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... topic: 1818 Help required with narrow gauge track posted: 7 Feb 2012 18:20 from: Hayfield Back in 2008 after a holiday next to the Festiniog railway I hankered after building a small narrow gauge layout, Based on UK stock and not using small sleepered crazy track. In 0-16.5 After a few trials, I want to use 0 gauge wooden sleepers, using either code 75 BH or 82 FB rail or like the Festiniog a mixture of both, using 00 plastic chairs. Finescale 00 wheels so it could be either 00 or 00-SF gauge I do have a copy of WHR/ Festinog turnout (see thread topic 578) but its just too large for a small layout. The questions are 1 What would be a reasonable size turnout so its not too big but on the other hand does not look like a crazy track turnout. 2 What would be a good sleeper spacing when I set up my own spec in the scale/gauge section and any other usefull advice when inputting data in this section. Thanks in ...
... topic: 764 custom timber spacing posted: 16 Mar 2009 09:50 from: MalcolmE Hi everyone: I was given Templot for Xmas. It is summer in NZ, and I have only now turned my attention to the learning curve. My interest is modern German DB in N fiNe (similar standards to 2mm but using 9mm gauge). Evening ONE, and I already have a problem. Tried to create a length of straight track using custom rail length and sleeper spacing. Rail is 45m long, but when I started adding sleeper spacings it only accepted 49 (of 69) before closing down the entry screen. In Drawing Pad, I can see the rails shown to length, but only 70% of each length has sleepers. Have I struck a limit, or as I expect am I doing something wrong. can anyone help! thanks; MalcolmE, Wellington, New Zealand posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:55 from: Martin Wynne Hi Malcolm, Welcome to Templot Club. I'm afraid you have hit a limit within Templot ...
... topic: 3212 Chairs for Light Railway Track posted: 7 Feb 2018 23:34 from: Rob Manchester Hi, Does anybody have experience of modelling light railway track. I have been asked to make a small amount using a light rail section in 7mm standard gauge. I was thinking of using code 100 BH rail as that comes out very close to 60lb/yard full size BH. The option of copper clad sleepers is fine for the sections that will be ballasted over the sleepers with lots of weeds but some needs to have chairs. Can you get these in 7mm scale for code 100 rail? Rob posted: 8 Feb 2018 00:22 from: Andrew Barrowman Hi Rob, I believe it was not unusual to use flat-bottom rail spiked to the sleepers for standard gauge light railways in the UK. Code 100 FB might be about right. Google Colonel Stephens Railways Photographs for examples. Cheers, Andy posted: 8 Feb 2018 01:02 from: Rob Manchester Hi Andy, Yes, just had a look through 'Britains Light ...
... topic: 1793 Sleepers and timbers posted: 19 Jan 2012 14:24 from: ChrisO As a new user, I think I'm finally getting to grips with all things Templot; with one exception. Although I understand and have largely figured out the 'shove timber' function and other associated bits, ultimately I've got no idea on prototype sleeper patterns, how they were laid etc. For example, I've created a nice, neat relativey simple straight double junction using B8 crossings, but how were the timbers laid? Should the sleepers go across both points/turnouts in one 'unbroken timber'? Do they remain perpendicular to the points as they go under the diamond, or do they alter to be perpendicular to the diamond itself? I've seen a few photos and delved into a couple of books, but clear images seem hard to come by. Thanks for any assiatance Chris posted: 19 Jan 2012 15:39 from: Les G Chris, A fair question; you will find that the arrangements for placing timbers varied with company, time of formation ...
... topic: 233 Hand Point Sleepers posted: 12 Nov 2007 01:46 from: BeamEnds Hi All, does anyone know if there is a standard length for the the two sleepers that have the point lever attached (early 80's BR)? Cheers Richard posted: 12 Nov 2007 02:27 from: Martin Wynne BeamEnds wrote: does anyone know if there is a standard length for the the two sleepers that have the point lever attached (early 80's BR)? Hi Richard, For GWR and BR(W) David Smith's book says the lever handle should be 5ft from the gauge face of the rail, to suit the standard connecting rod. No specific information about the length of the timbers, but I guess that would make them about 13ft. regards, Martin. posted: 12 Nov 2007 04:02 from: BeamEnds Thanks for that Martin. Another little question.... When nudging sleepers, is there a maximum distance apart they should be- the particular quandry I have is the point at which the point sleepers give ...
... and, 3. The cost, time and difficulty involved in converting my very large stock roster's wheels was going to be silly. I also had a horrible feeling that if I took this on, I was going to become disheartened by the lack of progress and the project might just lie unfinished and gather dust...something SWMBO would not be best pleased about. As a result of all this, the plan died and was filed away. Now I'm thinking that I might attempt to use 4-SF track standards with modified sleeper spacings to give me the best possible track appearance whilst allowing me to run my Roco/Lima/Hag locos and coaches as they are without having to replace the wheels. It also means I could use Peco points in my fiddle yard and have tighter radius curves in the return loops from the scenic section to the fiddle yard, thereby reducing the space taken up. Is the idea sound? Or am I missing something? Last edited on 25 Feb 2020 22:37 by Alan McMillan posted: 25 Feb 2020 18 ...
... topic: 469 Southern region track posted: 28 Jun 2008 19:38 from: Hayfield I am about to start laying track for my Southern Region based layout and as the most visable sections will be made from C& L parts I thought I would try and get it as right as possiable. Was the straight track in 60' lenghts please. Were the end sleepers in each section the slimmer plain track size or the wider pointh width. Finally was the gap between the sleepers thinner at the ends where they joined or the same width please. posted: 29 Jun 2008 02:30 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: I am about to start laying track for my Southern Region based layout and as the most visible sections will be made from C& L parts I thought I would try and get it as right as possible. Was the straight track in 60' lengths please? Hi John, For the main lines of the Southern Region of British Railways, yes. For the Southern Railway pre-nationalisation rail lengths will have varied ...
... Great Central so on to my query. To build skills I am planning to produce, with the aid of Templot, a model of Charwelton based on the 1900 survey, when it was a simple through station and small goods yard. Can anybody advise me as to the timbering used on turnouts by the GCR when the London Extension was built? Also are they likely to have used a standard V crossing angle on most turnouts or would each one have been determined by location? Lastly they used 30' rails and 9' sleepers with 11 sleepers per length; how far in from the rail ends for the first and last sleepers on each rail length? I have asked this on the GCR forum but this did not produce enough detailed info. I hope this is a suitable query for the Templot Club as it is not a technical question about using Templot as such. Many thanks for your indulgence. Bill PS Please don't be offended if I do not respond to a posting immediately. I live in the dark ages and access the internet via my ...
... topic: 2513 Concrete sleepers with GWR 2 bolt chairs posted: 19 Aug 2014 13:44 from: Hayfield 982_190842_380000000.jpg Thought this was a bit strange having GWR 2 bolt chairs on concrete sleepers, or were the GWR leading lights in sleeper development? Last edited on 19 Aug 2014 13:46 by Hayfield posted: 7 Sep 2014 11:57 from: gsmorris GWR and concrete and mortal and pot sleepers all were part of GWR history! posted: 28 Feb 2015 12:52 from: D Foster The distinctive thing about GW sleepers and chairs- which you might already know- is that the bolt comes up through the sleeper and then the chair with the nut being screwed down from the top. This made it a whole lot easier for them to experiment with concrete sleepers. The info that I vaguely recall on their early (? earliest) efforts was in the 1930s- probably in either the Engineer or Engineering. posted: 3 Mar 2015 21:18 from: Martin Wynne Concrete sleepers and GWR 2-bolt chairs. I took ...
... are various other sorts of stretcher bars too. These look quite flexible as they attach to the blades through several nuts and bolts. I thought stretcher bars just pulled the blades the correct distance apart, but it looks as though in one direction these bars push to close the blade. On the model, Masokits seem to offer a very reasonable representation, and are surprisingly strong. My concern is whether they are too strong!- and not very flexible. My previous experience so far has been to use a moving plastic false sleeper with Peco pins inserted from below, one for each blade, each one cut short, curved round and soldered to the blade. Thus the pins can swivel in the plastic, and the design works perfectly, but is just not satisfactory visually. I wonder whether there are any other designs out there? Thanks in advance if anyone has any thoughts... Cheers Julian posted: 31 Oct 2020 19:16 from: alan@york Ambis Engineering. http://www.ambisengineering.co.uk/Products/Products_Index.htm posted: 31 ...
... topic: 1743 suppliers of PCB sleepers for 7mm scale posted: 22 Dec 2011 00:52 from: Robert Kosmider Hello all I've done a trawl of www. and also our own group. But.. I'd like to find a supplier of pre-cut PCB sleepers in 7mm scale for making track, points etc. using Templot. I am fully aware of Marcway but wonder if there is anyone else around. Thank you Robert posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:53 from: Phil O Hi Robert Robert Kosmider wrote: Hello all I've done a trawl of www. and also our own group. But.. I'd like to find a supplier of pre-cut PCB sleepers in 7mm scale for making track, points etc. using Templot. I am fully aware of Marcway but wonder if there is anyone else around. Thank you Robert Try C& L Finescale http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53#sleepers Scroll down to the bottom Cheers Phil posted: 24 Dec 2011 01:08 ...
... topic: 979 Laser Cut Templates posted: 23 Nov 2009 14:47 from: Donald MacLean I have seen posts on the forum regarding availability of laser cut sleeper configurations for complex track sections. (C& L) My (convoluted) question is this. As 'printed' templates can be developed showing only inner stockrail faces and crossing vees, is it possible to derive CAD-type (DXF?) machine readable outputs of specific point formations so that 'physical' templates could be cut out of wood or plastic of appropriate thickness? This would simplify the accurate fixing of the outer rails and crossing. I realize that this would only benefit those who are content with using a sub-set of 'standard' templates. In my case straight B-6s, and curved B-8s. But as I will need about thirty sets of points on my 'new-and-improved' layout it would appear a cost effective way of proceeding. [I am using Canadian 'FastTrack' filing jigs to prepare the crossing vees and points planing.] ...
... width to 45mm and the foot-width to 90mm, with rails vertical. This is entirely a guess, but the drawing appears to show a mark at the end of planing to confirm it. The best straight switch I can fit is at 1:21 deflection angle, length 3465mm. The heel blocks appear to be on a timber centre, although this causes a discrepancy in the timber spacings. You may want to do some more timber shoving on this. All timbers are 200mm wide (another guess), plain sleepers are 1600mm long (from the drawing). The switch rails and V-crossings are on sole plates, so the usual UK alignments to the timber centres do not apply. I set the blunt nose to 15mm (another guess), with the overlap on the A timber negative at -200mm. I adjusted the crossing entry straight to get the required lead length, with a good match to the drawing. Here are the switch dimensions: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ...
... topic: 1138 Roll Rails Automatically posted: 3 Jun 2010 11:35 from: philchudley Hi All I find that the Roll Rails function in Templot is useful to adjust rail joints across adjacent templates to maintain consistent sleeper spacing. However I do find that current display of Percentage rolled in, is not quite as informative as it may be. Let's set up a simple example. I have plain track template A with 11 sleepers, and track template B with 13 sleepers. I am using 18 rail sections of 18 sleepers in length. So I using Roll Rails I can adjust template A (roll in 7 sleepers) to maintain 18 sleepers between the templates. Two issues arise, the display being in percentage is one, but maintaining the correct distance between the last sleeper in template A and the first sleeper in template B May I suggest, that the following are considered: 1) The display is changed to number of sleepers rolled in rather than a percentage 2) An option to roll in a specified number of sleepers 3) The ultimate ...
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... or not. I hope that someone is able to either answer, or provide some advice regarding the following questions:- 1) Assuming stock is not rewheeled with fine scale (2mm society or 2fs etc) but is 'standard off the peg' N gauge stock; then is code 40 track at 9mm give enough depth to the wheel rims or must one use code 55 to avoid derailment. 2) Other than joining the 2mm society to obtain their bespoke kit are there any other sources for code 55 or 40 rail, sleepers etc. in the UK. as I would prefer to avoid importing directly from the US. thanks in advance Dave posted: 8 Jun 2010 08:33 from: Jim Guthrie dave turner wrote: I've decided on using an N gauge but since I'm more interested in trackwork than rolling stock I am having difficulty making a decision between code 55 and 40 and whether to go for finescale or not. I hope that someone is able to either answer, or provide some advice regarding the following questions:- 1) Assuming ...
... Brian Lewis All, I accept that as a casual user of Templot I really have not been able to master the programme- but I guess I am not alone in this. One thing I find frustrating and cannot seem to solve is the problem of 'when is saving, not actually saving?'. Let me explain. I create a template and/or series of templates. OK. It is my own aberration but before I create anything I perform the following actions: Real- Timbering, I uncheck the 9' sleepering and replace by 8'-6" sleepers. (I guess so few folk model 9' sleepers that perhaps the default is the wrong way round. I also check timber ends in line. Generator- generator settings. I uncheck, (one at a time- why not a pop-up that allows me to so do in one operation)?, track centre lines, radial end marks, outline extension marks, timber centre lines, timber infill, 8'6" marks on 9' sleepers, guide marks ...
... to get my head round the level of wear/ageing to use on the timber parts. They wouldn't be acceptable in the fast line of the WCML. On secondary and branch running lines, the gang would replace them when the chair screws would no longer hold or remain tight, or the timber was so split that it was clearly not capable of holding the rails to gauge. In loops, sidings and yards they would likely need to be much worse before being replaced. A lot depends on how many? A single sleeper may be allowed to remain for a while, but several in a row would get replaced. At the far end of a little-used siding the sleepers may never get replaced, gently rotting back to nature as the decades passed. BRT has a whole chapter on inspection and maintenance, and another on renewals. Page 74 of BRT3 has some notes about the life of sleepers and typical defects. when was the jointing of two timbers end-to-end with metal plates introduced. The traditional method would have been ...
... topic: 3338 Turnout sleeper spacing posted: 9 Oct 2018 05:34 from: Graeme Lewis Hi I have recently begun using the "shove timber" function to try and emulate Midland Railway sleepering for turnouts (rather than drawing the timbers by hand on the base board). This works very well. However, I am having little success in trying to copy the control template once I have modified the sleeper spacings and widths. For example, I went into Real/Switch Settings and set an A switch using the control template which had been modified to the desired timbering. However, when I apply this for other turnouts the timbering stays as per the Templot default. I have also tried copying a whole turnout and adding this but usually I get a message saying I cannot do this because it is already in the storage box. I can manually modify every turnout but for a layout 70' x 22' some short cuts are desirable! Any help would be appreciated. Regards Graeme Lewis Attachment: attach_2763_3338_Ashton_Old_Road_s tation_looking_in_up_direction.JPG 194 posted: 9 Oct 2018 ...
... topic: 2705 Matching flexi track to copperclad turnouts posted: 7 Jun 2015 08:09 from: Hayfield I have uploaded a photo of me testing an 00 gauge copperclad turnout with Exactoscale fast track bases. 982_070250_370000000.jpg For some time I have only been able to buy 1.6 mm thick strip and both SMP and C&L flexi track need packing up to height. I am already sold on 1.6 mm thick plastic sleepers/timbers as they do not suffer the solvent curl that the thinner timbers do. Also this track base has a feel of being much sturdier and substantial (like Peco Streamline) than the thinner ones. I have also just received some Concrete style Dowmac bases which have much finer representation of Pandrol clips than the Peco Indvidulay components. The bases are not cheap at £5 a yard (plus rail), but given the cost of quality models now and the fact its to 4 mm scale not unreasonable. For testing its a far better product as its level with the item being tested. On the layout its a far better ...
... "New Irish Lines" newsletter contains useful info for Irish modellers, and it would be worth contacting or joining the Irish Railway Record Society who have an excellent library at Heuston station in Dublin. If you mean you need to know how to set up narrow-gauge templates in Templot, there is more information and a Templot video in this topic: customizing for narrow-gauge It's for 7mm scale 2ft gauge, so you would need to alter some of the settings accordingly. For 3ft gauge I think you could guess at sleepers being 6ft long as a starting point. regards, Martin. posted: 15 Oct 2008 00:02 from: marc witten Many thanks Martin,its Templot gauges i was after,thanks for the info its appreciated,after i got your message a friend informed me i had some info already in a book and didnt realize it,another quick one on the narrow gauge templots,not looked yet but i'm asking the questioncan i move the sleeper spacing to match the info i have,ie 21" spacing at joints ...
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