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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:47 pm
by philipy
ge_rik:117613 wrote:
I'm afraid my fingers become thumbs when I try doing the fiddly bits - but I'm willing to have another go after reading your descriptions.
Rik
Knowing it can be done, and having a pointer as to how, is 90% of the battle. Thats exactly how your Deltang expertise helped me.
Octavius finally finished
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:04 pm
by philipy
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:32 pm
by LNR
The icing on the cake Philip, a beautifully built, painted and finished loco. You should be well pleased.
Grant.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:02 pm
by Peter Butler
I totally agree with Grant, a beautifully built and finished loco. Lots of nice detail and lining.... (where did that come from?)
Well worth the time and effort I think, congrats!
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:38 pm
by philipy
Peter Butler:119059 wrote: Lots of nice detail and lining.... (where did that come from?)
!
Thanks chaps.
Peter,
The lining was DIY waterslide. I used Draftsight ( which is a freebie Autocad lookalike and very good) to draw a simple outline of the cabside, ends and tank side. Then drew the lining and fiddled about with it until I got it looking about right - did several versions with the lining at different line thicknesses and configurations until I was happy. Then laser printed it onto white waterslide decal paper ( black central line and green outer line to edge the white. The difficult bit was then cutting round it all, but a ruler, pointed scalpel and care did the job. Most of it is straight lines, so only the curved corners are dicey.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:23 pm
by ge_rik
Excellent job Philip. She looks stunning and from the video it looks as if she delivers the goods - so to speak.
It's been great watching her slowly evolve through the thread.
Rik
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:11 am
by JCSteam
A very nice build, and a lovely looking loco
painting our the cranks worked well, I had to zoom in to see if they were still there, very cool
