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... the loop points it will continue along the correct route. I think I would treat 3 and 8 Points as a crossover, which ensures that the road is correctly set for any movement into or out of the sidings, regardless of the lie of loop points 6. Should vehicles be standing on 6 points for any reason, it wouldn't be possible to reverse them for a movement in/out of the sidings if 6 and 8 points are linked to form a crossover, although such a movement is otherwise perfectly legitimate. In terms of interlocking, the home signal controlling admission to the loop over 6 points locks 3 and 8 points normal when cleared. Conversely, reversal of 3 and 8 as a pair locks that home signal so as to prevent a conflict between an approaching train and a movement into/out of the sidings. Whichever way you go about it, there's no need for the trap points 2, which, as Tony says, are rendered surplus by points 3. posted: 24 Aug 2019 08:07 from: Michael Henfrey Brilliant ...
... topic: 3038 Bosmellin- 4SF (OO-SF) posted: 20 Jun 2017 13:37 from: RichardS Previously I have posted some half-hearted attempts at track designs- Hellesdon and Oby. The latter is my small adventure into P4 and will progress. Meanwhile however, lurking in the background, has been my long term plan to make a model based on Boscarne Junction. I have always liked rural branch lines and the history and operation of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway combining SR and (G )WR services is appealing. When I discovered 4-SF/OO-SF I was immediately taken by the concept. Although Oby will be P4 Bosmellin will not. P4 requires more time and has a higher cost (wheels, chassis, etc etc) than 4mm other scales and I can afford to allocate neither at this time to a layout of this size. Bosmellin is intended to be a portable layout. However, the space I have available 3.47m x 2.54m is only just large enough for the outside dimensions of the track ...
... available for each sheet, whereas the slippy map offers only one date. So I will try to get 215b out as soon as possible with the option to make screenshots from these individual sheets, in addition to the slippy maps. regards, Martin. posted: 10 Sep 2017 14:03 from: Phil O Martin, I suspect that latitude and longitude are used as that has always been the terminology for cartography, so that you know where you are on the globe. X and Y and more latterly Z are draughting terms. Phil posted: 10 Sep 2017 14:55 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, Yes, but lat and lon are always measured in degrees, or radians, or some other angular measure. Pixels are always specified as integers, you can't have half a pixel. It's not important, these are simply symbols in the URL, they could be fish=23, chips=68, and it would still work. In fact the old County Series 25" maps are not referenced to lat and lon at all ...
... that stated the two points are as stated in a previous message. It may of course be a misprint. I really want to know if the metalwork is practical at 1:87. I don`t have sleepering details nor drawings of switches. Sorry again, Bernard posted: 13 Jul 2019 22:07 from: Martin Wynne Hi Bernard, Thanks for your email. However, I absolutely refuse to discuss Templot in private emails. It is here in public or not at all. See para 11 in the Templot terms of use: http://templot.com/companion/terms_of_use.php Everything depends on what you are trying to do. If you want to create an exact 1:87 model of the prototype, then clearly the full drawings are needed. However, that is physically impossible unless you use an exact-scale flangeway gap. It's very likely that the prototype flangeway gap is 44.5mm. The model equivalent of that would be 0.51mm. It should be possible to increase that to the Proto87 standard of 0.55mm: http:// ...
165. 'Slewing' curves
... topic: 3198 'Slewing' curves posted: 26 Jan 2018 16:52 from: johndon Apologies in advance if slewing isn't the correct term but I'm gradually getting to grips with Templot and have a question about the following plan: 2828_261151_010000000.png Based on the map, it appears that the track needs to be 'dragged down' in the centre to conform with the plan but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this? John posted: 26 Jan 2018 17:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, For that you need the swell mouse action. See: http://templot.com/companion/swell_function_ctrl_f10.php Looking at your plan it is probably not a single radius. Instead of using swell you could start with the turnout, make branch track from it, curve the branch track to the line, and then make transition to the existing straight track. For an example of this process, see: http://templot.com/companion/link_existing.php That keeps everything aligned, whereas swell takes the ends of the template out of ...
166. Companion changes
... , The video plays fine on my Linux setup using Firefox. Regards. Trevor. posted: 24 Oct 2017 21:30 from: Rob Manchester Martin -> "I agree, but first I need to be sure that the delivery mechanism is working." Martin, Of course you do, the bells and whistles I was commenting on were more to do with tweaks and changes to the font sizes, messages and such like( assuming you remember to take out the spacebar option). Do you get any analytics in terms of how many people watch the different videos? You could delay answering questions on technique until you had evidence that the poster has seen the video Rob posted: 24 Oct 2017 21:38 from: Matt M. Hi Martin, It works in Safari running on the Apple OS 10.. A little fuzzy as usual with Apple's display but readable and responds to the stop and restart requirement perfectly well. Matt M. posted: 24 Oct 2017 22:49 from: Paul Boyd Martin Wynne wrote: Despite mentioning this ...
167. Peco 00 bullhead
... for constructing one's own point& crossing work? Regards, Rodney Hills Last edited on 26 Jan 2018 12:01 by rodney_hills posted: 27 Jan 2018 05:03 from: Andrew Barrowman rodney_hills wrote: From Peco We would probably release the rail at a later date, but at present as we are concentrating on adding further turnouts to this range, That's interesting. I wonder why would they not release the rail now? It's not as if they would have to do any further development on it. Most likely their near term rail supply is fully committed to their track and turnout products and they don't think the market for the rail is very significant. posted: 27 Jan 2018 18:45 from: Richard Spratt Has anyone created templates for the new pecorino offerings? posted: 27 Jan 2018 19:43 from: Martin Wynne Richard Spratt wrote: Has anyone created templates for the new pecorino offerings? Hi Richard, Templates having the same footprint for track planning in Templot can be downloaded from: topic 294 (Peco Large Radius Turnouts). ...
... 17:38 from: d827kelly Phil O wrote: How many other software providers would provide such service, a bug reported and fixed in a little over 4 hours. Marvellous stuff Martin. Thanks Phil I can't think of many commercial software developers who'd have that sort of turn around. Only ones who might be as quick, would probably be Open Source projects using things like Git, where they can just roll back the changes that broke or patch in a fix a lot quicker potentially (assuming a fair amount of activity in terms of development of course). Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I found a flaw> adjacent track centres 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 the files submitted to this ...
... track book: In addition to that, track spacing has to be increased on sharp curves to allow running clearance for vehicle overhang. See the tools> dummy vehicle menu item for the tools in Templot to check and adjust clearances. regards, Martin. Martin, Many thanks- that makes a lot of sence i'll work on those principals. I'd found the 'dummy vehicle' instructions on the forum previously, so have made use of those. Are there any normal or standard figures i should be working to for curves- in terms of clearances? I seem to recall reading something previously about some form of approach to a curve as well, which i also need to go find and read up on. Thanks again for all your help Richie posted: 5 Oct 2017 16:19 from: Richie Kynaston Tony W wrote: Hi Richie Screen shot with check rail ends bent. 2151_050739_350000000.png Screen shot with check rail ends machined. 2151_050741_050000000.png The later would be more appropriate to your era. Regarding the track spacings of quadruple tracks, there are two main ways ...
... Martin Wynne The topics about the open-source versions had got a bit tangled, with several topics on the go at once, and some old out-of-date posts. The open-source project is showing new signs of life, so I have done some tidying up. There is now only one club section for the open-source discussions, this one -- called TemplotMEC nuts and bolts: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_forum.php?id=26 I'm hoping discussions here can take place in terms which any average user of Meccano can understand. There is a separate discussion area on SourceForge for discussions sprinkled with acronyms and arcane IT-speak. http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentemplot/ I have moved several of the old topics out of sight. I can restore them if necessary, but they are mostly out-of-date and confusing. The remaining old topics have been closed, at least for the present. That means you can't reply to them directly, you need to start a new topic ...
... Number of people who were interested in the preservation of steam traction: hundreds Number of people who were interested in the preservation of historically interesting track formations: negligible. posted: 17 Oct 2017 19:03 from: DerekStuart John isn't wrong there. A local "siding with locos" masquerading as a preserved railway, has spent much of its money on signals, signal boxes and other infrastructure. The result? It hasn't the money to extend the line. Further result? It's hardly the NYMR, SVR, Nene etc in terms of visitors. That said, if the formation was still in good enough condition for continued use it does seem a shame to remove it, after all it wasn't an intensive HST service over the top of it. posted: 17 Oct 2017 19:54 from: Dave Summers Gents Can I just remind you of the thread title. This is drifting into the philosophical areas best suited to a pub rather than Templot Club. If you wish to continue your 'discussion' can you please start another thread which I (and ...
... old Chatzy online chat box for Templot to go with it. So what's the idea? I thought I would try something different. When someone asks for help, I could say watch at 8pm tonight and I will show you. If something isn't clear, I can repeat it or expand on it, or explain it differently. I know I could do this on a one-to-one basis but there is no way I'm going to get into one-to-one support for Templot, as explained in the Terms of Use, otherwise it would take over my life. Being live and unedited it is going to contain lots of stumbles, fumbles, no forget thats, and the rest. But hopefully it could be useful and better than waiting for me to produce a proper tutorial for everything. For now all I need to know is that's it working, and change any settings needed. You can see it by going to: http://camsecure.co.uk/webcam/templot/cam.html If it shows "no stream available" ...
... etched gauges for different suppliers' FB rail sections, and may be able to advise. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Mar 2018 19:23 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Good idea, I have just sent a message to Colin Craig enquiring about rail availability. I will post details if I have any further information. He sells gauges for skinny and 'scale' head widths for use on plain track giving 1in20 tilt to the rails and S&C gauges that just use the gauge face so are universal in terms of head width. Thanks Rob posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:28 from: Paul Willis Rob Manchester wrote: One other thing that came from the thread was that Peco have discontinued IL-115 Code 82 FB rail. That is a bit of a sod as it is the only FB rail with proper head width for UK 1:76 layouts. Takes us back to the various postings over the years on rail section, telephone conversations with Brian Lewis etc etc. If you know any other sources for rail with ...
... for the usefull info. I have a couple of bottles of thread-lock types in my tool store that I have been using for many years- that explains why they haven't set hard yet. I used to use one of them on the Land Rover suspension nuts and bolts each time it needed a part replacing. I never thought of these as being similar to 'super glues'. I will dig one out and see if it sticks an exactoscale chair to NS rail. It would be good if somebody have a long term answer to this too. Rob posted: 18 Apr 2018 00:41 from: Nigel Brown Rob I use any superglue to hand. These days it seems to be ZAP, but I've used standard Loctite in the past. Nigel posted: 18 Apr 2018 00:56 from: Rob Manchester Thanks Nigel. I opened a bottle of Zap about 2 months ago and used it to add some etched brass detailing parts to a couple of plane kits I was working on. I squeezed the bottle to get rid of excess ...
... would be disastrous if the file contains a correction for one specific printer. Most towns have a digital printing shop able to do posters, banners, signs, etc., who will be able to print large format PDF files. Impress upon them the need to set the scaling to NONE or 100% in their PDF program. This is not the default "Print to fit paper" setting, so you will need to tell them about this 3 times. But they won't have a clue what you are talking about in terms of calibrating the printer, so do this: a. take a small sample PDF file for printing. b. take it home and measure carefully across the grid lines. You won't be able to correct X and Y directions independently, so measure along the tracks rather than across them, as this is clearly the more critical dimension. c. calculate the required correction needed (if any) and enter it as the output scaling factor in Templot: 2_230839_290000001.png d. make a fresh PDF file and take it for testing ...
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... to use a tandem. I built a layout of Dursley in the 1980s which had the three-way in the yard as in the prototype, and that turnout provided all manner of problems over the years. It could have been the same on the prototype since the LMS re-built the station throat to remove the three-way around the start of WW2. I actually obtained an excellent picture of the station before this rebuild which featured a PWay gang working on the switches. :-) If I keep using the term "tandem" the member may be persuaded to accept that. :-) Jim. posted: 2 Feb 2020 13:23 from: Jim Guthrie I've just dug out my 1963 Constructors and there was one high angle view of the station aqnd yard which I hadn't seen before, but there was also a short goods train right on top of the "slip" closest to the throat which covered all the detail of what was there. There wasn't enough detail on the more distant "slip" to show what might ...
... above screenshot) is called a toggle. Clicking the empty square box or unticked menu item causes some function or setting to be switched on, and displays a tick mark in the box. Clicking it again causes the function to be switched off, and the tick mark is removed. Toggles work independently of any other menu items or controls. To switch them on and off you click the same one repeatedly. This is the fundamental difference from a radio button, where clicking the same one repeatedly does nothing. In model railway terms you can liken a radio button to turning a multi-way rotary switch, and a toggle to an on-off switch. All Windows programs work this way. Here for example is the zoom setting menu radio button in Internet Explorer: 2_070715_070000000.png As you can see above the actual appearance of the radio button varies in different versions of Windows, but it is always a round blob. If you have Windows 7 or later you can change the appearance of the menus in Templot. This changes their appearance only and has ...
... radiused bends in rail is to improvise a v-press arrangement. It's easy to do and costs nothing: 2_041828_140000000.png Trial and error with the diameter of the bar and spacing of the supports, until you get consistent results. Usually something can be found of the right size, such as an old battery. It needs to be smaller than the desired knuckle radius because of the spring in the rail. Perhaps also add some packing below the rail as a depth stop. I don't believe the knuckle radius is too critical in terms of running, provided the wing rail front aligns properly with the vee rails and the check rails are correctly positioned. But now that Templot templates show the extent of the knuckle bend, you have something to aim for in making a prototype pattern knuckle. For sharply defined bends, such as the set in the switch stock rail, practice with a small hammer: 2_041840_270000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 5 Sep 2017 03:51 from: Andrew Duncan Hello HowardThanks for your reply (swipes at us poor souls who don't ...
... houses a workbench and an L shaped 3mm layout (just, I'd half built the layout before deciding that's where it was going to go). However, just out of interest I decided to see if I could fit a plan for a workable P4 layout in the same space, another L shaped layout in fact. I found I could. So you might have the room for a layout and not just a shunting plank. posted: 20 Mar 2016 22:42 from: Hayfield Nigel That's the idea in the long term. The short tern m is that I have a full height cupboard which is 50" wide and 30" deep with double doors so I can fit a 2'deep building bench and close the doors behind me. A board with the turnout, slip and shed will be about 4' long but at least the route to Parkway is curved, a bit of modellers licence will be required or perhaps go outside? Initially may be a good piece to demonstrate track building, and best of all I have all the parts in ...
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