Scalefour Forum

... Bob Dugdale brought along his Midland 4-4-0 in 7mm scale which is radio controlled and is battery powered. Tony Wilkins was giving Simon advice on Templot as Simon had the track plan for his proposed layout on his lap top. The support and advice provided by Tony on prototype track work and modelling ...

More work in Templot! Having put the original plan in place on the layout, I realised I could make one or two slight changes to the plan to improve the flow of the trackwork. This includes a 3-way interlaced turnout where the waggonway ...

Modelling, of a sort tonight... Whilst I've had a Templot plan of the junction for some time, it was based on a 1:2500 scale map and, as such, it was never likely to be a perfect match to the location, allowing for the scale of the map and it being ...

... times that the standard gauge track needs rebuilding to ensure long term reliability. Last night I got carried away and did a first stab at a Templot track plan for the track on boards 2 and 3. The scanned tracing I had done previously of the existing track was imported into Templot. I then ...

... was up in its entirety (fiddle yard apart), I took the opportunity to trace the remaining original track as best I could, ready for a spot of Templotting. I had some old A4 continuous printout paper ideal for the purpose. I cut out various bits of the paper to fit over and around the more ...

... a few days. This is handy, as I need to trace the old standard gauge trackwork on the other 2 scenic boards, ready to work on the track plan in Templot. It is also quite a morale booster, seeing everything together again. It was nice to hear Rob's constructive opinions on various aspects of ...

Hello Martin, I believe I was using the latest version as I logged on Saturday and Sunday mornings via the internet prior to the start of each day. As with any system different people will take different approaches to reach the same destination, or stick with an approach that they are happy with. If...

It seems that someone was asking about 3-way tandem turnouts on a Templot demo stand at Scaleforum. The demonstrator didn't mention that Templot now includes some automated functions to create tandem turnouts. If that person is reading this, please see: http://templot.com/companion/3_way_tandem_turnouts.php ...

... and well suited to our purpose. risley-hall.jpg The layout team made good progress laying track to the new alignments. Tony had drawn up a revised Templot of the layout previously and they worked to this. The track was fixed with PVA and held down with Tony’s cast lead weights until the glue dried. ...

Hello Tony, Thanks for posting your Templot plan. I will have look at it later. The fact that you are only 1" out on the dimensions of such a large project seems quite acceptable. There is that person up in Scotland modelling Kings Cross ...

Hello Tony, Thanks for posting your Templot plan. I will have look at it later. The fact that you are only 1" out on the dimensions of such a large project seems quite acceptable. There is that person up in Scotland modelling Kings Cross ...

To see the full effect, you will need to go to the Templot forum to be able to download the background shapes.
http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_topic.php?i ... orum_id=12
Regards
Tony.

... result is not as accurate as I would have liked /hoped, the last board being approximatively an inch short and at slightly different angles to the Templot plan in order to fit and some of the trackwork will have to be re-jigged as a result. The precise cause is difficult to ascertain although I ...

but I run a Mac which gets indigestion with Templot Hi David, Here's a 1:4.5 symmetrical Y-turnout from Templot (radius 1595mm, 63"): http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery/2/original/2_081324_390000000.png Here's the PDF file to print it: y_turnout_p4_4p5.pdf ...

Thanks Keith. The thought of using Templot had occurred to me but I run a Mac which gets indigestion with Templot. Your other idea is a good one, I shall keep it in mind.

Cheers,

David

... (Unfortunately much of the value of these archived docs is lost as the illustrations have been removed). Nowadays I would use 'Templot' which will produce any required template in minutes. Regards

... using the GordonS method I stained my sleepers with a mix of Colron wood dyes, thus preserving their wooden appearance. I did not seal the Templot base as i needed to see it in order to lay the track - had that not been the case I'd have painted it grey. The PVA did not seem to adversely ...

Peter, Although I laid my track after ballasting, my situation is pretty similar to yours. I stuck each sleeper individually onto the templot print out and the paper wasn't sealed. I ballasted portions of track dry and tamped down (I can't see that actually having the rails in place is greatly ...

... using the GordonS method I stained my sleepers with a mix of Colron wood dyes, thus preserving their wooden appearance. I did not seal the Templot base as i needed to see it in order to lay the track - had that not been the case I'd have painted it grey. The PVA did not seem to adversely ...

Peter, Although I laid my track after ballasting, my situation is pretty similar to yours. I stuck each sleeper individually onto the templot print out and the paper wasn't sealed. I ballasted portions of track dry and tamped down (I can't see that actually having the rails in place is greatly ...

Thanks again. As I alluded to in my last reply, a number of responses here refer to methods that predate Templot or at a stage of building that I am beyond as I have already attached the rails and electrics before considering ballasting. Let me expand a bit more on the construction ...

Your friend working in EM is then using the vees (pre-positioned) to work out from when laying the rest of the track as the templot print is by then under the pollyfilla ballast? Or does he trace another templot print onto the tops of the sleepers? There are a few things done to ease ...

Thanks all, quite a lot to mull over here. The Templot advice that I took at the time of starting the track build (many moons ago now) was to fully test the track before ballasting. And that is what I did and there's no going back now as it's all ...

Having recently completed a three way once the pre-assembled Vs are in the correct position everything else is gauged from the Vs and not from the underlying templot plan, that just serves as an approximate guide.
Rob

Hello Nigel

Your friend working in EM is then using the vees (pre-positioned) to work out from when laying the rest of the track as the templot print is by then under the pollyfilla ballast? Or does he trace another templot print onto the tops of the sleepers?

Andrew