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topic: 2423Basic industrial turnouts
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posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:56

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Decauville1126
 
Littlehampton - United Kingdom

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Hi all,
Please excuse this very basic request from a newbie but I'm at a loss as to how to produce 'non-standard' turnouts for small dioramas.
I did manage some templates in the old Trax2 but can't work out how to do it in Templot. The basic specification is for, say, a P4 6" radius turnout, diverging from straight track, constantly curved throughout (ie curved blades) and the crossing angle becomes whatever it does. More akin to tramway modelling but I have successfully got down to 3.5" radius with pointwork (I know I should get out more ...) in P4.
If someone can give me a start then it would be most appreciated. I can then look at changing radii, Y-points, etc, and even joining them up for complete trackplans for small dioramas. I tend to dabble in a variety or scales/gauges but am definitely from the non-savvy school of computing!
Peter Smith


posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:58

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Hi Peter,

Welcome to Templot Club. :)

Some data for prototype industrial turnouts is at:

http://templot.com/martweb/templot_forum.htm#industrial

The smallest size (1:2) has a radius of 12.192 metres = 40 feet = 160mm in 4mm/ft scale = 6.3" radius.

An exact replica requires a 6ft custom switch.

However, you can get very close using the pre-set 1:24 short model switch in Templot. Set a curviform crossing, and adjust the crossing angle with F5 or F9 until you get 1:2 (for 6.4" radius) or 1:1.94 (for 6" radius). Set equalized-incremental timbering:

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Above is for bullhead rail -- in practice such turnouts would almost certainly be light FB rail. Set head and foot.

Ask again if you need to know where to find all these settings.

regards,

Martin.

posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:59

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Decauville1126
 
Littlehampton - United Kingdom

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Hi Martin,
Thanks for the info - I'm beginning to see how to do it. Once I've got the hang of how to store the individual pieces I'll hopefully be able have a go at joining them up to form a mini-layout.
Peter.

posted: 15 Mar 2014 13:53

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Decauville1126 wrote:
Once I've got the hang of how to store the individual pieces I'll hopefully be able have a go at joining them up to form a mini-layout.
Hi Peter,

As that is a separate subject from industrial turnouts, I have moved the replies about it to a separate topic:

 topic 2422

regards,

Martin.



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