Gordon S Hi Guys, spent far too long gardening and golfing, so back to my mimic panel.... I'm just straightening out the final track corrections and now have the platforms in place on both the track plan and sketch board. I've searched everywhere, but can't see how you change the colour on the platforms ...
... topic: 1835 Adjacent Track Centres posted: 18 Feb 2012 18:14 from: dessire_luvals Hi Folks, Can anyone point me at or offer any guidance as to appropriate measurement for track centres versus radius of a curve? I saw Martin's little video for proving the overhang of a carriage but don't think I've come across any easy to consume data. BTW I'm working in EM Gauge with minimum radius on my running lines of about 48". Thanks Russell Last edited on 18 Feb 2012 19:22 by dessire_luvals posted: 18 Feb 2012 23:38 from: Dellboy dessire_luvals wrote: Can anyone point me at or offer any guidance as to appropriate measurement for track centres versus radius of a curve? I saw Martin's little video for proving the overhang of a carriage but don't think I've come across any easy to consume data. BTW I'm working in EM Gauge with minimum radius on my running lines of about 48". Thanks Russell Russell I've taken the liberty of e-mailing you an excel calculation sheet which should answer your needs. posted: ...
... Leaving the special chairs out of the costings (as there is no as the additional slide chairs can be used on a copperclad turnout without having to seriously alter most of them) A turnout made from ply timbers would cost £7.50 and using Exactoscale timbers £9.66 To my mind building a copperclad turnout and then adding chairs is shear madness, however I have in practice built a turnout using copperclad timbers at the common crossing, duly raised by 0.5 mm so they are compatible with standard chaired track construction. The reason was to prove that there is an alternative method of building the common crossing for those who are happy to build common crossings in the copperclad construction method, rather than a free standing method For those wishing for added detail the following can be used Bridge chairs, These are used from the transition of block chairs (in either the common crossing or additional slide chair packs) to standard chairs where there is not enough room for a standard chair (either side of 10 used per turnout) these are £8.50 per 100 so after deducting the ...
14. A3+ printer
... a new topic waiting to be posted). I like building using thin paper and then removing the sections from the templates before placing them in the final position but on small layouts( or bits of bigger ones) where you can gain easy access to the whole area it is nice to paste the templates onto the layout surface and build in situ. There are pros and cons of both approaches of course. I did recently get an HP Designjet A1 printer but it was big( to use and store ), slow and proved to only want to work on random odd days so I sold it for spare parts. Nice idea but unless you can rely on a printer working when you want it to there isn't much point- a newer model would have worked more predictably but they aren't cheap. Rob posted: 1 Dec 2020 21:07 from: Paul Boyd Rob Manchester wrote: Thanks for the link. I see they do other sizes as well but nothing that would give me any great benefit with the printer I have. The physical 'mouth ...
15. WYSIWYG posting
... finding that their carefully laid out posts get mangled by the time they appear on the forum? The post I just sent in reply to Brian's, for instance, did not look like that when it left my computer! === Hi Paul, I've been experimenting today with the reply format. What specific changes upset you? The problem is to find a nested quoting format which looks good and clear on the forum, and at the same time is properly delimited when received as plain text emails. At the moment it's proving elusive. The normal boxed panel quoting used on web forums appears in plain text emails without any delimiters at all, which is very confusing for the reader. At present I have set three equals signs as the delimiter. Note that this forum software has THREE different posting editors: 1. Fully WYSIWYG and almost a word processor in IE with spell-check and auto para spacing. 2. A more restricted WYSIWYG editor in Firefox without spell-check and needing blank lines between paras. 3. A basic plain text ...
... and 'workpad', the inspection pits my be in the wrong place in a particular case (other objects may be in the way), so will 'split off' these two items and produce two images (1 – the turntable and main pit, 2 – the two inspection pits, invisible linked and diametrically opposed at scale size) that can be joined (or not) in whatever positions are required. This is thanks to Howard's suggestion previously posted. I eliminated the idea of splitting out the actual turntable as this may prove to have more difficult line-up problems. One thing I have been meaning to ask is, can you place, say, parts of images over another so that the upper image part masks out that bit of the lower image (considering transparency). This is all to do with the way things might have to be drawn to get flexibility to the images (Howard's suggestion again). I have received a couple of very welcome drawings from Phil Ottley of some houses which I will produce images of next, as ...
... colour rendering yours looks likes like resin. Is it? 100_170919_400000000.jpg C&L's A-chair casting is a GWR one without the triangular webs either side; this one is a NER design. All of the "white" bits in the photo are dozens of tiny bits of plastic card and rod. This is an O-fine crossing but if I can get my camera to focus close enough I'll see if I can post images of the EM gauge 3-way which I've done to the same detail, just to prove it could be done! Martin: Agreed, the crossing nose should be blunted but I was trying to reduce the gap at the expense of pushing the holding down bolt off of the timber (the foot of the point rail does actually extend beneath the plastic saddle, holding down bolt and washer). O-fine flangeways were reduced to 1.5mm (just possible with Slaters wheels) but the solution eventually decided upon was to change to S7 so all the track now needs changing. Hopefully I can reuse all my little ...
... as what chairs go where, does this mean there will be more to come? You missed the S1-J chairs which were used in turnouts by the LNER after 1928. I'm hoping to order test prints of P chairs later this month along with S1 and L1 chairs with seperate tapered keys. The P chairs will come with a (cosmetic) "bolt" to fix them to the stock rails. After that it'll be the remainder of the chairs, spacing blocks etc required for an A switch. Then, having proved the concepts for both common crossings and switches, there'll be an expansion of the range to include other angles. Followed by obtuse crossings and slips. Something of the order of 200+ different chairs last time I counted. So please don't hold your breath whilst waiting for me! You could always scratchbuild your chairs instead! 100_030846_290000000.jpg Regards Dave Last edited on 3 Jun 2014 20:11 by David R posted: 3 Jun 2014 17:43 from: Hayfield David Thanks, I have been working with the Exactoscale range of ...
... bit of 4mm PCB turnout timbering and some brass tube to be not too tight a fit on the brass wire. The lot is glued to a short bit of B&Q alloy section to allow mounting to the track base. The tube and wire gives the hinge action. This method allows you to fit scale cosmetic tiebars. Jim. I can't see it in the picture but a cut across the PCB copper would isolate the switch blades from each other. Spot the obvious mistake. This was the first TOU built to prove out the system before applying it to the layout and I hadn't yet cut the copper layer between the two tubes controlling the switch blades. These TOUs are actually used with tube in wire operation. The alloy section from B&Q is a "U" section- you can just see the bottom face of the "U" section in the picture. On this part is mounted a crank with a slot on one of its arms to engage the third bit of pipe on the PCB strip. 25_120602_100000000.jpg Here's a shot ...
... any sort of recommendation. My knowledge of 3D printers is absolutely nil at present. When it has arrived and I can report actual facts about what I find in the box, I will be able to say more about it. It's news to me that I'm going into production. This will just be a new toy to tinker with, and also to confirm that the DXF files from Templot can be used successfully to create 3D-printed track. I don't like to claim a new feature for Templot until I have actually proved it myself. cheers, Martin. posted: 28 Nov 2018 01:21 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Comments in green, changes in Orange... Martin Wynne wrote: Rob Manchester wrote: Are you keeping the 'brand' of your new printer a secret? I have thought once or twice about getting one but get the feeling it could take over my leisure time and divert me away from other modelling activities. Once you and Andy get into testing your theories it may be different though...I ...
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