David Bigcheeseplant Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 A few more shots of the model from Fusion, also I have managed to get hold of some of the station awing as refurbishment is underway and this was going for firewood, I not been able to get close enough to measure it in the past so getting hold of some has proved good to get the tape measure on it. in fact each part is only 4 inches wide, I would have thought they would have been around 6 inches looking at them on the station. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) My model with a photo of the real one in the 1950s or 1960 can anyone date it more correctly with the cars? Edited December 18, 2016 by David Bigcheeseplant 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Aylesbury station in 1953 with a visit by Father Christmas and above a screen shot of my model from the same sort of angle. David 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 I am now working on the steelwork and canopy details for Aylesbury on the Fusion 3D model, now the building is more or less worked up I am now transfering it to the files to be cut on the laser cutter. For those who might be interested I hopefully should have laser cut and 3D printed bits at our Risex show in Princes Risborough on 18th Feb, we will have a few demos on what we have done to date on our Aylesbury model including plenty of hand built cosmetic trackwork. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 I have now laser cut some of the walls and have 3D prints of the entrance doorways, so the virtual model is now becoming a real model, also I have now got from Modelu round and square downpipe brackets, which are tiny. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 I didn't realise that you were in Australia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I didn't realise that you were in Australia. I am in Australia, they still look upside down here Just t keep things sort of relevant, really nice David. Regards, Craig W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Weird thing is that they are the right way up when I view on an ipad but upside down on a PC or laptop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 Weird thing is that they are the right way up when I view on an ipad but upside down on a PC or laptop![/quote ] I believe that, that is a regular thing with the ipad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Is this better? maybe not! the parts are just pushed together although having separate parts allows you to paint things before assembly allowing a good colour break. the gulf red on the doors is red primer from a can which seems to be spot on for the colour the cream is Humbrol 103 airbrushed on. Edited February 15, 2017 by David Bigcheeseplant 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulwell Hall Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Is this better? Splendid work David - keep it going! Gerry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Very impressive, David, I have a feeling that I'm looking at the future of model railways. The 3D printed doorway looks good, can I ask if it was commercially done, and if so did the surface need much cleaning/smoothing? Edited February 15, 2017 by Mikkel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) The doorway surrounds was printed by Shapeways in UFD and was not cleaned up at all it was just sprayed with Pheonix stone colour, unless you put 10x magnification on it you can't see any print lines. I don't see the point in 3D printing if you need to clean or polish thing before you need to use them. Edited February 15, 2017 by David Bigcheeseplant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 The model and the real thing. I do the brickwork in AutoCAD although Fusion allows you to produce drawings off the 3D model. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just to show that there are other people are working on the Aylesbury project this is the junction trackwork built by Phil Bax wooden timbers with Exactoscale chairs, photo by Anthony Mead. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Only just found out how to import a drawing in to the Fusion 360 software, as can be seen it matches the model! For the rest of the canopy work I can construct the 3D design stuff over a background of the original drawing. If I had known how to do this when I started it may have saved me some time. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 Weird thing is that they are the right way up when I view on an ipad but upside down on a PC or laptop! Turn your iFad around 180degrees? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Some more images of the station from Fusion 360 the more I use it the more I like it and the more I find out what it can do. I am now assembling the model itself, one thing I am pleased with is how thw windows that have small leaded lights have come out, I will get some photos taken and posted up shortly. David 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Some photo of the walls I have been painting prior to assembly. The frames and glazing drop in from the rear and the leaded bottom panes I am pleased with these are half cut using the laser cutter and the groves filled with black paint. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Just propping the walls up to get an idea of how it will look, it is good to get from CAD modelling to making the real thing. getting the brick colour right is quite tricky too as the station was cleaned tweenty years back and the colour is a light orange photos in the 50s & 60s show the brickwork much darker. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 A couple of photos of the walls of the stayion building some plinths have been added and also the 3D printed downpipe brackets which work really well. We will have a small display of the models and other research materials we collected at Railex this weekend. Including the North & South signal boxes, David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) I am now assembling the station building it is ammazing how much material has been used. I was quite happy in the way the protective bars have come out on the doors, these are laser cut 0.3mm wide. We will have all the boards assembled and everything we have done so far at our open Saturday on 8th July at Princes Risborough community centre. We have now built, laid and wired all the trackwork in the fiddle yard including all the point motors. David Edited June 25, 2017 by David Bigcheeseplant 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Wallgate OO Gauge Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Brilliant work on the building! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I have now laser cut some of the walls and have 3D prints of the entrance doorways, so the virtual model is now becoming a real model, also I have now got from Modelu round and square downpipe brackets, which are tiny. Brilliant! But how do you prepare laser-cutting files from Fusion 360? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 I create a drawing of the parts I need in Fusion from a separate assembly, these are then exported to AutoCAD or any 2D drawing package where I add the mortar lines, and add an offset normally about 0.05 to take account of the thickness of the laser cutter. I also add 0.5mm tags so each component stays on the sheet until needed they can then just be snapped out with fingers or removed with a knife. The laser imports a DXF file which is easily exported from the DWG file. The more I use Fusion the more I like it, I am even using it at work now. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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