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Always good to see your work, @JimRead! That little Armstrong-Whitworth diesel is a great find too.

I found FreeCAD fairly easy to pick up, and as the name implies it's free. It's also pretty good for specifying a drawing by geometric constraints.

Lovely work on that Sharp Stewart. And how does the chassis work? Is that a 3D printed bevel gear or a fan? I'd be interested to hear what you have to say on building chassis with those little gear motors.

That's a lovely model and a very nice weathering and detailing job. Reminds me of trips down the Mid-Hants in a Wickham.

Very nice work. I've not delved into OpenSCAD but clever tricks like this might tempt me!

Cleverly made as always! I like the cast iron bracket design, and nice attention to detail with the plaform scene.

I can answer this one, and the short answer is yes! At NECGOG we have a member who regularly brings Big Big Train stock and I've got a Sentinel built on a Lima motor bogie. They run fine on PECO plain line. On points they are generally OK, but because of the coarse flanges they do bump up slightly on the frog, which can affect electrical contact.

Lovely job on the detailing. Small things like signs really give you a sense of time and place - the site safety and assembly point tell me this is something within my lifetime 😉

Really nice work. Your locos have a Studio Ghibli sort of charm to them 😃

Cults3D or another online platform might work as a way of selling STLs. I'm not an expert on the commercial side, though, just someone who's interested in buying and building your fine creations 😃

A little late to the discussion but I thought I'd add my tuppence. I'd certainly be interested as a customer. I own a 3D printer myself and while I do some of my own CAD, I'd prefer to pay a designer directly for the use of one of their STLs rather than pay the rather steep fees for Shapeways or similar to print it for me. I've bought STLs in the past for wargaming and been satisfied. For railway models I'd do the same; I'll admit that many of the Rue d'Étropal range are tempting but would be more so if I could print at home.

Excellent weathering job, and clever designs! That Kitson well tank in particular is a gem.

Superb work - and a fascinating choice of prototype too.

Superb job. What technique do you use for CADding up the leaf springs?

My laptop has died - a motherboard fault that put it beyond economic repair - so I've not been able to do any new 3D prints. Fortunately I have other things to distract me! (yes, I know I haven't finished the Springside kit; this is just how I work.) I've started building a brake saloon and luggage van from a pack of 422 Models seconds I had lying around. The chassis are Hornby with new metal wheels fitted.