After reading some recent posts about horse drawn wagons and the like, I started to wonder if it would be possible to 3D-print my own horses.
A look at the 'Cults' website yielded a 3D-printable horse by David Mussaffi, described as ‘FDM printer ready’, so I thought that this would be a good place to start. I looked at the file after loading it into my ‘Cura’ slicing software and found that the model was cleverly split into three parts, such that there were flat surfaces to lie on
Background
Several years ago – 2006 in fact – I was driving away from a visit to Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries and noticed that the last train of the day was due to arrive at the railway station.
It turned out to be quite a long wait, as the train on the Festiniog Railway was in trouble and eventually arrived with a broken flexible steam pipe to one of the power bogies. With a sense of ‘make do and mend’, the trailing end of the pipe was lashed up and the train then m
Having gone right back to 1804 with Trevithick’s locomotives, I decided to start moving forward again - to Stephenson’s famous ‘Rocket’, which was to put passenger-carrying railways firmly on the map.
When I built my Trevithick model, I wanted to put it alongside a model of ‘Rocket’ to illustrate the progress made over 25 years but, although I know I have a 4 mm scale model built from an Airfix kit, ‘somewhere’, I couldn’t find it!
I did find however that there is a 3D pr
(the following explanation is intended to help any new readers to find their way around this blog)
Since I started this blog in 2013, I have used it as a diary to record my progress in creating a Victorian GWR branch line. Since the blog follows the meanderings of my mind, it has no real structure and this 'introduction' is, therefore, an attempt to help a new reader to find his/her way around.
There are two main strands: firstly, the documenting of my exploration of the
As I mentioned in the previous post, I have been trying to track down a photo of the prototype of Sir John's special train.
Today, I have found one but unfortunately, the morning of April 1st 1892 was notable for the famous London 'pea-soup' fog.
Despite the photographer's best efforts he has been unable to capture much detail of the train. He has, however, used sepia toning very effectively to enhance the subject 🙂
Train in London Smog - 1st April '92
I have mentioned before that the attractions of the pre-grouping period include the elaborate and colourful liveries. These also, however, present a challenge to the modeller in achieving these effects on a small scale.
Many years ago, while recuperating from a bout of pneumonia, I built a rake of Ratio 4-wheelers. Looking at these now, I am somewhat amazed to see the patience with which I tackled their painting! 30 years later, natural 'weathering' has given them a 'used' appearance
