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posted: 12 Oct 2008 15:27

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marc witten
 
Calne - United Kingdom

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Hi My Names Marc Witten,and would like to produce some templates for 3' gauge points etc,for my Irish rolling stock,and Isle of Man railcars ex CDR.If someone has the standards i would be appreciative,by the way i am modelling in 7mm to the foot ,1.43 scale,many thanks

regards Marc.

posted: 14 Oct 2008 12:31

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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marc witten wrote:
I would like to produce some templates for 3' gauge turnouts etc, for my Irish rolling stock, and Isle of Man railcars ex CDR. If someone has the standards I would be appreciative, by the way I am modelling in 7mm to the foot ,1:43 scale
Hi Marc,

Welcome to Templot Club.

Can you clarify what you are looking for? If you mean prototype drawings for narrow-gauge pointwork, they are hard to find. The "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

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marc witten
 
Calne - United Kingdom

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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 and 30" elsewhere center to center,
once again many thanks

regards Marc Wittem

posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:26

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Nigel Brown
 
 

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Look under Real - plain track options

Nigel

posted: 15 Nov 2008 00:12

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smokestak3174
 
 

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I've just started designing 3' track in 7mm and have been experimenting. I've found 84" (7') sleepers look more like the pictures I've seen of the prototype. But then I've also seen some very short sleepers which could be about 6'. I'm going to build some short sections to see which looks best and I'll post some photos.
I plan to use fine pins to fix code 100 fb to balsa sleepers as a trial.
Ian

posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:53

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JohnM
 
Knaresborough - United Kingdom

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smokestak3174 wrote:
I plan to use fine pins to fix code 100 fb to balsa sleepers as a trial.
Why use balsa for sleepers this may cause problems? Thin ply is  available in lengths that can be cut to size, also both copper and brass rivets  could be used to solder your rail to.

Regards,

John M

posted: 15 Nov 2008 21:17

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Paul Boyd
 
Loughborough - United Kingdom

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I would echo what John M has said - I don't think balsa would be suitable.  I would suggest buying ply sleepers from one of the societies and cutting them to length.

posted: 15 Nov 2008 22:24

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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Hi

About 15 years ago Steve Sims, with a little help from your truly, built Bleadon a 7mm exhibition layout based on the Weston Clevedon & Portishead railway, the track was constucted using code 100 rail spiked directly to balsa sleepers and turnout timbers. This proved useful as I spent many hours with my thumb nail distressing them to get the run down at heel look. The layout was on the circuit for several years with only minor problems associated with all track from time to time after which Steve sold it. The current owner still takes it out occasionally. The layout featured in an issue of the MRJ back then.

Cheers Phil :thumb:

posted: 16 Nov 2008 00:45

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Nigel Brown
 
 

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My first attempt at scratch built track, a long, long time ago, was balsa sleepers on a balsa base with rail glued down with Durofix. It worked.

cheers
Nigel

posted: 16 Nov 2008 13:26

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----- from Alan Hall -----

Instead of balsa, why not use the veneer strips that doll's house shops sell. Tougher, darker - no need to stain some varieties of wood.

alan@york



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