Whilst I've been hacking away at bits of plasticard and savouring the aroma of EMA's Dichloromethane, I've been highly impressed with some of the various new methods that have been shown on here.

One of the prototypes that I've been researching with a view to building probably as a master to use for resin castings is the iconic (well in Leeds tramway circles!) Middleton Bogie, which for the majority reading who probably don't know what I'm on about looks like this.

http://www.tramway.c...ry-picture/864/

17 of these powerful, fast cars were built in the early '30s for the Middleton Light Railway, which in reality was a reserved section of Tramway to the south of Leeds linking a large housing development to the city centre (running by the side of the Middleton Railway in places)

Enough of the history lessons, I'd built a roof for one of these but got no further, I have made enquiries at York Model Making with regard to getting the sides laser cut in rowmark with a view to marrying them with the roof and then just having to scratch build the ends. That looked to make it a lot quicker job and still may happen, but I've also been very impressed with some of the Shapeways 3d printed stuff and came up with the idea of using that for the basic body, which then could be smoothed to get rid of the grainy finish before detailing in a traditional manner.

With the help of a very talented guy (take a bow Daniel) we've got to the first render or a 3d model for a Midd Bogie, there are a few issues to sort, but I thought this may interest a few, hopefully showing where we're going with possible resin master

To be continued...................!