GVT stock in 1/16th scale

[Durley]

I’ve been building some Glyn Valley Tramway stock in 1/16th scale (3/4” or 19mm to the foot), so I’ve started this thread to share some photos. At this scale, the GVT gauge of 2’ 4 1/2” equates to 45mm so matches my SM45 track work.

First up, here’s a few photos of the open 3rd carriage which I have modelled in early condition with fully open ends and the original GVT livery.

The model is a mix of 3D resin printed bodywork, milled aluminium angle axle guards/bearing holders, Slaters 7/8ths scale wheels, Trenarren Models couplings (too small at 16mm scale but look ok). The roof is made from milled Perspex rails with 3D printed ribs, basswood planking is sheeted with thin balsa sheet and covered in masking tape to simulate canvas. The details are mostly 3D printed parts.

The distinctive Greek fret lining was painted using washi tape masks cut on a Cricut machine. The GVT monogram was a special order from Endon Valley Custom Decals.

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[Peter Butler]

Absolutely superb! The colour and lining are excellent and all detailing looks faultless (as far as I am aware).
I'm a little unsure about your choice of passengers... the man in black looks to be up to no good at all.

[Durley]

Absolutely superb! The colour and lining are excellent and all detailing looks faultless (as far as I am aware).
I'm a little unsure about your choice of passengers... the man in black looks to be up to no good at all.

Thanks Peter. That’s Llyn ‘light fingers’ Ffransis. He can do you a good deal on a nice barely used gold pocket watch, as long as you pay cash and ask no questions

[LNR]

Wow!
Some very fine detail there, and of course the figures the icing on the cake. I've been wondering about a Cricut machine to finally get around to providing some data panels on my rolling stock.
Grant.

[philipy]

Very nice John, especially the lining which really sets them off, as others have said.

I've been wondering about a Cricut machine to finally get around to providing some data panels on my rolling stock.

I got the basic Cricut m/c ( Cricut Joy) ages ago, just to try to do my own lining and lettering. It does have some limitations but I'm not sure if the more expensive versions would be any better. The problem I have is that if it has to do multiple cuts, i.e inside and outside of a rectangular shape, the registration goes a bit to pot. Trying to cut the vinyl lining for my F & B loco, the narrowest I could get it to do is 0.4mm because it tries to do some at 0 mm and some at 0.5mm, because the registration slips. To do 2 or more colours requires matching cuts and fiddling to get them together accurately, see the drop shadow on "No.2".
This is the said loco, so far, and I'm debating whether to put lining on the wheels ( The various components are not yet fixed together):

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[ge_rik]

Excellent! The lining is the icing on the cake!

Rik

[Durley]

I got the basic Cricut m/c ( Cricut Joy) ages ago, just to try to do my own lining and lettering. It does have some limitations but I'm not sure if the more expensive versions would be any better.

Thanks Philip, your loco lining is very impressive. I use my wife’s Cricut Maker 4. The best I could do was a 0.8mm wide lines. The washi tape I am using is low tack and very delicate so tends to pull from the backing and tear as it cuts with lines any thinner. Vinyl would be better but I agree, it’s not going to do better than you have achieved with the Joy.

[Peter Butler]

The lining on this locomotive was done with a vinyl cutter, although I have no idea which one...

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Kay is so proficient she measured and cut all of them while I waited, drank coffee and talked models with her husband.

[Durley]

The lining on this locomotive was done with a vinyl cutter, although I have no idea which one...

Kay is so proficient she measured and cut all of them while I waited, drank coffee and talked models with her husband.

The lining looks great Peter, very neat.

[Durley]

Some photos of my 1 ton slate wagons. Left over from the GVT’s horse haulage era, these diminutive wagons were used to carry finished slates for transshipment at Chirk. I have made 4, but need to add another 3 for a prototypical rake as they usually ran as 7 wagons in total, marshalled at the tail of a train, in front of the brake van. I assume 7 wagon loads would fill one standard gauge open wagon.

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The models are mostly 3D resin printed. The floor planks are from basswood, with the distinctive lathe and bobbin style bodywork as a one piece 3D print on top. The couplings are brass castings for strength, attached via eyebolts that are soldered in a brass tube running along the centre line of the wagon and held in machined aluminium brackets. This transmits the drawbar loads through metal, rather than rely on the resin structure to take the load. The floor/solebars structure incorporates the brakegear, all 3D printed as one part. I usually prefer to mount the running gear in metal bearing holders but in this case, the lack of room led me to attach the brass bearings directly into the relatively bulky resin printed axle boxes. Wheels are Slaters 7/8ths scale which are the correct diameter but slightly too chunky to be scale, they do however add some decent weight to the wagons which helps them run well on the track.

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The slate stack loads are resin 3D prints. I created a single slate as an STL file using the Meshy AI tool, that I then digitally copied multiple times and combined to create the stack, before printing.

[ge_rik]

Beautiful, as ever, and the paint job is the final perfect touch.

Rik

[philipy]

That is incredibly impressive with all that brake gear printed as part of the solebar and floor. I've been trying to visualise how you would orientate it to minimise the supports - my brain 'urts!

[tommygander1941]

Some photos of my 1 ton slate wagons. Left over from the GVT’s horse haulage era, these diminutive wagons were used to carry finished slates for transshipment at Chirk. I have made 4, but need to add another 3 for a prototypical rake as they usually ran as 7 wagons in total, marshalled at the tail of a train, in front of the brake van. I assume 7 wagon loads would fill one standard gauge open wagon.IMG_5680.jpegIMG_5681.jpeg
The models are mostly 3D resin printed. The floor planks are from basswood, with the distinctive lathe and bobbin style bodywork as a one piece 3D print on top. The couplings are brass castings for strength, attached via eyebolts that are soldered in a brass tube running along the centre line of the wagon and held in machined aluminium brackets. This transmits the drawbar loads through metal, rather than rely on the resin structure to take the load. The floor/solebars structure incorporates the brakegear, all 3D printed as one part. I usually prefer to mount the running gear in metal bearing holders but in this case, the lack of room led me to attach the brass bearings directly into the relatively bulky resin printed axle boxes. Wheels are Slaters 7/8ths scale which are the correct diameter but slightly too chunky to be scale, they do however add some decent weight to the wagons which helps them run well on the track.
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The slate stack loads are resin 3D prints. I created a single slate as an STL file using the Meshy AI tool, that I then digitally copied multiple times and combined to create the stack, before printing.

Now THESE are really good! Would you be at all willing to share these, as I would love some 16mm SM32 versions