Help! Which timbers to shove in Templot?

[MarshLane]

Evening all,

I've posted this message on the Templot Club, but thought it wouldn't do any harm to post here too. I've got a basic track layout, two points for my diorama, but there are of course overlapping sleepers, and I'm not sure how they should be 'shoved'. This is based on LNER/GC style of working. Can anyone give me any advice or point me in the right direction?

 

I get how to do it, just not sure where on the template to start and what should be combined/rotated etc, to get the right look?

 

Haven't got the PC available at the moment, so a couple of pictures of the two point templates showing my query!

 

Any help/advice gratefully received. Still getting to grips with this hand made track stuff!

 

Rich

 

 

[martin_wynne]

Hi Rich,

 

This is a typical result:

 

 

You could argue that only 4 long timbers would have been enough, although the GWR did tend to use more than most companies.

 

The basic rule is that you can't move the special chairs, i.e. any chair which supports more than one rail. They will fit the rails in only one position. So you must arrange the timbers so that there is timber under those positions.

 

This is OK - the "A" chair supporting the crossing nose is on a timber:

 

 

 

This is not OK, there is no timber under the "A" chair:

 

 

More about these diagrams here:

 

 http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_topic.php?id=2872&forum_id=22&page=2#p20949

 

See also these search results:

 

 http://templot.com/zoom_php/search.php?zoom_sort=0&zoom_xml=0&zoom_query=%22black+art%22&zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1

 

regards,

 

Martin.

[MarshLane]

Thanks for the help, advice and images Martin - much appreciated.

Rich

[MarshLane]

Hi Rich,

 

You could argue that only 4 long timbers would have been enough, although the GWR did tend to use more than most companies.

 

The basic rule is that you can't move the special chairs, i.e. any chair which supports more than one rail. They will fit the rails in only one position. So you must arrange the timbers so that there is timber under those positions.

 

regards,

 

Martin.

 

Hi Martin,

Thanks again for your support with that. After my timber shoving efforts the other day I forgot to update this post.  Do you agree with what i've done - or should anything be changed?

 

 

Rich

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