... topic: 3349 Trackbuilding File Formats posted: 26 Oct 2018 13:39 from: Steve Lovett Simply.... has anyone experimented with export file formats in anticipation of trackbuilding using exactoscale products? If so which export file format is best suited? Cheers Steve posted: 26 Oct 2018 14:28 from: Martin Wynne Steve Lovett wrote: Simply.... has anyone experimented with export file formats in anticipation of trackbuilding using exactoscale products? If so which export file format is best suited? Hi Steve, Can you explain a bit more what you are asking? As far as I know Exactoscale do not supply any computer software, so the question of compatible file formats does not apply. Users of Exactoscale track products usually need a printed track template on which to build them. Exactoscale supply a limited range of straight templates in P4 only, but for other gauges, curved turnouts and complex formations many users print a template from Templot instead. You can print directly from Templot if you have a printer connected to your system. A ...

... flush with ballast effect yet, but it's a pretty simple update. Last edited on 26 Jan 2020 18:15 by Andy Reichert posted: 26 Jan 2020 18:52 from: Martin Wynne Andy Reichert wrote: I'm not sure what economics analysis has been done for all plastic printed track? Hi Andy, You have lost me there. Economics analysis? This is a hobby project, I'm doing it for fun. The object is to create model custom pointwork formations such as this: outside_slip_shrewsbury_1978_600.j pg but without needing metalwork or trackbuilding skills to prepare and fit the rails. No filing, soldering, threading chairs, gauging. And also with radio control, no track wiring. Just make a 3D print and lay it in place. The direct cost is minimal, just the cost of the polymer filament. Probably around 50p for a single turnout, at 4mm/ft scale. Far less than the cost of conventional materials. Save your money for the radio control stuff. Many folks have hobby access to a 3D printer nowadays -- either themselves ...

... The turnout template created with this operation can now be converted into a diamond. Copy the original turnout and join it to the through road of the diamond- creating the turnout on the other main line.. It's simpler than that you simply make a ladder crossover from the tools menu. That gives you the crossing bit and the adjacent track. All you then do is insert a turnout in the adjacent track for the double bit. Alan posted: 27 May 2010 03:08 from: Martin Wynne This is the "Trackbuilding topics" forum. I think Ken is asking about how to build a double junction, not how to create one in Templot. Martin. posted: 27 May 2010 06:30 from: kenbec Martin Wynne wrote: This is the "Trackbuilding topics" forum. I think Ken is asking about how to build a double junction, not how to create one in Templot. Martin. Thanks Martin, Mea Culpa, sorry if I have used the wrong forum Jim and Alan have in fact answered the question I was ...

... the running and check rails. For check rail chairs it depends on the type of ordinary chairs you intend to use. For two bolt chairs use these but trim back the base to 30thou beyond the rail and use two per check rail chair. For three bolt chairs use four bolt chairs for the check rails trimmed back as above. Have a good look at drawings and pictures before you start. Don't forget to get some bridge chairs for the locations where ordinary chairs will not fit. There are useful topics on RMweb about trackbuilding and these often have useful pictures. Next thing to ask about- tie bars! Regards. posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:12 from: Stephen Freeman wcampbell23 wrote: Hi Arthur For chair positions have a look at the drawings that can be downloaded from the 4mm scale section of the Exactoscale website. The drawings enlarge so that detail can be seen. They are very useful for the first-timer as you can see what goes where. The roller type track gauges from C&L will give you check rail ...

... restricting, heaven knows how surgeons carry out critical operations using them. TIA Rob posted: 22 Mar 2015 21:47 from: Nigel Brown A personal view; to me stained timbers don't look like real ones. Reckon acrylics are better, and more adaptable to what you think you see. Nigel posted: 22 Mar 2015 21:52 from: Thor Lawrence Does soaking in strong cold tea no longer work? posted: 22 Mar 2015 22:49 from: Rob Manchester Nigel- are you suggesting painting the timbers after trackbuilding? Model timbers don't always look like wood as the grain, so apparent on the 1:1 railway, is somewhat different. If you are painting track after construction it would be better to use plastic timbers and benefit from easier bonding of the chairs- maybe you don't agree? Thor- What is a suitable soaking time? Does it matter if the tea is PG Tips or Tyhoo- only joking, you may have other brands where you are. Rob posted: 23 Mar 2015 01:21 from: Nigel ...

... : 14 Aug 2007 17:12 from: Martin Wynne Rextanka wrote: this seems to preserve much of the runaround loop which I believe would allow for the tandem turnout at the throat of the layout, would you concur? Hi Nick, Yes, I think you can retain the tandem rather than running two tracks under the bridge. If you are happy with the design I will firm it up and get the timbers shoved around. I see from RMweb that you have finished the baseboards and will soon be ready to start trackbuilding. However, I have a feeling progress will come to a full stop in two weeks time. A suggestion -- before you finalize the baseboards, think about making the hinge pins removable. This will allow you to separate the boards and make them much easier to work on. If you grind or file off the ends of the pins you can punch them out and replace them with a suitable piece of longer bar bent to a L shape. (Or ideally for international transport thread the bar ends and put on ...

... topic: 1012 Printer Friendly button posted: 15 Jan 2010 07:09 from: kenbec Martin, Your Printer Friendly button isn't. It seems to ignore the line breaks in the original message and elongates a long paragraph into one or more very long lines. This causes the end of the print line to be truncated. regards ken Very strange, this is happening in the Trackbuilding Topics thread but apparently not in this one. The Printer Friendly button is partially obscured in that thread but not this one. Over to you. Last edited on 15 Jan 2010 07:16 by kenbec posted: 15 Jan 2010 07:43 from: Martin Wynne Kenneth Beckett wrote: Very strange, this is happening in the Trackbuilding Topics thread but apparently not in this one. The Printer Friendly button is partially obscured in that thread but not this one. Over to you. Hi Ken, The problem was caused by the very large attached image which Geoff posted. I have now transferred it to the Image Gallery, which automatically resizes images in messages. You ...

... and that would be just over half of what we had to purchase when it was made. I believe that the minimum order for plastic chair sprues can be 10,000 parts. So it could be that model railway societies become the main providers of track parts in future since they can afford to hold large orders in stock over long periods. Jim. posted: 24 Mar 2018 23:39 from: Rob Manchester Hi Jim, Thanks for your post. The point you make about the 'scale' societies stocking parts for trackbuilding is sensible but would need some co-operation between various societies. There wouldn't be much to gain if the EMGS and Scale4 groups both negotiated with suppliers for rail, sleepers and chairs when the track gauge was the only variable. 10,000 sprues of 10 chairs is only 10 metres of track for each of 50 members( if I read your quantity correctly). I have to say that the supply of parts via societies has sometimes been poor in my experience and items are often out of stock for long periods ...

... topic: 3740 moving a thread posted: 15 Aug 2020 14:08 from: Stephen Freeman I have just realised that I should have posted my news about the etched cosmetic fishplates in trackbuilding topics rather than share and show. I can't see a way of moving it, so unless Martin can move it I presume I shall have to delete and re-post? posted: 15 Aug 2020 14:38 from: Martin Wynne Stephen Freeman wrote: I have just realised that I should have posted my news about the etched cosmetic fishplates in trackbuilding topics rather than share and show. I can't see a way of moving it, so unless Martin can move it I presume I shall have to delete and re-post? Hi Stephen, No problem, I have moved it for you. Just ask me for anything like this. cheers, Martin. 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> moving a thread about Templot ...

... , did you have a baselayer below to stabilise the gauge, or was another method used to tie the blocks together. Thanks Alan@york Haven't tried it Alan, but it would not be too difficult to make something like this on a 3D printer. If I was making them I would add low profile webs to connect the blocks. The webs would be hidden under the ballast. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> GW concrete block and steel tie bar track work 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 web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in ...