thegavs Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Am starting a thread to show some of my workings in Gauge3. Be-warned I am the worlds slowest modeler and am very easily distracted by new projects! A couple of things am working on. An FEA-B container flat, its going to be big at 900mm long each, so far am working on the bogies which will be resin cast from 3d printed masters over a brass/nickel silver etch. The body will be laser cut ply. Also converting a Bachmann Thomas the Tank and coaches to Gauge3. Working on the coach have widened the gauge, fitted bearings and compensation. Am fitting lights controlled by wifi from my phone. Next need to add interier partitions and seats. Using my phone I can switch the lights on and off and dim them. It also reports back the battery voltage. Will update as I go along 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Yes. More gauge 3 on this forum please! The work looks good. Any more to show on the scratchbuilt wagons? Im working on a scratchbuilt van, but Im no CAD wizard, so I have to hand build everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Hi Gav I hope you'r the guy i think, I'm the one that dabbles in G3 with the Horsebox. Looks good what you have cooking. Lets try and get a G3 BANNER showing in the index. Are you going up to GC show, if so see you there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Cannot make gc but will be at Swindon later in the year. Have realised the bogie side fouls the body so have had to rework it. Am now working on the brake gear. Photos to follow G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Not had a chance to do any modeling but have shot some video of other peoples efforts in Gauge3 and 16mm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 Doing the CAD work for a LMS black 5 tender axle box to be 3d printed then cast in resin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Looks good, though is the resin the bearing surface, or are you putting a brass or nylon bearing in it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 Looks good, though is the resin the bearing surface, or are you putting a brass or nylon bearing in it? The plan is a steel laser cut frame with brass bearing in with the resin as an superficial overlay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Ok, so youre essentially scaling up 4mm and 7mm practices. While not my first choice, I can easily see the merrit to that strategy. Much less fiddling around with tiny springs and sliding surfaces. So you have a black 5 in the works, an FEA-B, and you're modifying Bachmann products. Are you building just what interests you, or is there some elaborate plan Im not seeing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 You are looking for logic where there is simply none. The black 5 a friend is doing am just doing the axle boxes for him. The FEA-B I see going past one of the places I work and just like them. The Bachmann stuff is a test bed for electronics and for the kids (and maybe a bit to annoy the rivet counters). Almost done one the FEA-B bogie etch so might have real modelling soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 a quick update, both the axlebox and bogie side are back ready for mould making. Hard to see the detail on this An etch for the rest of the bogie is being etched at the moment, still need to work on brake shoes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Working on the container flats, As there is 4 bogies per rake I have made an etch to save time. Soldering the first one now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Main part of the bogie nearly done, need to add brake V and bearings. and clean it up a lot! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Work on the Bogie ground to a halt due to lost chuck key for piller dril. So had a play with some electronics. I have not been impressed with the current stock of radio control gear for larger gauges so I decided to make my own. I have taken a Bachmann Thomas the Tank, regauged it to Gauge 3. On board are batterys, a NodeMCU running arduino code and a motor control board. The NodeMCU contects via wifi to a Raspberry Pi3 running OpenHAB a home automation server, all phones or tablets can then connect to this to control the loco. Still a few kinks to iron out, but its a low cost radio control solution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 Slow progress. need to add rest of brake gear and the cast sides next. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 After a disaster with gravity (I dropped it) the bogie is done for the time being. Not 100% happy with the brake shoes but will revisit once the body has been done and I can see what is actually visible. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Haha, in the smaller scales, a fall from a desk can be a bit heartstopping. In G3, something falling like that has your heart jump out of your throat. Lucky it wasnt damaged, though it was a bogie and not a finished wagon. Im sure the brakes look fine. The bogie sides look to well cover the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 After a nearly 2 month break am back! I had some spiggots cast in brass for the container flat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Looks very interesting, and massive, would love to do something this size although space is prohibitive well and money!!! Very nice work are you doing the etched work and casting your self ? Keep up the good work Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Looks very interesting, and massive, would love to do something this size although space is prohibitive well and money!!! Very nice work are you doing the etched work and casting your self ? I am doing the designing the etches myself. I used CAD to design the spigots and then a master was 3d printed and cast for me. One day I will try casting in brass myself, the resin bits I do cast myself its going to be huge at 1.8m long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Beattie Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Here's the start of a Class 22 Kit - I'm intending this will be a one-piece resin body with etch detail. I have to print each section detail by detail then link it all together. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Today some burnt sticks arrived in the post. Laser cut ply to make a GWR tapered signal post. When I build my time machine the bloke that decided that GWR signal posts needed a taper is on my list to have a word with. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
unklian Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Here's the start of a Class 22 Kit - I'm intending this will be a one-piece resin body with etch detail. I have to print each section detail by detail then link it all together. What scale is this going to be Steve, please say Gauge 3 ??!! Edited February 10, 2017 by unklian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Beattie Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Guage 3 it is!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
unklian Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Guage 3 it is!!! That is very good news indeed, I await developments with great interest. I presume availability, cost, etc. will be announced on your website ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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