Garden Railway Forum

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Fri May 27, 2022 6:03 pm

I think this looks better

Yes, looks good...but where are all the beaten up crinkles??

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Thu May 26, 2022 6:52 pm

The next problem will be to figure out how to print it .....

I think I'd look at sort of printing it smooth, as Simon suggested, but deepen the centre section so that it sits down inside the sidewalls by a few mm to give them some support/strengthening.

I've never done it ( never needed to) but here are a couple of Youtube video's of how to do it in Sketchup, that I filed away, just in case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_bQX9I1PnU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTPfKaWRUY

Creality do loads of variations on their machines, as you probably know. I was in a not disimilar situation to you a few months ago when I neede to replace my defunct QidiTech1, and in the end I went for a Creality CR20 Pro, simply because of its physical dimensions - I needed it to fit in a particu...

if someone is stupid enough to stick their hand in a fan, which can only be accessed from the rear and makes one hell of a screaming sound, then who am I to argue with natural selection :dontknow: Reminds me of a time, MAAAANY years ago at school. We had built a propeller driven, aircraft diesel en...

Those black propellers look very good. How did you get them to print so cleanly? I tried using supports but mine turned out like your grey ones Yes, I agree. I did look at the possibilty of volunteering when Phil first asked, but decided that the propellors would prove too difficult and kept my fin...

Looking good Rik.
Looking forward to seeing the alyout in due course.
I've looked at drawing up an SM32 version of the loco, several times, but never quite got around to it. So it will be interesting to see your running one day.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 6:58 pm

If any readers are in the area on holiday, please drop in and introduce yourselves.

Sorry Peter, we were there on holiday a month ago, so sadly won't make it again until next April/May. ( had a great day though)

BertieB wrote: ↑

Thu May 19, 2022 1:05 pm

I imagine this to be early 50s Dorset (though sometimes it’s a 2022 heritage line).

No reason why you can't have a flexible calendar to go wth the traditional flexible ruler!

That is an absolutely superb picture, well done to both of you.
It actually looks like a real narrow gauge train in a real narrow gauge station.

Success! Took some time but was worth it. Of course the engine is rarely run backwards but when shunting or moving to and from the steaming bays, reverse is needed. (And, even if you hardly use something, it just has to work.) Absolutely right. It would have been criminal to build a beautiful model...

markoteal wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 9:00 pm

As promised a video of our first train

https://youtu.be/6WTWfnpoV6M

"Mighty oaks from little acorns, grow."

Thanks for the update Mark. Great to see it progressing finally.

To my eye, either 2 or 4 car units look best. The 2 car looks like a self contained 'DMU' and the 4-car looks like a train, whilst the 3 car looks as though there is something missing. However, they all look good.