RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted June 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Please put me down for two to go with the Comet chassis. Thanks. Edited June 20, 2020 by 60027Merlin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PJT Posted June 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2020 I've really enjoyed reading through the posts on this thread, both before and after posting my own expression of interest. What a lovely outburst of really happy, unalloyed enthusiasm for a great new product. What a lovely tonic for the times we're in. Well done, Mike. Pete T. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff west Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I'd love one to go with the comet chassis please Mike. Regards, Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) On 19/06/2020 at 13:41, Tony Wright said: 'The Comet chassis is way too high' Ignorance was bliss. Why don't the six V2s I've built with them tower over other locos/stock? Afternoon Tony, the quick drawing below should explain. The Bachmann running board and boiler is the original model. Edited June 20, 2020 by Headstock Add space 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScRSG Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, Headstock said: Afternoon Tony, the quick drawing below should explain. The Bachmann running board and boiler is the original model. So, how would this affect Mike's body moulding? Tony W seems to have got it to fit OK without, as he suggests, the loco being too high. As an aside, Mike, is it your intention to incorporate Tony's modifications into your model to allow the Comet frames to fit without their modification? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ScRSG said: So, how would this affect Mike's body moulding? Tony W seems to have got it to fit OK without, as he suggests, the loco being too high. As an aside, Mike, is it your intention to incorporate Tony's modifications into your model to allow the Comet frames to fit without their modification? Good afternoon ScRSG, You would have to ask Tony for a more exact account. It looks as if he has had to cut away a lot of detail produced by Mike that I want to keep. I think that the motion bracket that crosses the top of the Comet frames is a big issue. As far as I can tell, the Comet specific print, has this detail removed so that the modeler doesn't have to do it in order to accommodate the Comet motion bracket etc. The Bachmann version is the original model produced by Mike and is a close copy of the arrangement of the real locomotive. As my other V2's follow the arrangement of the real engine, I wish this one to be the same. For that reason Mike has advised me to go for the more prototypical Bachmann version rather than the Comet version. That way, I can modify the Comet frames to suit the body Edited June 20, 2020 by Headstock Add space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 23 minutes ago, ScRSG said: So, how would this affect Mike's body moulding? Tony W seems to have got it to fit OK without, as he suggests, the loco being too high. As an aside, Mike, is it your intention to incorporate Tony's modifications into your model to allow the Comet frames to fit without their modification? Just to add a postscript, It has nothing to do with the height of the locomotive. It is to do with the gap between the boiler and the running board, a feature of a large number of LNER locomotives. Being too high, the Comet frames fills in that gap so that you cant see into the frames as on a real V2. Being too high, the motion bracket obliterates the slope or the running board back to the frames. The effect is then more like an LMS locomotive such as the black 5 or Duchess. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Thanks Andrew. The original V2 body was designed to be a drop on replacement for the Bachmann body and has cutouts to suit. As Andrew says the Comet chassis has a motion bracket arrangement that does not follow the prototype and as such the recesses between the front and middle driving wheels on the moulding get in the way of the body sitting correctly. Tony solved this by filing away this recess and in fairness it does not look too bad having done so. The other change Tony made was to cut a slot in the rear to take the rear footstep support bracket which is supplied as part of the Comet chassis but was missing from my V2 print. With the body modified as suggested the loco will sit at the correct level on the chassis but due to the higher sideframes Andrew mentioned, they protrude above the recess effectively filling what should be a visible gap. On the prototype the frames do not go up as far as the footplate. Since I last reported I have been making some further tweaks to the model prior to going into production. I have now done prints for the cab seats previously missing and bodies for the front buffers which can be sprung with turned heads. I have added further detail to the rear half of the body and am about to do a test print shortly. I have also added that footstep support bracket and the missing lower edge of the firebox. These will certainly be present on the Bachmann version of the body and I might keep them on the Comet version as it just means when building the Comet chassis you leave off the crosspiece. Undecided about that at present, depends how it prints. Andrew's drawing shows a running board support bracket. These are quite prominent on the real thing but missing from the model and Comet chassis. I am wondering whether to print them as extra items. Hopefully once the Comet chassis I ordered arrives I will be able to resolve some of these options. Hope that helps. P.S. Model does not currently include a whistle and I am wondering whether I should do one of them as well, which would have to be part of the main moulding rather than separate. The seats in the above image look slightly lopsided. This is to compensate for the over scale cab sides. Edited June 20, 2020 by MikeTrice Added image 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdr Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 don't you just love resin printers 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, MikeTrice said: Thanks Andrew. The original V2 body was designed to be a drop on replacement for the Bachmann body and has cutouts to suit. As Andrew says the Comet chassis has a motion bracket arrangement that does not follow the prototype and as such the recesses between the front and middle driving wheels on the moulding get in the way of the body sitting correctly. Tony solved this by filing away this recess and in fairness it does not look too bad having done so. The other change Tony made was to cut a slot in the rear to take the rear footstep support bracket which is supplied as part of the Comet chassis but was missing from my V2 print. With the body modified as suggested the loco will sit at the correct level on the chassis but due to the higher sideframes Andrew mentioned, they protrude above the recess effectively filling what should be a visible gap. On the prototype the frames do not go up as far as the footplate. Since I last reported I have been making some further tweaks to the model prior to going into production. I have now done prints for the cab seats previously missing and bodies for the front buffers which can be sprung with turned heads. I have added further detail to the rear half of the body and am about to do a test print shortly. I have also added that footstep support bracket and the missing lower edge of the firebox. These will certainly be present on the Bachmann version of the body and I might keep them on the Comet version as it just means when building the Comet chassis you leave off the crosspiece. Undecided about that at present, depends how it prints. Andrew's drawing shows a running board support bracket. These are quite prominent on the real thing but missing from the model and Comet chassis. I am wondering whether to print them as extra items. Hopefully once the Comet chassis I ordered arrives I will be able to resolve some of these options. Hope that helps. P.S. Model does not currently include a whistle and I am wondering whether I should do one of them as well, which would have to be part of the main moulding rather than separate. Afternoon Mike, the running board support brackets is an awesome suggestion. I'm always having to drill them out and file them up to suit. I would mean I could concentrate on a replacing the Comet motion support bracket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 This is the bracket Andrew and I are talking about. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTD4479 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Mike, I must say the V2 body looks very good. Forgive my ignorance but I have a question about the 3D process. Are the extensive supports for the printed body added by a facility within the CAD system or print software, or are they something that you have to design in yourself? If the latter, it presumably adds quite an overhead of time to the design process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 The main model is done in Blender which a freebie but far from intuitive. Were I starting over again I would use Fusion 360 instead. The workflow I use is to produce a number of reference drawings in Inkscape (another freebie) and import them into Blender as a number of background images. The 3D model is then produced against these drawings and represents by far the majority of the effort. Once the model is ready to be printed it is exported as a .stl file which is then imported into Chitubox to be orientated and have the supports added. Chitubox then slices the model and supports which can be saved as a .photon file for the printer. Most times I actually do the following: Export from Blender as .stl then open the stl in chitubox to add the support then save from chitubox as .stl again. Open the .stl file in Blender and edit it prior to reexporting the .stl which then goes back into chitubox o be sliced and the .photon file produced. The .photon file then gets opened in the Photon File Validator and has small unprintable islands removed and the "fixed" .photon file saved. This is finally sent to the printer. Phew, well you did ask! Chitubox does have an automatic support generation option but usually I add them one at a time where I want them. 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2020 13 hours ago, MikeTrice said: The main model is done in Blender which a freebie but far from intuitive. Were I starting over again I would use Fusion 360 instead. The workflow I use is to produce a number of reference drawings in Inkscape (another freebie) and import them into Blender as a number of background images. The 3D model is then produced against these drawings and represents by far the majority of the effort. Once the model is ready to be printed it is exported as a .stl file which is then imported into Chitubox to be orientated and have the supports added. Chitubox then slices the model and supports which can be saved as a .photon file for the printer. Most times I actually do the following: Export from Blender as .stl then open the stl in chitubox to add the support then save from chitubox as .stl again. Open the .stl file in Blender and edit it prior to reexporting the .stl which then goes back into chitubox o be sliced and the .photon file produced. The .photon file then gets opened in the Photon File Validator and has small unprintable islands removed and the "fixed" .photon file saved. This is finally sent to the printer. Phew, well you did ask! Chitubox does have an automatic support generation option but usually I add them one at a time where I want them. This little Bear has a sudden need to lie down in a darkened room until my brain stops hurting.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cram Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi Mike Having considered all of the input I would like to change my choice to the Bachmann version and I'll modify the Comet frames to the correct depth. Thanks Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Paul Cram said: Hi Mike Having considered all of the input I would like to change my choice to the Bachmann version and I'll modify the Comet frames to the correct depth. Thanks Paul Noted. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi Mike - please include me. I thought I'd added the request earlier but I can't find it. Bachmann version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTD4479 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 MikeTrice Posted 19 hours ago The main model is done in Blender which a freebie but far from intuitive. Were I starting over again I would use Fusion 360 instead. The workflow I use is to produce a number of reference drawings in Inkscape (another freebie) and import them into Blender as a number of background images. The 3D model is then produced against these drawings and represents by far the majority of the effort. Once the model is ready to be printed it is exported as a .stl file which is then imported into Chitubox to be orientated and have the supports added. Chitubox then slices the model and supports which can be saved as a .photon file for the printer. Most times I actually do the following: Export from Blender as .stl then open the stl in chitubox to add the support then save from chitubox as .stl again. Open the .stl file in Blender and edit it prior to reexporting the .stl which then goes back into chitubox o be sliced and the .photon file produced. The .photon file then gets opened in the Photon File Validator and has small unprintable islands removed and the "fixed" .photon file saved. This is finally sent to the printer. Phew, well you did ask! Chitubox does have an automatic support generation option but usually I add them one at a time where I want them. Thanks Mike - very informative and interesting. I think you may have cured me of the desire to get into such things! Regards, Bob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 All but complete on its Comet frames................ More on Wright Writes....................... 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Tony, she looks magnificent. A quick update for everyone. First off thank you for those that have expressed an interest. I will not hold you to them and if anyone wants to change their mind I won't be upset. I have just about got the various parts to a state I would feel happy putting into production. When I did these just for my own amusement I took liberties and left some things off. Not for the production ones. I have added more detail to the rear half of the model adding rivets, a whistle, footplate bracket and rear footstep brace and under firebox all of which were missing from Tony's body. My next task is to join the bits together and try them on the Bachmann chassis to see if I need to adjust them to fit. For the Comet version I can leave off the rear footstep brace and add a slot to take the etched one. The Wakefield Lubricators have been changed slightly and now have a pin and hole location system. I kept them separate in case they get in the way of painting: I have been building up supplies of the necessary consummables which includes a number of spare parts for the machine. Mention was made on Tony's build regarding the brittleness of the resin mouldings and I will be actively doing something about this. Some special resin is order (coming from France) and once it arrives I can start doing some sample strength tests before starting the production run. My Comet chassis arrived today so I can swop modes from 3D Resin to metalwork to finalise once and for all the changes Tony had to make for the body. Watch this space. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Interested in this thread and the parallel discussion about the V2 on the Wright writes thread, as it suggests 3D printing really is becoming something great. With regard to brittleness, I wonder if you saw the comments from Arun Sharma on the WW thread on Monday at 16.59 (last post on page 1877)? (Wish I could link it or quote it here, but not sure how!) They suggest that it would be better to use a 3D print as a master for a polyester resin casting as it would overcome the brittleness issue. It would also, presumably, reduce your time and effort input for producing individual 3D prints that I think you mentioned earlier in this thread. Perhaps there is some loss of detail or other disadvantage? I make these comments from the point of view of somebody reading both threads and with no knowledge of the specifics of these production methods, so apologies if I’ve missed something obvious or discussion that covers this. Anyway, more “power to your elbow” in your 3D adventures and investigations! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Yes I did read it and there are other options. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 My only question is would more be available at a later date? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 I don't see why not. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Might I be added to the list for this project please - Comet chassis please... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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