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Has anyone determined the smallest footprint for a balloon loop, and wether it's possible with the available curves?
I'm trying to plan a continuous run micro layout, but as mentioned in my previous thread I can't yet print the track pieces.

I should add that at the same time they bought my Delta, my son also bought a second hand Ender 4, which he's still trying to get to grips with. Once he's perfected its use, it means I will have access to a larger printer only half an hour away (I've already put in an order for some LocoRemote track...

Well I've finally joined the club! My son and daughter bought me a MonoPrice Delta for Christmas. Although this is quite an unusual machine with a couple of limitations it seems to me to be an interesting introduction to this burgeoning extension to our hobby. Positives: Comes fully assembled and re...

Wouldn't a match truck suffice, with a swivelling coupling at one end to couple to the Tesco stock, and a fixed coupling at the other end to attach to your Lego stock?

Thanks for all the replies. I had forgotten entirely about the slicing stage :oops: I am having a look at AutoPrint, there are very few purely online slicers available. Next step will be to pass a gcode file to a friend of my son and see what comes back. Based on this I will be able to decide whethe...

The planting is really filling out, sitting looking at a cold autumnal day here in the UK, you have to remind yourself that you guys are in the full throws of spring.

A question for our 3D-printing experts out there if I may. I'm considering a cheap printer of the style which Rik has pointed out on eBay. I initially just want to print some window frames for some Foamex builds I have planned, and at the quantity I require the printer would pay for itself on its fi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0QqflJNILA

A modelling challenge?

Since following the link, my Facebook feed has been inundated with adverts for this. I too am quite curious, but a word of caution, if it is a scam then they will probably ship you something (not necessarily what you asked for) this gets around the Paypal buyer protection, because they can show a pr...

I'm with Rik on this one, Facebook is very much "in the moment", the value of the forum is the archive.
For instance I would consider it criminal to lose the like of Peter's thread with its 2455 responses and 360306 views.

We will just have to wait and watch to see what happens.

That looks great, a bit of a change of direction, from your metal chassis/bodies.

Water is not a very good conductor of electricity, it's impurities that make it conductive, i.e. salt water.

Rust would be the main issue.

Just watched the "from the air" video on the big telly.

I concur with Phillipy that the usual perspective is more engaging, but this does allow one to work out the relation between your elements, and a reveals a surprisingly simple track plan.

Congratulations to all involved.

A Morecambe card posted from Mauritius. So easy to confuse the two as holiday destinations.

Also at the start was hoping to go O gauge so all my track is Peco O gauge track. Am i going to struggle using SM32 vehicles or is it just the scale of sleepers etc that's different? It is going to be dependent on what code rail you're using. You may find the flanges on SM32 stock catch the chairs ...

I have to say that NPW are the only supplier in our rather niche hobby with whom I've had issues and about whom I've read unfavourable reviews. Don't take it as the norm. Look at the likes of Phil Sharples, Houston Gate, IP Engineering, Timpdon, and Swift Sixteen, for what to expect in a cottage ind...

I've never made my own track work, but I have used Faller track and points on a small indoor running circuit.
You could always test your locos on a Faller point and then use it as a template to make your own.

I'v trieddesigning such aloop uing Anyrail and MSS track and points, but can't get things to join up. Could you publish your track plan once it's ready so I can pinch it thanks? - Richard I suspect that using set track you'll never get the loop to match up, you'll have to be prepared to cut at leas...

That Jeep train looks rather interesting, I wonder if those guys were considered passengers or backup motive power!

Phil, please accept the comment in the light hearted manner in which it was intended. I am a massive fan of GR and appreciate the effort that goes in to what is probably considered a niche interest publication. You also missed the obvious irony of the typo in my own comment which I've only just noti...