Spam Can Man Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I would like to have a full length Eurostar running on my garden layout. Getting hold of divisable coaches is proving problematic and expensive! The articulated bogies are very easy to get hold of though! I have decided rather than cutting up coaches, it would be cheaper to make silicone rubber moulds of the roofs and ends as a complete unit and do the same with the underframe, but with provision for the articulated bogie, then cast them in polyurethane resin. The sides I would cut out of plasticard with my Silhouette cutting machine. Now does anyone know how you take divisable coaches apart and where you can get transfers for the original Eurostar livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 Finally found the reference for the holes in the inverter door which means I now have completed all six different variations in the underframe doors. The only part of the underframe left is the steps which I'm still looking for references on and then the underframe will be completely done. After that, the only things left to do will be the bodyshell differences for the r6 bar car, the interiors, and working out how I'm gonna make the actual windows Tried printing a body shell out at 55° to see if it would improve the print, suffice it to say: some benefits, some cons. Need to think about it 0° on left, 55° on right 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 definitely need to use the resin printer for the final versions but good proof of concept. Tolerances need changing to stop bending the chassis 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Working on a different coach today 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) and the other side (not done yet but the windows are at least. And discovered instersect faces, so i'm not having to do it all manually anymore. Hours of my life i will not get back) Edited December 14, 2021 by sga962 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 not a fan of this filament but i now have a printed bar car body That makes 4 3d printed coaches and 2 of my old cut and shuts so nearly at a full half-set 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 had to borrow a bogie from another train but that is a full half set (minus underframe doors) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Off topic but: a random thing i started working on last night. You could say it's in some way related... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGO Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Platform support column for London St. Pancras International terminal, will you be doing the rest of the Victorian Gothic building to go with it ? Now that would be something to see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 14 hours ago, DGO said: Platform support column for London St. Pancras International terminal, will you be doing the rest of the Victorian Gothic building to go with it ? Now that would be something to see Dependent on having enough references to do it accurately, that's that plan. Not got the space to have it fully assembled yet but this will take long enough that I have time to work something out 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDuke Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Just to add on this I found a German modellers forum where someone made intermediate coaches from converting a TGV coach with new paint and a new roof. Although it is in HO I don't know how much that would impact the overall look... https://www.stummiforum.de/t105939f27-Mittelwagen-f-r-Jouef-Eurostar-H.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjf4375 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 It's a shame the images aren't available to view here anymore - I'd be really interested to see these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDuke Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 The pictures all work for me, so perhaps there is something on your end that isn't going right. I've quickly screenshotted them anyways to add here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjf4375 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Ah that's great, thanks for posting those :) Yes I'm not sure why but pics don't appear for me in a lot of posts. I wondered whether it was partly to do with the issue with the website where a lot of images got lost. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 repost of some of the images that got lost. been very stop start on the project due to real life. will have to try and get going again soon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I don't suppose you will be selling these 3d prints by chance - looking to do a NoL set and these would come in handy rather than me cutting shutting / modifying the end coaches... thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sga962 Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 24/11/2022 at 15:57, WCML100 said: I don't suppose you will be selling these 3d prints by chance - looking to do a NoL set and these would come in handy rather than me cutting shutting / modifying the end coaches... thanks possible if i ever get it to a point where im happy with it. havent yet done the interior and i have no idea how to do the glazing though. Damn Transparency XD I'm planning to take another pass at it soon when I have some free time 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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