a huge difference to the appearance of the front end!

 

As does narrowing the whole thing with the help of a hacksaw, the first prototype was a little on the wide side, especially in the centre section with the main windscreen! It was all due to the master body being made from lots and lots of layers. You only need those layers (or maybe the glue in between them) to be just a tiny shade thicker than you anticipate, and the whole thing, in N, suddenly becomes much wider than you expect.... still, you live and learn

Will,

This has been a fascinating project - it's amazing what can be achieved when scratch building . How / where are you planning on making the etched parts?

I'm currently speaking to a company called Grainge and Hodder in Birmingham, they have been very helpful!

If you look at the paper bits as stuck to the body, they have been designed in Paint Shop Pro, white areas are areas that will remain as metal, the black areas, such as the windows, are black. Blue and red areas can then be added to part etch lines to bend, as if you were folding a scored piece of card.

If you look at the paper bits as stuck to the body, they have been designed in Paint Shop Pro, white areas are areas that will remain as metal, the black areas, such as the windows, are black. Blue and red areas can then be added to part etch lines to bend, as if you were folding a scored piece of card.

Thanks for the clarification Will - makes a lot of sense I had a look at that etching company's website, unfortunately it doesn't give much information. I'll be interested in seeing how things work out with them.

Steve.

Take a looks at the "Do your own etch artwork" folder in the files section on the 2mm yahoo group, its a very useful doc from Bob Jones.

Missy

Do you know if anyone will be producing the 139 in larger scales - OO or O? I could do with one of those for a pier railway!

Regards,

Keith

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario

CANADA

Hello Keith,

sorry for the slow reply.... larger models are on the way.. possibly not immediately, but soon! Watch this space..

Will

Thanks, Will.

Your N-scale one looks impressive, notwithstanding my own interest in larger sizes (goes with aging eyesight!!)

As an aside, I reckon I could model the whole of the Stourbridge line in my basement to scale in N-scale. Might be a bit boring to operate prototypically, though....

Regards,

Keith (ex Worcester resident)