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thanks Ted, you are right, I should have mentioned that.

It reminds me of tales of chaps in the 50s or whenever gathering in attics to smoke pipes and run clockwork versions of the West Cast Main Line, with bell codes tinging away all over the place, Andrew, I assume that you've not come across the Gainsborough Model Railway Soc? A decent O gauge version...

Instantly recognisable.... um.. well... I recognise it instantly but umm...!!

Seriously, a totally believable creation. ell done. looking forward to seeing it painted.

In keeping with the theme, if you can't quite see a rake of Mk5 sleepers, why not try a rake of Mk 2.5 sleepers?

That is a truly lovely piece of work, in every respect. Well done, Sir!

On top of what Steve said, I would add that Ithink the resin m/c is more difficult to get to grips with - less intuitive in slicing, for example.

Following a couple of queries on another thread, I thought a few bits of info from a complete novice might be of assistance in the future. I must acknowledge -steves- patience and assistance in my decision to get one of these machines in the first place. There are a number of machines on the market ...

Trevor, Steve has beaten me to it, and is far more expert than me, but I'm going to start a new thread with what I've learned so far about the technicalities.

I know very little about this technology, but wouldn't be easier to print the number plates in white and then paint them black, rather than the other way around? It quite likely would Tony. I tried spraying them black and painting white, and Andrew tried spraying white then overpaintng the black, w...

I think I agree with your wife ( brownie points for me?), the weathering on that wagon is very nice.

Good to see your progress. Keep it up!

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:52 am

I'd also suggest investing in a tube of Squadron White Putty (I get mine from Eileen's Emporium).

Yes, magic stuff!

Tom, This is a slight deviation from the topic but I was browsing through a book of plans by the 7mm Association this morning and I noticed that they have a drawings of the R & C Golf Links station building. You might already know of it, but if it's of interest, let me know. Is that the one wit...

Tom,
This is a slight deviation from the topic but I was browsing through a book of plans by the 7mm Association this morning and I noticed that they have a drawings of the R & C Golf Links station building. You might already know of it, but if it's of interest, let me know.

Ted, I did see it and in fact commented at the time. We both went through very similar thought processes and experience, I think. I know you commented about removing the support pips. There are many youtube 'experts' of course, but this one seems quite good on this subject https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Amazingly spacious and open looking. I know nothing about the prototype but that is a very nice model.

I've been twiddling the 'ironing' settings in Cura, so that might have made a bit of a difference. I'm still finding it a bit hit and miss though. My version of Cura is customised by Qidi and there is only ironing on or off, so I can't fiddle with it, unfortunately. In fact I'm still using an old v...

This all started a few months ago with a discussion between Steve and I about the fine print capability of fdm printers and the fact that resin printers are capable of much finer detail. To cut a long story short, after seeing some of Steve's work, I ended up splashing out on a resin printer - the A...

Just out of interest I left a side printing overnight, using your stl and 0.1 layer height and this is the result this morning: ( I used black because that was the tag end of a reel that was already on the machine and I want to use it up) DSC_0002[1].jpg Clearly not as good quality as yours but I do...

That is lovely crisp detail Rik.

What layer height did you use, your Thingiverse page simply says "fine"?

From https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Horse_operation Jake_the_horse_2005_Vintage_Wkend.gif FR Co. staff member Rebecca Kitchin and horse, Lasgarn Jake, during the Vintage Weekend at Tan y Bwlch. Jake is a variant of the Welsh Cob breed, believed to have been used on the slate trains before steam ...