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ge_rik wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:19 am

Sounds like a good candidate for a 3D printer project ......

Rik

Yep, I've been thinking that as well.

I do have one of those GRS chassis and I agree it is a superb runner and very well made. I agree with Peter ( and others), its a nice simple and easy chassis to work with, although I have no experience of the body kit. I used the chassis in my 'Octavius' build. https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtop...

Love the lizard ( and the trackwork ain't bad either! ).

Hi Phil, I did put a clip on Twitter a while back but I plan to get some better footage sorted soon and put it on YouTube: https://twitter.com/bwlrpeter/status/1525859551521783812?s=21&t=fAyJMkbs5l5shAtK3AoPJw [/quote] Cheers Peter. Not sure which I nevy most, the loco or the garden! Both are beaut...

Interesting Trevor, thanks. I rarely use ABS but a couple of months ago I had to use it for a job for somebody, creating long, thin, pcb 'standoffs' - 75x8x5.5mm with threaded holes in both ends and a couple of transverse ones. I had problems with elephants foot and also lifting at one end, which lo...

BWLR wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:04 am

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That is a lovely looking little loco. Any chance of some video?

The grass will come back. It looks crispy and dead but that's nature's way! Monty Don (of Gardener's World fame) reckons to give shrubs etc a good soaking once a week so the water percolates down deep rather than dribbling a bit on every night. My wife agrees with him so he must be right! Agreed ab...

LNR wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:34 am

Yes Peter,
I was nearly going to put a talk bubble on the two guys at the back,"do you think they're going to do any work or just talk about it.
Grant.

They are a lovely set of pictures Grant, well up to your usual standard.

They look brilliant, thanks so much for posting the link, Graeme. Now top of my 'to print' list when I get home from hols.

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:03 pm

This drought is hell in the Nortwest...

Durability was an issue I hadn't considered. They will need to be able to withstand the odd hot cinder In which case I'm afraid that you will be on a hiding to nothing with the 'normal' 3d printing materials, which are all plastics of one sort or another. It is possible to 3D print metals these day...

Yes, it will be interesting, although at a guess its just fancy packaging for Andrew's method. By the looks of it, the LH bottle is just a primer, the centre one is iron powder and and the RH bottle is Copper Sulphate ( The blue colour is the dead giveaway! ).

If you look through Andrew's thread, he has a very effective method of producing rust using iron powder and copper sulphate.
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=6380&p=169100&hilit=rust#p169100

Nice pictures as usual, Andrew. this whole section of line could do with some work! Some is largely cosmetic(ballasting the relayed bit, mending the fencing etc), Mmmm... I imagine that if Mr Spectre ever manages to stagger his way back norf' from the Land of Oz, he might have a few words to say abo...

That is some civil engineering!
It's a good job that you and Trevor are at opposite sides of the globe, I dread to think what the two of you would concoct if you were close together!