Stephen Freeman
Member
- Location
- Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
- Info
- Builder of Finescale Signals in 2mm scale to 7mm scale, Trackwork, Turnouts and Layouts.
Good Morning,
I thought I would like to share some thoughts on a new project I will be concentrating on next. It is in EM Gauge with scalethickness plywood timbers. Having some prototype drawings sent to me, the next step was to try and re-create it in Templot. A false start was made by trying to adapt a standard issue Templot turnout, not easy and took forever.
I then had a Eureka moment, a normal Templot turnout with the timbering turned off, I then proceed to create 2 partial templates, one for the straight element and one for the curved part. I then turned off the rails for those. With a bit of adjustment I ended up with the result in the photo, which accords with the prototype drawing.
Now to add the rails etc. More soon
I thought I would like to share some thoughts on a new project I will be concentrating on next. It is in EM Gauge with scalethickness plywood timbers. Having some prototype drawings sent to me, the next step was to try and re-create it in Templot. A false start was made by trying to adapt a standard issue Templot turnout, not easy and took forever.
I then had a Eureka moment, a normal Templot turnout with the timbering turned off, I then proceed to create 2 partial templates, one for the straight element and one for the curved part. I then turned off the rails for those. With a bit of adjustment I ended up with the result in the photo, which accords with the prototype drawing.
Now to add the rails etc. More soon
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