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posted: 25 Jan 2015 15:55 from: TPP
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Hi Guys I am moving along with my idea of building a 15 inch gauge railway in 7mm scale. This will use 9mm gauge track at 1/43.5 scale My 'prototype' uses 6.5" wide sleepers ( 36 " long on the straights ) and on the straight is spaced 27" between centres. My first turnout will be a 1 in 6 based on one of the N gauge ones in Templot - obviously that timbering isn't at all suitable and it occurs to me that any arbitrary dimension I might set for sleeper spacing in the turnout might not work anyway. So should I start with what sleepers are actually needed for support and then just fill in using those fixed sleepers as reference points ? If that's the right way for me where do I need support anyway - I think what I am trying to ask is where MUST I put some sleepers ? I am not sure what makes a difference but my model track will be using FB rail and will be copperclad construction |
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posted: 25 Jan 2015 16:22 from: wcampbell23
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Hi Start Templot and open the Gauge menu. Select the "other gauges" option. At the top left corner of the window that appears there are four custom buttons labelled a, b, c and d. Click on whichever of these you want to use - they are usually undefined. Simply enter the information for your own scale/gauge combination and away you go. Don't worry about the turnout timbering - let Templot use its settings and then shove timbers if need be. Save your first template as a future starting point for any designs in your own scale/gauge. Creating your own scale/gauge combination is easier than you think. Regards. Bill Campbell. |
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