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- Sun May 12, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
A bit of both Rik. I usually tell Chitubox to put them in automatically and then look at them and take out the ones that are nonsense and add a few more to be sure! I also check and edit if necessary to make sure that the support bases are clear of the model and that the verticals are clear of faces...
- Sun May 12, 2024 7:21 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Sam small layout
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3557
Re: Sam small layout
Thats coming along nicely.
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
As a slight aside, I've been thinking about colour schemes for when I get that far. I know the preserved locos sport a variety of liveries so I wondered how fancy they were when when new. I kind of assumed that they might have been fairly ( completely?) plain darkish colours, but I've just come acro...
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Drew, I very rarely try printing more than one thing at a time in FDM. It's no quicker than doing them individually and as you say, more chances for things to go wrong. The only real exception, for me, is a set of wheels. Printed flat on the bed the m/c can't really get it wrong, just going round in...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
- Views: 58481
Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Interesting to read about your use of foamboard outside. I've never played with SBR though I know a man that uses it. I assume Postcrete is just a sand/cement mix, is it spread dry onto the wet SBR? Phil, Sorry, I forgot to reply. Yes, "Postcrete" is a proprietery readymix sand & ceme...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Things have been trundling along and I'm making some changes and reprinting the chassis/footplate. Not that there is anything wrong with Steve's original drawings but different people do the same things in different ways. :roll: I'll come back to that when I know if my way works. :lol: In the meanti...
- Thu May 09, 2024 5:53 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 772
- Views: 334947
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
A"me too" from me as well, I'm sure that you can both rise to the challenge. I was only thinking a day or two ago, that SVLR Andrew had been MIA for too long.
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: Garratt loaded test run
- Replies: 7
- Views: 216
Re: Semi-scale BR: Garratt loaded test run
Nota dodgy video at all, except for one thing. I know I'm in a minorit,y but to me music is so distracting and unnecessary. The loco and indeed its train, are mesmerising and I didn't notice any tweaking that is needed.
Well done.
Well done.
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: A Quiet Sunday
- Replies: 282
- Views: 132508
- Tue May 07, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
- Views: 58481
Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
I admire your perseverance Phil, but I fear that any attempt to use any kind of plastic, especially black, will end up as a variation on a theme. FWIW, I have used white foam board as a sub base then painted that with SBR and spread "Postcrete" on top. It weathers to a nice gravel appearan...
- Sun May 05, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Blog, Pictures, and Videos
- Replies: 13
- Views: 558
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: A Ruston-ish ....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1664
- Sun May 05, 2024 7:49 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: A Ruston-ish ....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1664
Re: A Ruston-ish ....
What is the motor Rik? I've seen ones that look like that but never been sure if they were any good, and as with all these Chinese motors there are varying voltages, ratio's, etc.
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
An update and admission! Not quite sure how it happened but when I printed the footplate I seem to have used an earlier drawing rather than the final one. It was only after I printed it and glued it to the frames, painted and posted about it, that I realised the error. :oops: There should be a row o...
- Thu May 02, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 147
- Views: 34634
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Thats a nice picture Drew. Its always a good feeling when you realise that you are actually getting to where you want to be.
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Just wish I had a bigger bed now for printing things that length, but it's not going to happen for years yet. Yes, well I'm fortunate Rod. I couldn't have afforded the big machines myself either, but technically they both belong to SWMBO's company and were bought to do a job for a particular contra...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: June 2024 Garden Railway Gallery - ENTER HERE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2439
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 17
- Views: 562
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Just to be clear - frames printed separately from the footplate? (And flat to the bed too, so oriented at 90 degrees to how we are seeing them?) The footplate was printed by itself, upside down from how it appears in this photo - a simple 2mm thick slab with a small groove on the long edges and var...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Worlds longest portable model railway record
- Replies: 2
- Views: 93
Worlds longest portable model railway record
Pete Waterman and his Railnuts team have been certified (!) by the Guiness Book of World Records for building the longest portable exhibition layout at 999.9metres!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wx31x1yljo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wx31x1yljo