3D Print Tom

I couldn’t help thinking that there was a certain arrogance about the Missenden team who were adamant that they were going to win despite the fact that most of the layout was built off camera. Well done to the winning team who put Missenden in their place.

I got to know Steffan through the Cardiff 4mm group. He always attended our show in Cardiff and came as an exhibitor on a few occasions with Maindee East which always attracted a big audience. A really nice guy who never boasted about his talents and let his layout speak for itself. It will be a fitting tribute to keep his layout on the exhibition circuit as an inspiration to others who want to achieve modelling excellence.

Thanks I will try and get it changed to hotmail.com.

I'm still alive and the wagon sheets are still available. Contact me at wagonsheets@hotmail.com or 02920844135.

Alastair have a look at my post, 3D printed CR parts, and if you are looking to have stuff printed let me know.

Moved this topic to RMweb/BRM 'build a loco' Challenge

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Moved this topic to RMweb/BRM 'build a loco' Challenge

Moved this topic to RMweb/BRM 'build a loco' Challenge

Visited Scaleforum today and really enjoyed the show. Alan Buttler of Modelu was there and he kindly gave me some new test prints of my axle boxes. They are much better than the previous prints and what I was looking for in terms of sharp edges. I have cancelled my order with Shapeways as I don't see how they can improve on the ones Modelu have printed. The unit cost on these will be 50p based on a minimum order of

Hi Don Taylor Hobson would have been my choice of machine if I had not been offered locally a GH Alexander machine at a very reasonable price. The cnc machine is a machine I picked up from a school that was surplus to requirements and had been replaced, like in most schools, with a laser cutter. So now I am the proud owner of two bits of obsolete equipment that have found a new home in my workshop. I would like a laser cutter and 3D print machine but somehow I don't think that they will become obsolete in the near future. There are cheap laser cutters and 3D printers on the market but you get what you pay for and I would not be willing to pay for a machine that can't deliver the goods. For a 3D printer my minimum requirements would be to be able to print down to16 microns. It will be interesting to see which machine I use most for my scratch built project.

Here are examples of a test I have done with folding brass and nickle silver.

Here I will discuss how I go about scratch building the cab and adding detail to the inside of the cab. I will deal with the cab first of all and when I am happy with the results I will commence with the backhead. In the attached image A, C, and D were cut out on the pantograph machine and B was cut out on the cnc machine. The rivet holes on D were done by hand and the ones on B were machined on the cnc machine. The rivets will consist of scale rivets from ScaleHardware of America that have a .5mm head and .35mm shank. I am waiting for .35mm large shank drill bits to arrive from America so that I can adapt them to my cnc machine. I have decided not to fabricate the cab but to make it one piece with the sides being folded over. The fold lines will be engraved on the machine to almost the depth of the material so when the sides are folded over the edged will be sharp. Here I will discuss how I go about scratch building the cab and adding detail to the inside of the cab. I will deal with the cab first of all and when I am happy with the results I will commence with the backhead. In the attached image A, C, and D were cut out on the pantograph machine and B was cut out on the cnc machine. The rivet holes on D were done by hand and the ones on B were machined on the cnc machine. The rivets will consist of scale rivets from scalehardware of America that have a .5mm head and .35mm shank. I am waiting for .35mm large shank drill bits to arrive from America so that I can adapt them to my cnc machine. I have decided not to fabricate the cab but to make it one piece with the sides being folded over. The fold lines will be engraved on the machine to almost the depth of the material so when the sides are folded over the edged will be sharp.

Having received my springs minus their axle boxes from Shapeways I decided the sprue needed more supports. I also beefed up the model and although probably over scale in places it should now stand up to the rigours of being printed and cast. Shapeways were kind enough to offer a full refund or store credit,

Shapeways 3D printed axle boxes arrived today and was shocked to see a lot of parts missing.