Garden Railway Forum

Good to see you back James, I saw your ebay auctions, they looked very good, I hope they sold well. Your line is look really good now it's settling into its landscape. Things are becoming really well established. I look forward very much to seeing pictures of the new extension. Andrew Thanks Andrew...

Hello everyone! I can't believe my last post was in June - I should be sacked from the forum! Here's hoping you all had a wonderful summer with loads of running. Since my last post, things have slowed somewhat, work has been ridiculous in the last 6 months and on my odd days off, we didn't have good...

Nice, James. Did you print the wheels or are they bought in? I have seen printable wheels on Thingiverse. Thanks Philip The wheels are Swift Sixteen - I have a lot in stock - hardly worth printing them, they are pence from SS.....I am unsure how the PLA or ABS would last if printed. Are you going t...

I am sure you all know that I have been messing around with 3D printing. I have a few projects on the go but wanted to try a quick wagon. This was made from start to finish in 3 hours - that's 2 hours for the chassis to print and then clean it up and then an hour to add the wood top, detail and pain...

Thanks. A number of interesting points here. First though, I actually bought the dual head Qidi, partly because it has a slightly bigger print bed and partly to allow for printing supports to overhangs, etc, in the future. So far however I'm only using one head, I haven't even got any dissolvable f...

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:08 pm Glad you guys are enjoying your 3D printing adventure.

Would you be interested in printing stuff for us mere mortals? I have a few little things I would like made.

Hi Tom. Its a steep learning curve and yes I'd have a go at printing for you, drop me a pm.

Cheers

J

James, Have you done any experimenting to reduce the surface print pattern and thus reduce the post production work? I'm thinking of, say, reducing print speed and/or increasing extrusion temperature? It's something that I want to play with, although with what I've been printing so far its more of ...

Since Phiply and I are on a mission to get to grips with 3D printing...here is a teaser of my next project: I am using 3D printed parts to create masters for resin mould, (the parts need post printing treatment with wet and dry) - trying a little loco for some fun! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/411...

Looks great! Also looks like you got a bright orange free reel of filament as well.... did you for the same printer as me in the end? :) Jim Sorry Phil, I only just saw the posts above which answer my question. Really impressive first prints and I am glad you are enjoying your new machine :)

Looks great!

Also looks like you got a bright orange free reel of filament as well.... did you for the same printer as me in the end?



Jim

Mini update.... I had been bothered for a few weeks that I hadn't steamed my Regner Konrad in a while so I dusted it off and had a lovely hour long run on the skip train....and made a little video for you guys. Sorry for the shaky hand held shot in the first 20 seconds or so. https://www.youtube.com...

slicing ..... I have tried several but get far better results from MatterControl. Hi James, I'm actively looking at 3d printing again. I quite like the look of MatterControl, compared to, say, Makerbot and Replicator G. However, I've just downloaded it ( 3 times!) from the Mattercontrol site and my...

Hi. That's a lovely little loco you have there and your plans for it sound great too. I bought an RH Bulldog last year and if you look back through my posts, you will see that I too was very reluctant to weather the lovely paintwork! I did go for it in the end (with a little encouragement from my fo...

James, I noted earlier in the thread that you used 3D Builder in Windows for your drawing work. I've never used that before so I thought I'd have play with it this morning to see how I got on. Unfortunately it no longer seems to exist!! Windows 10 did a mega "upgrade" ( took 2 hours in to...

Thanks Tom

I love your line and videos too!

One last pic for today...the 4 Diesels of Staple Hill - Left to Right - Daisy, Spanner, Dr Sludge & Ben

Mini update from me today. My next loco was ready for testing today so made a short video and had some shunting fun. I have written up the build on this forum in my "3D printed loco parts " thread....Here is my 3D ptinted / plasticard new loco: https://youtu.be/DdoLZf0vxS0 Hope you enjoy :)

Great update James - loving the ballasting -especially the oily mix. I also have been drilling into the legs of my people for the very same reason - I have a passenger MIA after the winds - I can see his feet but he's wedged down between two fence panels - I've rung the mines emergency team and ask...

Hi James, The ballasting looks a treat, what material are you using please? (I'm just about to start mine). Your line is looking really good, I love the coaling area. Keep up the good work and keep us fed with the great pictures please. Andrew Hey Andrew Thanks :) I use Truegrip 68 from here (I buy...

This printer is available from Amazon at around the £300 mark, Hi James, Thanks for the replies. I hadn't come across this manufacturer when I was looking before, so interested to see it. Which model do you have? You mention " around £300 " but there seem to be two models, one at ca. £400...

Really interesting. I love the concept of 3d printing but am struggling to justify the expenditure. I assume the more you pay the better the quality of outcome. Rik Hi Rik This printer is available from Amazon at around the £300 mark, the filament is around £16 per Kilo (which as far as I can see w...