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  1. The twin bolster looks amazing Neil. I rarely get bolster pins to print in FDM but am happy to replace them with brass.
  2. Thanks for the link to the Manchester photos Mol. Any pics of containers are welcome. I had come to same conclusion as Alan, namely that crimson lake was probably only used on furniture containers or ones seen as public rather than industry facing. It’s a shame as I think the steel types would look good in crimson lake. There is a YouTube video of Camden goods depot in LMS days. Would a colouriser maybe work better in a video where there is more detail etc, in adjoining frames to play with or does it only colourise on a frame by frame basis?
  3. As we are trying to arrange for decals for the containers that we have drawn, we have been stumped by LMS container colours. Essery's LMS wagons Vol.2 says that the livery could be light or dark grey with white lettering, or crimson lake with yellow lettering. From the pictures in his work, I believe that the furnititure containers were crimson lake and even had coaching stock style shadd lettering throughout, and some carried the LMS roundel. What is less clear is whether other containers had crimson lake paint or was it justdark grey. To my eyes, several of the B tye containers were painted crimson late rather than dark grey, but that is just going by my imterpretation of the shade.hue/depth, whatever you call it, of the grey in the black and white photos. Essery states that these containers could be crimson lake, or just dark grey but never commits as to which is more likely in any caption. So even though the LMS livery guides say some containers were crison lake with yellow letttering or than furniture ones with shared yellow/gold lettering, is anyone aware of what colour the steel types, and others in the book were most likely to have been. I have tried running scans of them through an online colouriser, but eah time the result still looks like a black and white pic. does this mean the containers were therefore dark grey or is the colouriser just useless? Hvave any more recently articles since Vol. 2's ublication shed more light on this issue. Any info would be gratefully appreciated. I would like to see these models in crimson livery as I think that would be more attractive, but I'm more concerned that they look accurate. Also please find attached a screen rint of the latest D ype - an LMS steel version.
  4. Hi Evertrainz, I sent you a message last week re containers and conflats. Can you please message me back as there may be somebody interetsed in making a conflat wagon and I see no point in duplicating models of the same vehiles so I am just trying to co-ordinate any efforts that may be out there. For example, I had seen somebody talking about drawing a LNER D25 frozen meat container but there is already a .stl available for such an item. All the best, Stephen
  5. Hi Neil, I love the MR rail wagon. I had been planning to try and draw the bodies of some of the long wheelbase MR stores vehicles to compliment the Colin Ashby sleeper wagons I have, but you have beat me too it!
  6. Hi, I have printed quite a few of Jonnys files on my Ender 3 S1 in 4mm using PLA+ or more usually Esun ePLA. I usually slice with Cura at 0.08mm height, more recently at 0.04mm, and a print speed of 30mms on a 0.4mm nozzle. The Cura slicer does not always pick up the thin edges, though it does most of the time. However I have sliced the awkward ones, like the pig irons, with Prusa and it works everyt time. I have just dropped won to a 0.2mm nozzle and the results look stunning. The problem is not in Jonny's designs, its in the slicer. Set up your slicer right and they will print. If you are used to Creality or Cura, the switch to Prusa is a little daunting at first as the user interface is quite different, but you can soon gett the hang of it. That said I'm still struggling to set my rafts up as nicely in Prusa as I had them in Cura.
  7. Hi folks, The diminutive H type was used by the LMS, GWR, LNER and BR in large numbers. The 6 plank D type was also used by the LNER, LMS, BR and the GWR, the latter with a curved lid (also modelled by Sascha). The prints below are some of my tests prints, some quite early attempts, all on a 04mm nozzle on the Ender 3 S1. I was experimenting with different layer heights, print speeds, etc. The last shot of the steel LMS A types were done using a 0.2mm nozzle. The one on the right was sliced in Cura while the one on the left was sliced in Prusa. The Prusa definitely gives sharper results, though all FDM prints need some degree of cleaning up. I should have switched to a 0.2mm nozzle much earlier and I plan to revisit all these designs with a 0.2mm nozzle over the coming months. Phil Griffiths has seen the results improve over time at the Ulster Model Railway Club sessions.
  8. Hi folks, Yes some containers have been drawn up and will be released shortly. They are mostly LMS examples, but some are LNER only. Several, such as the Butterly containers, the D and the BX were used by more than one company. However we (Sascha Freudenberg and myself) would prefer to get pre-nationalisation transfers sorted for them first so that we can point people towards a source for finishing these delightful items.I need to extract a digit in that regard. I should say up front that it is Sascha who has done all the hard work with regards to the drawing these for 2mm and I just offer the odd comment on his initial drawings and test print them in 4mm on my Ender 3 S1. In addition to Jonathan's wonderfully finished examples, here are a few more items as a taster of what will be to come. These have all been printed already, as some of the other images attest but please bear in mind that they will look better in resin than what I have achieved so far in FDM. Other containers are in the pipeline too and we are discussing the possibility of getting containers wagons made available from other sources.
  9. These are fantastic looking sets of wagonry. Very impressive indeed. I would love to be able to justify the Midland one going through Carlisle in the 1930s or later but I doubt they made it up that way with those guns. Though if somebody could supply evidence to the contrary, I would be delighted. My dad would appreciate it if evidence of them going through Edinburgh could be found. That would be g his Christmas present sorted. However could the MR bogies find a use under other wagons? I don’t have Essery Vol.2 to hand but may get a chance to check it out in a day or two. Amazing models.
  10. Great to see Sacha’s steel container on this. I will be following the conflat build to see how it goes as I am in sore need of some conflats too. Could a new deck for this diagram be the first wagon body I finally get designed in Fusion?
  11. Hi Rob, Those wagons look fantastic with a coat of paint on them. The Lanky fish van is a particular favourite of mine. I’ve one brass and two white metal versions in 4mm and rule one applies when running them on my Anglo Scottish fish train through Carlisle. I’m sure the odd one must have crept in from Furness/MCR metals. Any more progress on the sales of your .stls?
  12. Sorry should have added a link to some of my prints of Sascha’s designs on the LNER info website. https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14533 If anyone else is using an Ender 3 S1 I would be grateful to know what settings you are using to get good quality prints.
  13. I should have added that while Sascha models in 2mm his design print very well in 4mm. At 0.05 layer height to get the best curve on the roof a 4mm print with supports can take anywhere from 9-20 hours depending on the supports used. The steel and ply containers are about 9-12 hours, planked versions are longer.
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