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topic: 3609Turnout side or main side
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posted: 10 Feb 2020 17:51

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ikcdab
 
Taunton - United Kingdom

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I get confused by these terms! It is obvious when the template is a turnout, but when the template is a plain piece of track, how do i know which is which?I ask because when i have a plain piece of track and i wish to double it, i never know whether to select TS or MS. At the moment i just guess and normally i get the opposite one.
I did think it might be related to the peg position, but i have tried moving the peg to the other end of the plain track and TS is still the same side....


posted: 10 Feb 2020 18:39

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Jim Guthrie
 
United Kingdom

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On plain track there is a line across one end of the template just a bit longer than the sleepers. On one end of this line is a square box. That indicates the "M" side of the template. Martin will probably be along soon with full chapter and verse. :D

Jim.

posted: 10 Feb 2020 18:47

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Hi,

Plain track templates have a flag on the end joint marker to indicate the MS main side:

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Another way is to insert a turnout and then remove it again. You can do that very quickly -- starting with plain track, hold down the CTRL key and then press the I key and then the L key:

CTRL-I = insert turnout in plain track
CTRL-L = convert to plain track

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 10 Feb 2020 18:58

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ikcdab
 
Taunton - United Kingdom

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Thank you thats really helpful. Not sure why i didnt spot that before!

posted: 10 Feb 2020 19:06

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Paul Boyd
 
Loughborough - United Kingdom

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All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that!

posted: 10 Feb 2020 19:20

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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Paul Boyd wrote:
All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that!l


Paul,

Likewise, just goes to show, that you can learn something new about Templot, most days.

Phil.


posted: 10 Feb 2020 19:39

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Rob Manchester
 
Manchester - United Kingdom

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Hi Martin,

What about putting 'MS' in the little square box on the templates ? It may even prevent more questions about which side is which :D......and yes I had forgotten about it too :(

Rob


posted: 10 Feb 2020 21:20

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Rob Manchester wrote:
What about putting 'MS' in the little square box on the templates ? It may even prevent more questions about which side is which :D
Hi Rob,

Thanks. I will think about it.

It's not as simple as it looks -- it can't be part of the template itself, otherwise when the template is the other way up it will read "SW". :?

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 11 Feb 2020 04:35

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Andrew Barrowman
 
USA

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Paul Boyd wrote:
All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that!
I think that's a fairly recent feature.

posted: 11 Feb 2020 08:45

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Jim Guthrie
 
United Kingdom

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Andrew Barrowman wrote:
Paul Boyd wrote:
All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that!
I think that's a fairly recent feature.
I agree - in the last year or two.  I think Martin added it in response to another query about MS/TS and the lottery disappeared overnight. :D

Jim.

posted: 11 Feb 2020 12:21

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Jim Guthrie wrote:
I agree - in the last year or two.
Correct. :)

I thought it was further back than that, but in fact it was in 216a, released 20-Nov-2017:

 topic 3128

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 11 Feb 2020 17:06

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John Lewis
 
Croydon - United Kingdom

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Martin

Why not put the 'M' - the 'S' is not really necessary - so that the 'M' is at right angles to the rails? Then when the templte is turned roud it will still look like a sideways 'M'?

John



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