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Bodmin General(ish)6


hayfield

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I have been doing a bit of what Gordon S loves doing with his Eastwood Town layout which is printing off track plans, my efforts are nowhere near to his standards, thought I would see how everything would pan out in full size,

 

I have also been looking at how close I can get the platforms, plus looking at how I can kitbash a couple of Ratio stations into something similar to Bodmin

 

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This is the start or engine shed end of  the second board, I changed the turnout into a single slip which not only adds to the selections of trackwork but gives me an additional loco stabling area, bottom left is the workshop

 

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The platform area showing the second platform

 

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I could not resist printing out board 3. Top right is the engine shed road, nest down is the second siding which follows the branch to Wrenford. The next pair of lines are the branch to the mainline Bodmin station and the siding which follows it. Bottom right are the 2 roads for the workshop, these may end up being a bit longer. The crossover and following turnout will need moving a few inches left to avoin the baseboard join.

 

Still now the plan looks fine and certainly the first two boards seem settled.

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That looks really good, John, and I’ll look forward to seeing your beautiful pointwork as it develops...
 

Printing and sticking together all those templates really is great way of testing things out. It’s so much easier and cheaper than cutting wood and starting to lay track, which then has to be ripped up.

 

I often find something isn’t quite right and moving a turnout a few mm in either direction visually changes things for the better.

 

I’m amazed how many times even straightforward  plans have flaws that don’t become apparent until you lay it out full size.

 

Just make sure you have plenty of paper, sticky tape and print toner. Getting a large pair of scissors also helps. I got a very sharp pair of wallpaper scissors off Amazon for less than £5. Males life so much easier for cutting curved track beds.. I also use an A4 guillotine for cutting the template borders. I’ll dig out links to both items later today.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071YT32NR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

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I use a scalpel knife to trim the sheets, I do find it a bit hard keeping all the pages square though. The main platform bays will form the datum line, along with the roads to Wrenford and Bodmin Parkway lines. From these everything else will flow according to things like structures and baseboard joints.

 

I did think about swapping the crossover into the goods yard with the turnout into the engine shed, however not only keeping it truer to the subject it is based on, it will also add additional operational interest for instance engine shed to workshop 4 moves rather than two.

 

I am also considering adding one or two extra sidings in the goodsyard/workshop area, but will depend on how they look in relation to the existing track and buildings

 

As for my track building skills, thanks but its more down to the skills of Martin Wynne designing Templot and Len Newman and his skills in product design with C&L and Exactoscale. Not forgetting all the knowledge and help I have gleaned form members here, on Templot Club and demonstrators at shows.

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Here's the paper guillotine I use. I've probably had it over 5 years now and it's just as sharp as the day I bought it. Ideal for cutting the pages square and we use it for loads of other things around the home office. Makes trimming 50 sheets or so, very easy.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Avery-A4-A4TR-Office-Trimmer/dp/B000SHPZ78?SubscriptionId=AKIAI6WGZ24OLDWOOQJA&tag=avuk085-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000SHPZ78

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Thanks, looks like a goo idea, one of the issues is the paper holder in my cheap HP printer, if the guide is narrowed it prints off centre, plus one (long) border is nearly 1" wide. However cutting with a straight edge and scalpel is easy enough its just lining up the sheets on 2 axis I have issues with 

 

Plans which go on boards I use as rough guides, for building turnouts, crossings and formations I build them off board and take extra care when attaching pages together

 

When building I try and keep formations as small as I can. Its also easy to rearrange the pages within Templot to minimise the number of pages required for each formation. I also try where possible not to have page joins through crossings on the build templates etc

 

 

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Hi John,

 

It is easier to trim the templates accurately if you print on thicker paper than ordinary office paper. I recommend 160gsm paper for the templates, which is almost a thin card.

 

The trimmed pages can then be butted together like tiles and stuck down with Spraymount or double-stick tape onto something else, such as your track construction board or a roll of decorator's lining paper, rather than attached to each other.

 

If you are having trouble with the trim margins on your printer, they can be adjusted at output > trim margins and corner info > margin settings for printer > menu items.

 

cheers,

 

Martin.

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Thanks for the tip, I will try and buy some decent paper as you recommended, but trying to keep away from spraying the templates to my building boards. However will try the but joining method  rather than double sided taping both together

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