bmthtrains - David Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 A whole box of goodies arrived today from Shapeways - the track renewal train is now ready for painting! David 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 After many coats of paint, we have a yellow train! Decals and glazing tomorrow. This is going to be a very impressive train - the YXAs will come in sets of 3, and the second set of the TRT will have the actual lifting and replacing wagons too. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philhendry Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Awesome!!! I am going to be so broke. I can hear my wallet now, frantically digging for freedom! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 After many coats of paint, we have a yellow train! Decals and glazing tomorrow. This is going to be a very impressive train - the YXAs will come in sets of 3, and the second set of the TRT will have the actual lifting and replacing wagons too. David image.jpg I am wondering if I might spray my kirow in network rail yellow? I have a thing for yellow and its my train set........ A couple of Kirows and a track laying train will look awesome in a yard with my NMT :-) What is the usual formation of the track renewal train? I assume the second wagon is the track storage wagon so for longer lengths of rail would there be more? If so are you going to sell them separately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 bloody hell, this is most impressive!!! 3D printing has opened the hobby up so much!!! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Well at long last I've completed the final set of models to be released before the N Gauge Show. I now have 14 different designs, available at 9 products (some come as sets). I had considered the Kirow to be my triumph so far, but having just finished the Track Renewal Train, I think this is actually the most impressive design. It won't be cheap - the set of four wagons will cost £150, and each set of three YXAs will be around £65 each. On the YXAs, the sleeper loads are removable, and the cranes from the TRT can be placed on these wagons as well, as show in the photo below. The little gap runner also works, it turns from an upright into a bar that crosses the gap between wagons, allowing (on the prototype) the cranes to run along the whole train. The only things I've added to these models that aren't part of the print are the white metal railings on the crew vehicle. These are, once again, designed purely from photographs, so they will not be completely accurate, but are the best I could do without measurements. Here is a video showing the full length of the TRT, and then some snaps of each finished wagon. David 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Hello David, Superb work on the TRT, lt looks to be R-T-R standard to me from those photos. I'm wondering what you are going to top it with? Keep up the good work, Regards, Wild Boar Fell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I'm going back to modelling the 70s before you tempt me into spending far too much money ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian b Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Now the TRT is fantastic! Incredible stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2013 I thought I would sooner or later have to build another stock box but at the rate these 3D prints are coming I can see me needing a stock box just for all of the Network Rail vehicles. As soon as I have cleared the projects underway then I will be ordering these as they are superb. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Thanks guys! As to how long it takes to do these - i've not timed myself, but its actually quite fast. The TRT probably took about 30 hours of CAD work, plus 3 or 4 for painting and detailing once it arrived. The Kirow must have taken at least double that, and its still not 100% finished! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted July 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2013 Hi David Really really good work! Now all we need to do is get them printed out in yellow...! BTW what decals are you using for the TRT, and are they available to buy? cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 Hi Ben, as with all my designs the decals will be available to download from my website ready to print onto decal paper David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted July 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2013 Where next David? At the speed you've conquered urban layouts and now kits, rtr? Really top work, I love the fact the Kirow has all the articulation. As to anyone who complains they aren't exact just smile and say they'll do the job until your model comes out They look right to me and do exactly what they were designed for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Thanks Paul, After the N Gauge Show launch in September the 3D printing will probably take a back seat for a while, as hopefully I will be starting my degree (interview is Tuesday). If so, I think I will probably be putting the next layout (hunters lane) on hold until funds allow. I may have to consider selling Cross Street to pay for the construction, it will cost about £700 I estimate, and while I can afford that on my current sallary, if on a student budget...well, the mortgage has to come first! In the meantime however, there is one final bit of 3D printing to do - though this will again have to be spread over many months due to budget, but there is of course one vehicle missing from the TRT - DR78821 - the coal face of the train so to speak. This is the eye-poppingly complicated triple articulated section that does the actual track lifting and sleeper replacing. At present my thinking is to alter the position of the bogies somewhat and make this 3 separate wagons, or else they may prove a nightmare on anything other than the most generous curves. Here is a taster of what is to come - photos from Wild Bour Fell's excellent photo stream. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Thank goodness you are going to slow down, my wallet is going to struggle to keep up! BTW I do hope you make something out of the selling of the prints, while its a bit contradictory to what I just said I don't think anybody would say your time shouldn't be compensated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygif Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 nice model bmthtrains - David, far too contemporay for me, but would be sorely tempted. are you going to keep it in ex works condition or add the usual in use muck, grease and filth to it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 I've started work on the second set of wagons for the TRT, and need a bit of help. Is anyone familiar with the actual workings of this train? If so, I need advice on what exactly is inside the 'box' at the right hand end of this photo. My limited knowledge of the TRT is that this is a transfer point - the cranes that have collected sleepers from the YXA wagons drop them here, where the longer crane picks them up and runs them onto the next wagon and onto a conveyor belt system that delivers them to the working end of the train. What I can't work out is what this box is. It seems to have sleepers in it in some photos, and there are some guards underneath it above the track. If I were to look inside this box, what is in it? Is it open to the track below? Many thanks in advance if anyone can help. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 The second set for the TRT is coming on now - this is a hideously complex model! David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hi David. You have done some great work, I'm following this thread with interest. Have you seen this? http://www.maplin.co.uk/3d-printer-velleman-k8200-783902#overview Cheers Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 A bit further with the second wagon now... David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 And this wagon just keeps getting bigger...! David 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 The second part of this triple articulated wagon is now complete, and I've started work on the third and most hideously complex part. This is the real coal face part of the TRT, and is going to be a fascinating wagon to design. The basic shapes have been blocked out below, but there is a lot of work to be done on this...maybe when its a bit cooler! David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian b Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I think the box you are referring to is for the dunnage- the wooden battens that sit between new layers of sleepers. You can just make them out sat where the rail will be sitting once the sleepers are in place. The gantry automatically picks them up once the new sleepers are on the conveyor and drops them into there when its into position on this wagon, Ian B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 And the wagon just keeps on growing... David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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