cheesysmith Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Hopefully he is getting ready for the tusnami of orders. Although flat bottom will be more useful as it was being used on main lines before seam had ended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 32 minutes ago, KeithHC said: Wayne has gone quiet wonder what he is up to. Looking forward to some more photos to keep us tempted. Roll on 2021. Keith Working on the next stage ...the EM gauge version. I have also had another development regarding rail. The EMGS has advantageously agreed to supply me with their code 75 bullhead rail. So I will now be using this for the turnout kits, not SMP rail. This has delayed development of the EM Gauge kit by a week as I needed to redesign the fit of the chairs to the wider rail profile. It also put it under gauge by 0.05mm, so I need to compensate for this in the CAD. I've just made and cut the rubber silicone mould for the 00 Gauge 'Standard' (1.25mm flangeways) 1in7 crossing frog. Going to be shooting waxes of this today, I'll post some pics of this later on 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 This is a truly a fabulous development for 00. It is so wonderful to follow this development and learn so much about the technical side of track design and model manufacturing techniques – as the project progresses. These turnouts just ooze quality and I look forward to this range becoming available. In the meantime I will continue to follow this thread eagerly. Kev. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2020 Far be it from me to tell you how to run your business, but what's the rationale behind not releasing one gauge while you work on the other? Surely there's not much re-use between the two - wouldn't it make more sense to get OO (or EM) out there, and get feedback to incorporate into the other, rather than developing both in parallel? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, njee20 said: Far be it from me to tell you how to run your business, but what's the rationale behind not releasing one gauge while you work on the other? Surely there's not much re-use between the two - wouldn't it make more sense to get OO (or EM) out there, and get feedback to incorporate into the other, rather than developing both in parallel? Kit's will be released in this fashion, yes. Most likely in the order 00 'Standard', EM and then 00-SF. I'll release the B7 in all three versions before moving on to the next formation and so on. Right now, as I am still in the prototyping stage, I require feedback from all standards before committing to several things... EDIT - Don't worry, things will move quite quickly Edited December 13, 2020 by Wayne Kinney Added extra note 6 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Wayne Kinney said: Going to be shooting waxes of this today, I'll post some pics of this later on Phrase of the day.............'Yeah !.........Just shooting some waxes, Baby !....... Okay, off to lie down..... 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Phrase of the day.............'Yeah !.........Just shooting some waxes, Baby !....... Okay, off to lie down..... I wondered how long it would take 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Wayne Kinney said: Kit's will be released in this fashion, yes. Most likely in the order 00 'Standard', EM and then 00-SF. I'll release the B7 in all three versions before moving on to the next formation and so on. Right now, as I am still in the prototyping stage, I require feedback from all standards before committing to several things... EDIT - Don't worry, things will move quite quickly Well I like N gauge FB turnouts, so it has no impact on me either way That said I've not built any of the EV15s I've got 'in stock', but as such I'm a netural observer! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wayne Kinney said: I have also had another development regarding rail. The EMGS has advantageously agreed to supply me with their code 75 bullhead rail. So I will now be using this for the turnout kits, not SMP rail. Also, thought I would clarify, I will be using the EMGS code 75 bullhead rail on all versions of the kits, not just the EMG version. Edited December 13, 2020 by Wayne Kinney 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Wayne Kinney said: I wondered how long it would take I felt it only fair that I didn't disappoint........... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, NHY 581 said: I felt it only fair that I didn't disappoint........... The wife wasn't....oh man, I'll get my coat... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Wayne Kinney said: I wondered how long it would take With him....not very.... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Wayne Kinney said: Also, thought I would clarify, I will be using the EMGS code 75 bullhead rail on all versions of the kits, not just the EMG version. As Peco do some work for EMGS can I assume the rail is therefore compatible with Peco track?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Not sure now whether to upload the photos of me shooting my waxes.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Gilbert said: As Peco do some work for EMGS can I assume the rail is therefore compatible with Peco track?? It's a different profile that Peco use, but they can still be inter-mixed. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffer Davies Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, Wayne Kinney said: Not sure now whether to upload the photos of me shooting my waxes.... I have to say that I would be fascinated to learn more of your manufacturing approach if you are happy to share? Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) OK, here are some photos. Vacuum Wax Injector machine, hooked up to a vacuum pump and compressor. The silicone rubber mould is clamped between 2 pieces of acrylic to get the mould tightly together without deformation. Final waxes are then sent off to be cast in Nickel Silver. The machine takes 3 hours to warm up , if you shoot too early, there will be trouble! (Oh no more innuendos, please!!!) But being serious, you can see from left to right, waxes attempted after 15minues, progressively up to 3 hours. Edited December 13, 2020 by Wayne Kinney 8 18 1 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 They look good. Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 Hi Wayne, Looking good, but still more infill behind the splice than I would like. Here's the photo again: cheers, Martin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, martin_wynne said: Hi Wayne, Looking good, but still more infill behind the splice than I would like. Here's the photo again: cheers, Martin. Martin, The design of this was completed before our previous conversation about this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Wayne Kinney said: Martin, The design of this was completed before our previous conversation about this I thought that was probably the case, just keeping your feet to the fire. Martin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Just now, martin_wynne said: I thought that was probably the case, just keeping your feet to the fire. Martin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Oh! Are you referring to the infill in this section? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted December 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2020 Quote Oh! Are you referring to the infill in this section? Yes, sorry if I haven't been clear. My reason for going on about it is not just for the look of the thing. Painted track colour the infill will barely notice. But where are modeller is using a curviform V-crossing it would definitely be advantageous to put a tiny bit of curving into the diverging rail beyond the spllce. Especially for turnouts curved the other way (contraflexure). Or if the casting is too brittle to allow that, it will be easier to cut it short to the splice if there is no infill in the way, and replace with rail. These kits are going to be the basis of a lot of kit-bashing! cheers, Martin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Haha, for some reason I kept thinking you were referring to the section after the nose of the V: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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