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There are people who are working on real 3d slicing software (where the nozzle actually moves in all three dimensions whilst extruding) which would allow you to print step free roofs. I believe it is only available on Linux at the moment though.
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Hi Kevin, just seen this on Facebook https://www.svrwiki.com/GWR_1399_Milk_Brake?fbclid=IwAR2qEZy9grpwdBqfggFcABlDuLRvdBgT3EKdtz60vOMg_U6wJNfffy8EBKg
Apparently they may be rereleasing a Blacksmith kit for it soon.
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2 hours ago, Blefuscu said:
No, I haven't. I think it would be better to use a rigid material though, as it functions like a rolling pin.
However, I have used one of the roller tutorials on youtube to make a flat displacement map... I just didn't do the part where you warp the textured surface into a cylinder. (i was creating model road plates/trench plates from an image file.) If you want to retain a lot of detail it can be quite memory intensive as your surface will need to start with a high density of vertices... maybe after applying the displacement you could decimate it if that's an issue.
My computer started to struggle with a complex brick structure so I don't think it would cope with a displacement map warp.
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On 01/01/2024 at 01:27, WT85 said:
Thanks for the tips everyone!
I have an Ender 3 V2 - for what it is, it prints fabulously. I print a lot (multiple items a week) for my day job, I'm only limited by the bed size of course.
In terms of what I'd like to print:
Small items such as, fencing, bridge girders, benches etc.
I'd also like to have a go at some buildings. I printed some cottages off a while ago which came out fantastic. Low relief industrial would be a particular interest.
I'm not too fussed at wagons etc, I have more than enough to keep me going!
Of course, keeping in the theme (or close to) the 1950/60s SR.
I'd be interested in anything I can have a go at printing really! If they are free then brilliant, but if not I'm (of course) very happy to pay for quality STL's.
That leads me to a more in depth question, where/who would you all recommend to have a peek at?
I'm well into Thingiverse. Iron Minks collection looks good! Are there anymore people who produce similar designs?
Thanks so much.
Could you please post some photos of your output from your Ender 3 V2.
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10 hours ago, Blefuscu said:
A common use of displacement maps for modelling textures which you may well have seen is those cylindrical texture rollers. I saw a neat tutorial for making 'skull bases' for Warhammer miniatures this way. (Not that I am advocating you fill your trucks with skulls, but the principal is the same as a sort of hybrid digital/modelling approach.)
So have you tried printing a roller using flexible material?
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Hi Alistair, sorry if I missed it but what printer and filament are you using? Your prints are incredibly fine with great detail.
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9 hours ago, David Bigcheeseplant said:
Having printed off a section of wall things didn't look quite right the height of the doors were a bit too low, the number of courses of bricks were correct, so a site visit followed I had assumed bricks where at 3in pitch between course 76.2mm so 1mm on the model. getting the steel rule out the bricks were actually 82mm between courses. so I adjusted the model so it now is totally correct including the window recesses that are 9 inches (3mm) om the model.
Well I an now out of the funny farm but I now have lovely brickwork!
That looks amazing. Really good and well done for all the correct types of bricks, not an easy task in Blender.
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Great programme. Barry Norman's Petherick and North Devon club layout as well, brilliant scenic modelling for back then.
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On 21/09/2023 at 22:29, JCL said:
I know we’re way off topic now, but it’s not much cheaper to have stuff sent from the US to Canada.
To bring it back slightly more on topic, I have had another look at bridging with the Ender 3, and tried a .2 and .4mm thick
The .4mm looks pretty good - the horizontals don’t show much sag
the .2mm showed almost as much sag as not bothering. You’ll see I broke the .4mm frame while I was removing it. So next I’ll do .4mm, but won’t let it touch the sides.which I suppose goes back to the idea that sometimes you have to just use trial and error to ensure you have a supportable/ printable print. 🙂
I'll redo the prints in a much more organized way and put the results up.
If you don't need to see the back of the windows could you not print them .4 thicker and sand off that, so getting rid of the support?
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On 19/08/2023 at 13:55, Ray H said:
I have every intention of learning to design but as a newbie to the field I'm not yet up to speed with all the various aspects of this amazing technology. I only have a vague idea of how far the machines can go, so finding sites that can give the beginner an idea of what can be achieved as well as, on occasions, avoiding re-inventing the wheel, is where the useful tag comes in.
A search for "N Scale" may well yield a fistful of results but the trick to discovering that is to determine whether to use "N" or "O" or "OO" or whatever. After all, I understood that some items can be rescaled (up or down) quite easily. As a predominantly O modeller I wouldn't immediately think of searching for stuff for other scales. I'd guess that it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a list of around 30 different railway related search phrases. There's OO, EM & P4 with both scale and gauge, not to mention the likes of 4mm, 16,5mm and so on.
You could quickly run up a significant list of search options and then you have to wade through whatever the search reveals only to eventually find that what you were hoping to find would have been top of the list had you just used a slightly different search key.
As you may have detected from my earlier post, I'm more than happy to share/upload any designs that I come up with. I may also download a few to give me some ideas on how to tackle similar projects whilst I'm still learning. After all we're told that we never stop learning.
How does a newbie discover all these various sites and how does one learn which are the most popular/more likely to cater for the area you're interested in? I'd never even heard of Yeggi prior to reading your post, so thank you for bringing that to our attention.
It just seems to me that it might assist people if there was either a general (in this case railway) go-to site for the hobby or just a plain list - however short or long - of places/sites where people/modellers can find a collection of files for items related to the hobby.
Hi Ray, be aware that some files are not actually printable. They have holes in them so you would need to repair them. There are several programs that can do this.
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Have you seen the suggested price for the new GWR inspection saloon in OO, I dread to think how much a director's coach would cost.
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I think the goods shed looks very like the one at Wallingford or is it Watlington that was/is the one used for the Prototype card kit and also done as a resin building, both in OO.
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1 minute ago, NHY 581 said:
Before Current Era/ Current Era..........
Apparently it avoids any religious nonsense connected with Before Christ/ A.D ( Anno Domini-Year of our Lord )
However, we all continue to use the Gregorian calendar.
Rob
Didn't know Sheep could do Gregorian Chant😀. Whatever you do don't let me sing, I could clear a stadium in seconds with my quality of singing.
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The "Art of compromise" was published in the Railway Modeller in the mid to late 70's I believe and is Very loosely based on Fairford which was the terminus of the Witney branch and independently built until the GWR took it over. It was never intended to be a terminus, hence the unusual track layout. It was a very long station in real life.
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Different 'are at that!
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I believe the Swiss have a method wherein they run slightly below maximum speed to allow them to compensate for any delays. Perhaps someone more knowledge in these matters could clarify.
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Being recently disabled and now a wheelchair user, I made myself a periscope to view the layouts that are too high for me to see otherwise. The periscope could be used the other way round to view lower layouts and if so designed could avoid the barriers as well.
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Of course it used to be the case that it was very difficult to get a licence for new Pubs. This resulted in some very strange situations where all the housing around a pub would be renewed but the old original pub was left in the middle just as it always had been. The Pendon building is based on a pub.
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Hi @Wayne Kinney, do you plan to do any Trap)/Catch points in OO?
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I don't know how much they would charge but Scale Model Scenery do laser cutting and maybe if you could draw up in CAD they would cut them for you at a reasonable price.
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Seen it a few times myself, a lovely layout. If I had the space I'd have it.
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Our local petrol station used to be called Balls, so you can imagine the delight, when we were young lads, of being able to answer "Balls" when asked by a motorist where they could buy petrol.🙄🤔
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Interesting find. Roco also did a Unimog with a wagon which I have somewhere in my stash, don't know the ref number. I also remember an article in Model Rail about motorising them.
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I know I may be a little late with this advice but if you could find someone with an FDM 3d printer, windows are a doddle to make on them. I would offer but mine is out of action at the moment.
Simon
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3D printed road vehicles
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Sorry for the late reply but either resin or FDM 3d models will be very light weight provided they are hollow which most will be.