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  1. Hi Mikkel, The citizens have demanded a central lift and a double helix stairway, but there's another idea I'm pondering to do with a mechanism and magnet for a moving 'Wheeled Cart' and perhaps also a way to access 'Vernes Flying Machine'.
  2. Here's a few images illustrating progress made........ Here's the platform section for the 'Monorail'. Had alot of hassle with assembly , very fiddley, need to rethink and alter some area's of the design so that it can be taken apart for detailing and painting. Four stair sections are now complete. Thanks for Looking...... Snitzl
  3. Some thought provoking idea's in this project , don't be surprised if I pinch a one or two.
  4. Here's an update on the 'Tower' project. Lower / narrower section at the base will fit inside a ventilation shaft and will be partially hidden. Started adding steps with two levels now complete. Another view on the steps. This new platform will replace the top platform and will give access to the 'Mono Rail' boarding platform. Monorail boarding platform in the design stage. Thanks for looking.
  5. Can't think how to acheive that mechanically, but I will think on it.
  6. Progress seems a little slow, here;s a couple of images... The 0.5mm and 1.0mm diameter brass rod is manufactured by 'Albion Alloys Ltd and purchased from the Bay. That's three railing's complete, just about to start the fourth. Snitzl
  7. This tower will give 'Fun Town' residents one way access to the overhead monorail, there's quite a bit more designing to do and the tower needs to look complicated. Residents will then depart the monorail via the stairway on 'Vernes Tower'. Even so, the double Helix staircase is a nice feature and I will fit one in, somewhere..
  8. Thanks Mike, You hit the nail on the head with your comment, I have just a couple of more projects before I put much more time into gettiing everything up and running.
  9. Taking a short break from the 'Ice Cream' wagon saga, in fact the third wagon might become something else : maybe a fast food wagon serving tea / coffee. The next project has been on my todo list for years, it's an open circular tower with plenty of open stairs, iron railings and a central DCC operated lift. I've made the initial design in CAD, and modelled a few of the components, but things will change along the way and additional complexities will be added to make the structure more interesting. Starting off with just four levels. Here's a closer look at one level, some of the vertical posts will be altered to a more realistic profile. Machining the railings on the BCA rotary table ( 144 x 0.5mm diameter holes ). Two drills were broken while machining the four circular railings, not by drilling, but by wiping swarf away with a small brush : Material used was 10 thou brass sheet. The 'Base Plates' are machined from 1.0mm thick, double sided PCB. 10 thou brass sheet is used for the 'Steps'. Regards Snitzl
  10. Thanks Mikkel, A circus certainly is food for thought, but for the time being, I've a couple of weird / or at least different projects in the design stage.
  11. Fun Town - Ice Cream Wagon MKII : Continuing with the crazy idea of building a few animated wagon's that would run on DCC for Fun Town's market. Determined to have an animated figure in this build, so I went for a tea drinking ice cream seller that also rotated his head as he eyed up potential customers. Things didn't turn out quite as expected, but the final result aint to bad. Thanks for Looking............
  12. Here's a couple of images of the 'Ice Cream Wagon Stall' , which is now complete. The model is now fitted with a Gaugemaster DCC decoder and the animated bell ringer works in both forward and reverse direction. There are two LED's inside the cab and the rotating light on the roof, these are toggled ON/OFF as direction is selected on the controller. Sprayed with enamels and then given a few dabs with weathering powders. Thanks for Looking ..............
  13. Made a little progress with 'Ice Cream Wagon MKII', here's a few images : Added the additional gear mechanism for the transverse cylinders and a retaining plate secured by the motor mount 12BA screws. Here's the roof assembly complete with an extremely slow rotating LED light. The body now has window panels and bars bent from 0,5mm dia brass wire. Thanks for looking.
  14. I've been getting the same problem with most of my blogs and forum posts : It might be best to let the system settle down a little longer, to remedy, click on 'edit' and then re-upload or just re--attach your images, I've got some post's were this has happened three times. I do wonder if multiple images might end up in the database without links to documents. Snitzl
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