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Re: IP brake van

Post by markoteal » Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:37 pm

Phew - good to see him back on his feet - he'll have to guard against any similar events! ;)
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Re: IP brake van

Post by Big Jim » Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:34 pm

he'll have to guard against any similar events! ;)
Oh dear.....

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Re: IP brake van

Post by markoteal » Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:08 pm

I'll get my coat! :)
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Re: IP brake van

Post by Big Jim » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:35 pm

Well it is finally finished. All fitted up. Dai Rhear, the guard, is on duty.
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The lamp is from SLR models and is a tad bright, I may change it from using two button cells to one in order to dim it slightly. The interior is lit by a hacked about LED flickering tea light. This gives a nice, flickering oil lamp effect and shows of the inside quite nicely.

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I must say that I am quite pleased with it. When the wife goes out tomorrow I will bring it in the house to warm up and give it a spray with some matt varnish, just to seal it.

Next project has been started already, watch this space.........
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Re: IP brake van

Post by Peter Butler » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:38 pm

Nice looking vehicle Jim, when the weather looks promising we must give it a spin.
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Re: IP brake van

Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:02 pm

What is the finish like from the 3D printers that SLR Models use?

The van looks pucka. Can you make me one please?

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Re: IP brake van

Post by Big Jim » Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:22 pm

The finish is not too bad, nothing a little gentle sanding won't sort out.

Thanks for the request, I think I will pass on that one.

I should have kept a log of the hours that went into it, I always find actually finishing a model is quite difficult. I find I have lost some enthusiasm when I can see that the end is in sight and I have to be very careful about getting a bit slap dash.
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Re: IP brake van

Post by ge_rik » Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:18 am

Very nice model, if I may say so.
Only just got the pun on the guard's name - brain a bit slow this evening (sorry, morning!).

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Re: IP brake van

Post by philipy » Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:41 am

Very nice Jim. Well worth all the effort
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Re: IP brake van

Post by River Lin » Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:25 am

I think if we kept a log of time that goes into our models we would surprise ourselves. I started my latest project in April and am just starting on the internals. :D
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Re: IP brake van

Post by IrishPeter » Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:44 pm

Nice looking BV!

Yes, the amount of hours is terrifying sometimes. When I was building the last line I once logged about 30 hours in a week, and much of it hard graft of the variety I can usually safely avoid in my day job. Complaints were made by Herself about being a railway widow, so I knocked it back a bit after that.

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Re: IP brake van

Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:32 pm

IrishPeter wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:44 pm Complaints were made by Herself about being a railway widow...
I know this one!

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