Help! I'm currently building an OO three-way tandem turnout, 1:8 and 1:6, both roads LH. My problem is, what angle is the second (counting from the toe end)...
Andrew Hartshorne
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Jul 2, 2005 1:52 pm
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Hi Andrew, ... There are some Templot templates matching C&L 00 gauge which can be downloaded from: ...
Martin, Thanks for the reply. Distance you require is 88mm. In view of previous discussions on tandems, I presume the 1:6 set of switches are A's and the 1:8...
Andrew Hartshorne
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Jul 2, 2005 9:01 pm
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Hi Andrew, ... The only C&L 00 gauge tandem template I have here is for the 'Y' left and right version. That has a switch lead (tips to tips) of 83mm, so I...
Martin, Thanks again. I've now decided on 1:8 for the second crossing, and A for the first set of switches - the toe end has been shortened by one sleeper...
Andrew Hartshorne
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Jul 3, 2005 1:52 pm
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Hi Guys, Does anyone on here know what the LCDR got up to with its track: photos are indistinct, and info hard to find. My guess is that a lot of track was...
Hi When he heard I was pushing templates around some baseboards for a late Victorian/early Edwardian Great Eastern ScaleSeven layout, Mick Nicholson said, why...
Hi Adrian, ... That's unusual. C J Allen in "Modern British Permanent Way" (1915) says "The dimensions of the railway sleeper are a matter of no small ...
... Don't forget that the GER generally had full length timbers under the switch and crossing areas, but used interlaced sleepers between the two, roughly...
Hi Simon I also have an interest in LCDR and SECR track while investigating the Hawkhurst Branch and Gravesend West Street and for once I can input somw data....
Good Evening Everybody! Simon I have just posted some SECR-LCDR photos from my files in the relevant section that may help with your trackwork, Are you a...
Dear All, Having bought my copy of Templot in September 2002, I thought it was about time I learnt how to use it, especially as I have been signed off work for...
andrew.howlett
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Jul 6, 2005 3:26 pm
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Hi Andrew, ... Are you following the tutorial on your original CD? Since then the last page has been updated to read: 2. A bay platform : (hints: in the...
Hi all, I know that this is off topic but I wonder if anyone can help me. After a lot of experimentation, I decided to use Kadee couplers but I have one...
... The between-the-rails magnets work well, and are easily disguised as crossings. Although on an existing layout, these are bound to be in the wrong places....
Derick, Thanks for your link, below. What an interesting site. Shame I am using bullhead and not flat bottomed rail. Those tie bars look VERY good. Kind...
If you are a discerning Templot user, and have similar appreciation for scale couplers, you may wish to also check out the Sergent Engineering ones rather than...
Hi Andy. Thanks for your tip. I have seen the website you refer to and must say I am impressed. I am modelling UK late 50s - mid 60s and knuckle couplers were...
In message <001701c5826f$928026e0$0602a8c0@petes>, Peter Drury <peter.s.drury@...> writes ... Hi Peter The Kadee electromagnets are very good and can...
Hi, on this grim day I need to clear my head and fill it with matters less distressing. I appreciate this is not strictly a Templot matter. However, it grew...
... Anything that makes it simple and as foolproof as possible has to be taken seriously. Go for the belf and braces approach. Regards Raymond -- Raymond...
Bill, Thanks for your suggestions and kind offer. Could you please send me the photos you offered. You will probably have to use my normal e-mail address...
Martin, Thank you very much for the help. Yes, I was using the CD. I have now added the bay platform and shoved some timbers. The next stage is to install...
andrew.howlett
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Jul 8, 2005 8:04 am
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... There's a description of home made electromagnets by John H Wright in the June 1999 issue of Roundhouse (Journal of the British Region of the NMRA. This is...
Martin, Thanks for that. I'll have a look because John Wright seems to be a man with plenty of good ideas. In message <00ab01c5841a$925fdfa0$a6a90c54@85a1>,...
Martyn, What's wrong (with me?) whan I'm getting 'I/O error 103' when trying to import a dxf file to 0.78e in Windows XP? I'm clicking: control, background...
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