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  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.

Another inside half-scissors

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Just came across this:

inside_half_scissors.jpg


On the right is an inside half-scissors, about which I recently made a video, see these topics:

https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?threads/inside-half-scissors.465/

https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.p...er-straightened-slip-inside-half-scissors.30/

Other interesting details are the two trapping catch points inside the turnout.

Also at the extreme bottom-left there is a bolted half-chair adjacent to the fishplate, unusually on the gauge-side of the rail. The only reason for this I can imagine is difficulty swinging the keying hammer towards the fishplate on the other side. Anyone?

Judging by the 2-bolt S1 chairs, this is GWR territory. In which case that's a GWR old-type curved loose-heel switch. Notice the barely perceptible joggle on the left side, and the straightcut switch blade is shiny on top all the way to the tip. Likewise on the catch point blades. It's very tricky to model such a slight joggle, they are often overdone on model track. An undercut blade is much easier to model and the difference will barely notice in the smaller scales.

Sorry I don't know where or date.

cheers,

Martin.
 
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Indeed. Humble pie time!

As I said on WT, J shop - the big Iron Foundry building in the background - does not feature in many photos of the works. If anyone is interested in the subject, I suggest following Martin's link above.

Coincidentally, J Shop still exists and is part of the McArthur Glen Outlet Centre - I was in there this very morning!

Dave
 
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Just came across this:

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On the right is an inside half-scissors, about which I recently made a video, see these topics:

https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?threads/inside-half-scissors.465/

https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.p...er-straightened-slip-inside-half-scissors.30/

Other interesting details are the two trapping catch points inside the turnout.

Also at the extreme bottom-left there is a bolted half-chair adjacent to the fishplate, unusually on the gauge-side of the rail. The only reason for this I can imagine is difficulty swinging the keying hammer towards the fishplate on the other side. Anyone?

Judging by the 2-bolt S1 chairs, this is GWR territory. In which case that's a GWR old-type curved loose-heel switch. Notice the barely perceptible joggle on the left side, and the straightcut switch blade is shiny on top all the way to the tip. Likewise on the catch point blades. It's very tricky to model such a slight joggle, they are often overdone on model track. An undercut blade is much easier to model and the difference will barely notice in the smaller scales.

Sorry I don't know where or date.

cheers,

Martin.
Thanks for that martin, very good information, especially for me as I will be making some OldType GWR point work in the near future :)
 
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To return to this picture - I think the date is 1924-5 and the train is probably the 11.15 Paddington - Weston-Super-Mare which was, I believe, first stop Bristol Temple Meads, but a coach or two was slipped at Bath. The leading coach looks like an "extra". Given the state of the loco (polished buffers?) it could be 4082, Windsor Castle.
 
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