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I put together one of these and found it very handy -https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3442165

Thanks for the clear summary of this machine. Hopefully you can keep us updated with your progress as you get to know it better

What the rough cost of this set up? Looks very interesting

Sorry to butt in, but how did the station end up with such an unusual platform arrangement?

Another tactic is to hide a join behind a downpipe

As you invoked me I'll chime in with a couple of notes from a undated drawing of a GCR 6 wheel first. Probably from a slightly later period than the tri-composite, but it states teak panels on the outside, mahogany veneer on baywood inside.

I'm having trouble comprehending the sheer amount of building you have fitted in

A short usb extension cable can help

Photographic grey, but this appears to be painted rather than shiny - https://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch/catalog/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/r/100993 Also grey, but inconclusive to my eyes - https://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch/catalog/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/r/101164/ Green and looking a bit shiny - https://britbahn.wdfiles.com/local--files/gcr-11f-class/GCR_11E_No430_Marylebone_1917.jpg Same - https://britbahn.wdfiles.com/local--files/gcr-9n-class/GCR_9N_Class.jpg Same - https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/locomotive/images/5/55/GCR_8D.png LN&ER looking green - http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/25553327 Conclusion? Probably dull brass, perhaps changing to green at a later date?

A quick look at the local planning portal gives Market Rasen here, but only the public areas, the station master's accommodation was/is the other side of the entrance http://docs.west-lindsey.gov.uk/publisher/mvc/listDocuments?identifier=Planning&CaseNumber=131979

Having recently read 'Historical Railway Modelling' by David Jenkinson, it contains an interesting section on his Little Long Drag layout, that contained what he thought was every element he wanted, but lost his interest before it was completed. It was too unwieldy to operate on his own, among other things. Well worth a read if you haven't, a work of modelling philosophy in it's first half.

Kingfisher to the RSPB and Seagull to Cleethorpes council

I contacted Xerxes the Great about the correct original pronunciation, but he was only interested in debating the merits of P4 vs EM

For 2 main reasons - to reduce the appearance of the layer lines especially on curved surfaces and to avoid large changes of surface areas between layers that can cause print failure and distortion. 3D printing, at the moment anyway, is akin to resin casting or brass etching. You don't have to do it yourself to gain the benefit. As process matures perhaps more people will print at home themselves, but I find the actual printing much harder than drawing up a design!