Chris Higgs Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 For anyone intersted, I have put some LNWR wagon bodies I have been doing in 2mm scale also in 3mm scale on Shapeways. They don't work out very cheap I am afraid. Chris Higgs https://www.shapeways.com/product/H6NHGJ2ET/3mm-lnwr-d4-d53-d63-wagons?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58734932 https://www.shapeways.com/product/Z57X9GW8K/3mm-lnwr-d1-and-d2-wagons?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58734935 This might also interest a few people https://www.shapeways.com/product/ATV28422L/3mm-class-08-11-parts?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58874478 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallen Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thanks Chris, Just to clarify, for the first link, is the price for one wagon body or the stack of three shown in the image? Thanks Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thanks Chris, Just to clarify, for the first link, is the price for one wagon body or the stack of three shown in the image? Thanks Frank It's for the three. Doing them in multiple gives a cheaper unit price, not perhaps so much in 3mm as its does in 2mm, where you save a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallen Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks Chris Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi Chris I'll give them a try. Presumably the frosted extreme detail is higher quality then the ultra detail; can you give any indication of how much improvement you think there is, for these models? Difficult question I know, but I haven't heard of extreme detail before. Also, for the second link, this is for two bodies of each type? I'll pass the info onto the Society egroup, if that's OK with you, where there might well be some interest. Cheers Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi Chris I'll give them a try. Presumably the frosted extreme detail is higher quality then the ultra detail; can you give any indication of how much improvement you think there is, for these models? Difficult question I know, but I haven't heard of extreme detail before. Also, for the second link, this is for two bodies of each type? I'll pass the info onto the Society egroup, if that's OK with you, where there might well be some interest. Cheers Nigel From what I have seen in 2mm scale, the extreme detail does give a smoother finish and shows the rivets better. I have been told that the exterme detail is the same material as ultra detail, but Shapeways run the printer at finer resolution, which takes longer and hence costs more. But indeed it is difficult to say just whether it is worth the extra money at the 3mm scale sizes. The D1/D2 print gives four wagons - two each of D1 one plank and D2 two plank. However these wagons were both built first at 15'6" length, and later at 16'. So you get four wagons, all subtly different. One and two plankers were the most common wagons the LNWR built, outnumbering higher wagons and vans by quite a way. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2016 Chris Thanks for the info. I've ordered the D1/D2 in extreme detail and the D4 in ultra detail so can compare them. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted January 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2016 Those look terrific. I can't see that anyone who is a keen 3mm modeller is going to resist those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Those look terrific. I can't see that anyone who is a keen 3mm modeller is going to resist those. Well, given that only a tiny handful of D1s even made it to the grouping (1923) I should imagine there are plenty of BR era modellers who can happily walk on by! I am working on some later LNWR wagons (those to 9'9" wheelbase) that may appeal to later era modellers. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsair Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 For anyone intersted, I have put some LNWR wagon bodies I have been doing in 2mm scale also in 3mm scale on Shapeways. They don't work out very cheap I am afraid. Chris Higgs https://www.shapeways.com/product/H6NHGJ2ET/3mm-lnwr-d4-d53-d63-wagons?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58734932 https://www.shapeways.com/product/Z57X9GW8K/3mm-lnwr-d1-and-d2-wagons?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58734935 This might also interest a few people https://www.shapeways.com/product/ATV28422L/3mm-class-08-11-parts?li=shop-inventory&optionId=58874478 Hello Chris did you ever do the etchings for the convercion of a class 08 to a class 11 please regards mike . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hello Chris did you ever do the etchings for the convercion of a class 08 to a class 11 please regards mike . Are you talking in 4mm scale? Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsair Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Are you talking in 4mm scale? Chris Hello Chris 4mm scale is what im after i have a Bachmann class 08 that i converted and a baccmann class 08 to a class 12 so i would need two as i have never been happy with the cabs regards mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Chris, would you mind doing the wagons in 4mm scale too and making them available in BHDA? Might be best if uploaded as single bodies as you gain nothing in BHDA with multiple parts and in 4mm scale the savings with multiple parts in FUD/FXD are negligible these days. (Obviously they've cottoned on!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Chris, would you mind doing the wagons in 4mm scale too and making them available in BHDA? Might be best if uploaded as single bodies as you gain nothing in BHDA with multiple parts and in 4mm scale the savings with multiple parts in FUD/FXD are negligible these days. (Obviously they've cottoned on!) as a test, I have added a 4mm D2 here https://www.shapeways.com/product/CHLTWKZWB/4mm-lnwr-d2-wagon?optionId=61030036 The price is not that much lower than FUD to be honest. Is BHDA a better material (I have never used it)? Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted November 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2016 Hi Chris Just getting around to knocking up some etched wagon chasses for these. Quick question: the rectangular hole at the right hand end of the solebar; is this a mounting point for the brake lever assembly, or something else? Cheers Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 (edited) Hi Chris Just getting around to knocking up some etched wagon chasses for these. Quick question: the rectangular hole at the right hand end of the solebar; is this a mounting point for the brake lever assembly, or something else? Cheers Nigel Yes, and it sort of inherits from the 2mm design where we have foldup brake levers and both ends go into one hole. I could perhaps have done two holes here. When you say you are knocking up some chassis, do you mean existing etches or you are designing a new etch. I could easily enough create some 3mm LNWR wagon etches from the 2mm versions I am already in the process of producing. Chris Edited November 25, 2016 by Chris Higgs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted November 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2016 Yes, and it sort of inherits from the 2mm design where we have foldup brake levers and both ends go into one hole. I could perhaps have done two holes here. When you say you are knocking up some chassis, do you mean existing etches or you are designing a new etch. I could easily enough create some 3mm LNWR wagon etches from the 2mm versions I am already in the process of producing. Chris Designing a new etch. It's OK; I like the challenge! Have some others to do as well. Cheers Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2017 Chris A question. Can't find anything about LNWR D63 wagons; any ideas? I've enough info for all the others. Cheers Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Chris A question. Can't find anything about LNWR D63 wagons; any ideas? I've enough info for all the others. Cheers Nigel As it's not on the LNWR society website, it must be in one the LNWR wagons books somewhere. D63 is a loco coal wagon, although the drawing might appear somewhere else in the book. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2017 As it's not on the LNWR society website, it must be in one the LNWR wagons books somewhere. D63 is a loco coal wagon, although the drawing might appear somewhere else in the book. Chris Chris Thanks. I'll put out a search with fellow modellers who might have wagon books I don't (currently I've just vol. 1, although may acquire more) Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 The first wagon in this photo is I think a D63. Well, actually I'm rather guessing, but it is just such a fantastic photo I thought I'd include it anyway! http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrrm3056.htm Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 You know, what I might just have confused myself and everyone else here. Perhaps I meant D64, but wrote D63! The drawing I did certainly seems to match D64, as described here: http://lnwrs.org.uk/Wagons/lococoal/Diag064.php Anyway, the conclusion on brake gear is that it would have been the same sort of variations as D1, D2, D4 etc, But check out the brake lever, there were many variations in its shape. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted January 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2017 The top one of your 3 wagons certainly looks like a D64. I'll go with that! Thanks a lot. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Shapeways have just adjusted their pricing on FUD models. This has made the costs of 3mm bodies quite a bit less. I have also added 3mm bodies for MR vans of diagrams D353, D356, D357 and D362. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted May 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2017 Hi Chris That pricing makes van bodies look much more attractive. Thanks. I'll pass the word around. Do you know of a good reference work for these? I like the look of your LNWR D84 and D103 wagons. Any chance of making those available? I'm close to finishing the artwork for the other LNWR wagon chasses, although I'll shortly be away for a few week so it''ll probably be late July before I finish them. However, I've already taken a look at the 9'9" chasses as in the D84 and D103. Cheers Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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