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posted: 8 Mar 2010 15:34 from: Donald MacLean
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One more session and my new baseboards should be complete! Which means I can start laying track. While the baseboard project has been on-going, I have started bench construction of some of the more complex pint configurations. I am intending to try the 'ballast-as-you-go' technique which means accurate positioning of the point modules while the glue retains its tackiness. As an assist, I am envisaging printing mirror images of the more critical track patterns onto the ink-jet paper that is used to transfer images onto T-shirts and the like and ironing the templates onto the cork underlay. [Expensive I know, but this will be my last layout and I want to ensure it will be done right. And it will only be on the complex bits!] First questions then are, obviously, has anyone tried this? And, if so, did it work and was it worth the effort? Did the heat of the transfer process affect the cork underlay? Secondly, if this is unexplored territory, how can I generate mirror images of the track pattern to print on the transfer paper so that I can play with the idea? Duplicating, mirroring and printing a group would appear to be one way to go, but I'd really like to retain the original x/y marginal co-ordinates (in the correct sense, if you know what I mean) for ease of positioning on the baseboard. Any advice gratefully received. Donald F. MacLean |
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posted: 8 Mar 2010 16:16 from: Richard Johnson
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Hi Don Rather than using heat, I had good success in doing something similar (not with Templot prints though) by printing with an inkjet printer then placing the print face down on the target surface and spraying the paper on the back with plenty of meths from a window cleaner bottle - then rubbing it down a little - the meths transferred the image rather nicely with no heat to worry about. Richard |
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posted: 8 Mar 2010 16:42 from: Martin Wynne
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Donald MacLean wrote: Duplicating, mirroring and printing a group would appear to be one way to go, but I'd really like to retain the original x/y marginal co-ordinates (in the correct sense, if you know what I mean) for ease of positioning on the baseboard.Hi Donald, Templot doesn't have any functions to print the grid in reverse. Some printers include mirror or flip functions to reverse an entire page, for use in connection with OHP transparencies. If your printer doesn't do that, you might try the Snagit program: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp This includes a virtual printer similar to the well-known PDF generators. It includes Mirror and Flip functions, after which the image can be saved in a wide range of formats including PDF for printing via Adobe or Foxit Reader: 2_081139_380000000.png  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 8 Mar 2010 17:11 from: Donald MacLean
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Thank you, gentlemen, for your rapid responses. I drilled down into the printer layout options on my new printer and, lo and behold, I found a 'print mirror' capability! Never thought that I might find a solution EXTERNAL to the software! So I am getting there. Donald |
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posted: 9 Mar 2010 11:17 from: David Cooper click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Donald Have you considered using transparent OHP paper and glueing or double sided taping that down ("transparently?") and building the trackwork in situ on he OHP material. I tried it as a test once and it seemed to work well enough. I think I bought the OHP film from: http://www.photopaperdirect.com/categories/Overhead-Projector-Film/ Good luck David |
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