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Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help me out with a set of building instructions for a 0 gauge LMS 7F Fowler 0-8-0 plastic kit {no Name} supplied as several flat sheets? TIA

Hi Jason,many thanks for that

Hi there, I am looking to build in 0 gauge & searching for the outline plans for LMS 7F 0-8-0 loco & tender & I am sure they appeared in a copy of the Railway Modeller back in the day,along with 4F 0-6-0. Can anyone help me out with the month & year? TIA

Hi Nick, I was looking for something else ( usually the way for me) when I came across your page-what some unusual & wonderfully modelled wagons! I know it was posted a while ago but I must ask whether You have any remaining etches for sale . Kind Regards Paul Morgan

Lovely work!, amazing what detail You can achieve .My major concern I have is how fragile is the resin re fitting brass bearings & springing the wheelsets in & out ?

Firstly I think the suction Mike is talking about is that between between the exposed layer of resin & the FEP .If you have printed a large flat area on the build plate then there is a large area of suction as the build plate lifts away from the FEP which might be causing the distortion.My other thought is if the in the photograph is going against the building , is being weathered & in N scale -how noticeable will it be ?

In my haste, I forgot to add ,what superb work & I will be following this thread with great interest

My query is how easy is it to fit the wheelsets & bearings? Obviosly from the pictures you can,but the resin being more brittle than. plastic,I wondered how well it flexs,or are there tricks/tips to do it? Also what minimum thickness do you recommend for your plank sides/ends? TIA

Hi Davey, thats looking excellent,how have you progressed it ?I'm interested to know what scale you are working in & how you have fitted frame spacers & motor mount & is the copper clad all over or in tracks ? Cheers

I have recently come across your blog & am very impressed with your work. & would be interested in purchasing some of your wagons, vans especially. Regarding the left handed brake lever,this was chosen for cheapness as it didnt require extra cost such as clutch in the Morton system or a lift link for a second right handed lever, which on an individual wagon might not seem a lot, but when you are talking in terms of 10s of thousands, this soon adds up. However in 1904 the BoT changed the rules that all the brake handles had to be at the right hand end of the wagon, but , from memory,the companies with 20,000+ wagons were given I believe 10 years to convert them & then another 10 years because of World War 1., so in many cases the near & life expired left handed wagons were simply scrapped rather than being converted.So I imagine, there were probably still a number of them still running in the early grouping years,but most likely in pre-group livery. I hope that helps

Hi Mark, & Others regarding the question of supports for your prints , if you use chutibox for your slicing there is a free programme called anycubic photon file validator which automatically search through all the layers looking for & identifying unsupported parts of your prints ( see on Youtube - 3D Print Farm -How to Get Near Perfect Prints on your Resin Printer Using This Tool! which gives a full explanation ) . Hope this helps

Superb work, really inspiring- I have ordered a Elgoo Mars resin printer -I need some Southern loco lamps,so could you advise where to get a drawing of them, or could you supply me a copy of the stl , thanks

Hi thereI am considering building a traverser with a turntable incorporated, in o gauge , purely for the locos & therefore only 50- 60 cm long , So the procedure will be for the train to arrive behind a backscene, the loco uncoupled & run onto the turntable ,loco turned & then traverser moved to adjoining tracks. Does anyone have any experience of building one,or where you can find any information on such an arrangement? Many thanks

Hi there , wonderful work on the cattle wagon. couple of questions - how do you create the planking lines- is simply a matter of using a line on your drawing & how do you insert wheels- do you drill out the back of the axleboxes, glue in brass bearings & then attach the solebar/ axle box to the underside of the body & then the corresponding one, much as you would do with a plastic kit?

Wonderful work ,do you have the wagons available for sale or is possible to obtain a copy of the stl?