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by SimonWood
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: How make stl files poseable with Blender
Replies: 12
Views: 138

Re: How make stl files poseable with Blender

Thanks Philip these look like great instructions, when I have a moment I will definitely work through, it'll be so useful if I can learn how to do this!
by SimonWood
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
Replies: 52
Views: 1492

Re: Gmeinder & Co loco

Once I got the hang of it, it was quite easy and potentially opens all sorts of possibilities for posing figures. If anyone wants to know how to do it, just shout. AHOY THERE! Yes please, thinking back to when I bought my first printer, figures was one of my key purposes, but none of my half-hearte...
by SimonWood
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

Lovely consistent finish across both new and refurbished elements, great looking loco.
by SimonWood
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Gmeinder & Co loco
Replies: 52
Views: 1492

Re: Gmeinder & Co loco

Those prints are superb. How did you orientate to cab interior to print it?
by SimonWood
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill
Replies: 321
Views: 69610

Re: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill

Excellent! Looking forward to running round there.

I had thought it might be a bit of a squeeze behind the veg, but I can see the space you’re making turning the bank into a wall is substantial. Does look really great. (As do the leeks by the way!)
by SimonWood
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: North Pilton Works
Replies: 7
Views: 537

Re: North Pilton Works

No direct experience, but as Philip says there are some previous experiences recorded on here you can compare yours to: 1 2 3
by SimonWood
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
Topic: March 2024 Gallery CLOSING DATE 1st MARCH
Replies: 35
Views: 8009

Re: March 2024 Gallery CLOSING DATE 1st MARCH

Attack of the giant Marsh Fritillaries!
by SimonWood
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

Fresh from all of these centre-cab discussions, I was having a little read of the latest SMT and on p44 there was... well, more of an off-centre cab loco, this Jung Motorloc at the Katwijk Narrow Gauge Museum.
by SimonWood
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

philipy wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:39 am I'm TRYING to see if AI can do anything to help convert the 2D pic to 3D, but don't hold your breathe, I'm not getting very far atm.
I would fully expect the "AI" to give it an odd number of wheels :lol:
by SimonWood
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

My HGLW loco - an LB1 - was Moel Rhos' first is still the most used. Same chassis. I do really like that steeple cab, have been sorely tempted many times. This is not that similar - not even narrow gauge - but it's one of my favourites: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Hellingly_R...
by SimonWood
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill
Replies: 321
Views: 69610

Re: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill

How long will the completed line be? And how long will it take to complete a single trip? Depends how fast you go of course, but back in May it took me 13 minutes to get to just this side of the steps in Trevor's photos... I was wondering if there was an equivalent to acetone for PLA so looked it u...
by SimonWood
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Mamod Brunel
Replies: 2
Views: 931

Re: Mamod Brunel

It's single cylinder isn't it? So starting it (normally) requires the 'hand of god' in the form of spinning the flywheel. Certainly that's how it is with my single cylinder Regner Konrad, which I've fitted R/C to anyway - it's useful being able to control the speed and stop it remotely, and most imp...
by SimonWood
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Replies: 272
Views: 124157

Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan

Magnificent. Somehow, just absolutely 'right', like that's the only way a 3'6" gauge blue BR Garratt could possibly look.
by SimonWood
Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Update.............................................?
Replies: 6
Views: 449

Re: Update.............................................?

Thanks team for all your hard work keeping the forum on the rails!
by SimonWood
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:31 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1079999

Re: Time to build a railway...but where?

Absolutely wonderful. Bags of character. I love it.
by SimonWood
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built
Replies: 65
Views: 9954

Re: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built

I was going to put the sheep wagon into the files section so everyone can use the files. So if you were to try it with the support settings I set out in an earlier post, and at the same sort of angle I have used it will be interesting to see how it comes out. We can compare parameters in detail off...
by SimonWood
Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built
Replies: 65
Views: 9954

Re: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built

I have to confess the finish is amazing. It makes me think that I should try bigger stuff in my Whale 2 and see what happens, but to be fair, I don't have the faith in it that I have on my AnyCubic printers, which mine are smaller ones. :dontknow: Oh dear. I should have bought an AnyCubic rather th...
by SimonWood
Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The continuious quiz
Replies: 497
Views: 135403

Re: The continuious quiz

This one's either insanely easy or unnecessarily opaque and I can't tell which, but in the interest of fairness I'll gladly accept either of her names. 'Insanely easy' is giving me the (almost certainly misplaced) confidence to suggest that the lettering "A-4" could imply that it's... an ...
by SimonWood
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:32 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built
Replies: 65
Views: 9954

Re: Palmerston - Small England Loco as built

I remember that! I considered getting a magnetic plate for mine. I didn't. Obviously a mistake! Although I have got better at prising the prints off since then - at the time I was having to use so much force they were snapping or flying off into forgotten corners of the shed...
by SimonWood
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: IP Engineering Jessie re-release
Replies: 3
Views: 3206

Re: IP Engineering Jessie re-release

I believe this iteration of Jessie was released a couple of years ago, and indeed I was tempted but managed to resist. Now if he were to re-release Jessica, my resolve might not be so strong...