CDR Railcar No. 10
Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
Pendle Valley Models do a generic bicycle in white metal for about £2.50, or you can splash out for a 1950s style gentleman's Raleigh cycle from Trenarren Models for £19.95! Given you now have the ability to print items, I suppose you will be better to try and find a pattern online to produce your own period cycle!
Phil
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Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
Thanks. I think I'll resist the £20 job, but might be tempted by the £2.50 model, unless, as you say, I can find a decent 3d drawing.Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:06 pm Pendle Valley Models do a generic bicycle in white metal for about £2.50, or you can splash out for a 1950s style gentleman's Raleigh cycle from Trenarren Models for £19.95! Given you now have the ability to print items, I suppose you will be better to try and find a pattern online to produce your own period cycle!
Rik
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Let me know if you do Rik. I've looked a couple of times in the past without finding anything worth having.
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Catching up again on this superb build. Suits your line perfectly, Rik.
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Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
Following my comment yesterday, being unable to get outside in today's weather, I had another trawl around for bike files and came up with this one on Thingiverse:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4050110.
By reducing the drawings to 40% on the slicer it comes out at about 95mm long which is again about right for a 16mm bike. An hour or so printing and 20mins assembly of the half a dozen component pieces got me this ( in works grey and still needing a clean up.): The files are labelled in Dutch ( I think) and that would explain the front carrier which would be unusual on a UK mans bike. It actually comes with the file to print a crate to sit on the front, but after a 60% size reduction it was too flimsy to print properly and I think I'll take the front carrier off, a couple seconds with a scalpel should deal with that.
The only other detail which is missing are the chain sprockets, and they would be easy enough to make up from a piece of styrene.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4050110.
By reducing the drawings to 40% on the slicer it comes out at about 95mm long which is again about right for a 16mm bike. An hour or so printing and 20mins assembly of the half a dozen component pieces got me this ( in works grey and still needing a clean up.): The files are labelled in Dutch ( I think) and that would explain the front carrier which would be unusual on a UK mans bike. It actually comes with the file to print a crate to sit on the front, but after a 60% size reduction it was too flimsy to print properly and I think I'll take the front carrier off, a couple seconds with a scalpel should deal with that.
The only other detail which is missing are the chain sprockets, and they would be easy enough to make up from a piece of styrene.
Philip
Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
Thanks Philip
I must give it a try. Not sure my printer will produce such a crisp finish but certainly worth a try.
Rik
I must give it a try. Not sure my printer will produce such a crisp finish but certainly worth a try.
Rik
Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
Rik,
Only after I printed and sprayed it and then posted, did I notice that it doesn't have a chain!!
I'm in the middle of trying to create that as an additional item, will let you know.
Only after I printed and sprayed it and then posted, did I notice that it doesn't have a chain!!
I'm in the middle of trying to create that as an additional item, will let you know.
Philip
Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
That looks an excellent representation of a period bicycle to me. As you say, a little work will give you the chainset.
Phil
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