RMweb Gold nest Posted July 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2022 Good to see progress from me. Hope you’re doing well Nestor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 A few things aside from the bogies and roof fittings etc I have done in Tinkercad. All at various stages of trying them out 3D printed and will pop up some photos when they are ready. A GNR open wagon. Buffers printed separately. GNR van. Chose one with a sliding door and 4 end posts to be different but will modify to create some variations with standard doors and 2 end posts. Both of these done from Tatlow book. Buffers and roof printed separately. Also a 6 wheel chassis to go underneath a Diagram 3D laser cut card kit of a fruit and milk van. This has needed a few prototypes on the way to get it right. It has some separate CAD for wheels and brakes etc. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Bit of a diversion. Have been continuing drawing up wagons and 3D printing them - will post up some pics soon. One of the wagons is a refrigerator van which needs ladders on the ends. I think 3d printing them would likely to break so I was going to solder them up from wire. However I decided to try something different tried etching my own. I am in no way saying this was the best way to do this but I wanted to see if I could and then maybe make other parts in the future. First up draw up the design. The crosses help line up paper. I then print onto paper that is the backing for sheets of stickers. I tried a bunch of paper glossy stuff from magazines etc but this worked best. Its double sided and is cut out, folded and taped to make a little pocket. The brass is popped into the pocket and then sprayed from an old perfume bottle (or something like that) with nail polish remover. Pressing down on the paper should (if you are lucky took a few goes) transfer the image to the brass. You can see it worked ok with some issues in one corner but I pressed on hoping some would work. I have made the etch tank from clear styrene and bathroom sealant with a fish tank air bubbler and a fish tank heater (both cheapo ebay) inside. The brass is dangled on thread into the tank. Ferric chloride is poured in and off it goes. These are the ladders. Its my first try and they are usable if a little uneven. I think I will try making other parts when I need them. The ladders are quite delicate more substantial parts might work better. A bit of an experiment anyway. None of these techniques are mine I nick them from all sorts of places. 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Finally got round to finishing a few of my 3d printed wagons. These ones are all fitted examples to use in an express goods. All drawn in Tinkercad and printed on a Elegoo Mars. The only exception is the container with is RTR. Conflat Fitted LNER open LNER fridgevan - with home etched ladders on the ends. Couple of GNR vans with different door types and ends. Also a NER CCT I have a few of each and a couple of other designs I haven't finished yet. 14 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 These GNR open framed van bodies are from STLs created by Mike Trice. The chassis are from my own design. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Finally decided today to sit down and stop avoiding the annoying bit of my Royal Claud build. By annoying I mean getting the Hornby chassis to screw to the body and run without shorting while getting the plastic smokebox parts to all line up with the kit parts. Quite why I thought this was a better idea than just building the Mallard models kit I don't know but I have started so I will finish. Anyway the difficult bit is done so I can move onto the tidying up and detailing. Boiler fittings and cab roof just there to make it look nice, none of them fixed down. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 End of last week gave the Royal Claud a test run on the Cambridge Buffet Express. I like to do all the main parts with solder, prime to check for problems,to be filed or filled then use glue for the little details. It took quite a while to get the body ok as the primer showed up that I had not done a very good job of the firebox on one side. It was a thinner brass than the rest of the body and was on an etch with detailing parts like the valances designed to be attached to a thicker sheet of brass underneath. It was quite distorted I couldn't get the thing to a decent finish. After a lot of trying I gave up and cut one side of the firebox out between the boiler bands (are they called that on the firebox?), soldered some thicker scraps of brass together and made a new part of the same shape. Its not perfect (its the other side from this pic) but is far better. Many of the castings with the kit were not great or missing entirely so I have 3d printed some new parts and nicked others of the Hornby D16. More to do but it should be plain sailing until painting now. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Brighton Posted October 1, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2023 Hornby D16/Mallard Models brass kit Royal Claud finished. Pretty pleased with this one in the end. 19 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 Pleased to have made it into Railway Modeller this month. 10 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie K Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Congratulations Phil. I don’t normally buy RM but picked up a copy today entirely on the strength of the cover image and throughly enjoyed the depiction of Potters Bar. Would’ve been happy to see it get twice the number of pages - truly inspirational. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 13/10/2023 at 19:16, OliverBytham said: Congratulations Phil. I don’t normally buy RM but picked up a copy today entirely on the strength of the cover image and throughly enjoyed the depiction of Potters Bar. Would’ve been happy to see it get twice the number of pages - truly inspirational. Thanks, that's very kind. Looks like current market means moving soon isn't likely so on the plus side unlike the plans in the article it isn't being dismantled yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted October 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2023 Great layout on Railway Modeller . I didn't realise you were on here until I recognised the title of the layout from the magazine . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie K Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Phil Brighton said: Thanks, that's very kind. Looks like current market means moving soon isn't likely so on the plus side unlike the plans in the article it isn't being dismantled yet. Your inconvenience notwithstanding, pleased to hear it. Since so many of the photos on this thread were lost when RMweb broke down, would be great if Railway Modeller could send you any unused ones from the photoshoot. I work for a car magazine and we always send owners who’ve lent us their pride and joy the professional shots of their cars as a memento. Cheers, Ollie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 13/10/2023 at 19:16, OliverBytham said: Would’ve been happy to see it get twice the number of pages Quite agree. I made a special trip to Sainsbuggers last Saturday and was only disappointed that the article wasn't longer. Where can you get hold of the Mike Trice stls you mention above? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 10 hours ago, OliverBytham said: Your inconvenience notwithstanding, pleased to hear it. Since so many of the photos on this thread were lost when RMweb broke down, would be great if Railway Modeller could send you any unused ones from the photoshoot. I work for a car magazine and we always send owners who’ve lent us their pride and joy the professional shots of their cars as a memento. Cheers, Ollie Will see what I can do. Do also want to get better at taking my own ones. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 11 hours ago, jwealleans said: Quite agree. I made a special trip to Sainsbuggers last Saturday and was only disappointed that the article wasn't longer. Where can you get hold of the Mike Trice stls you mention above? Mike sent them direct - we swapped some STLs 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Brighton Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Ballast train from 3D files I drew up. 12 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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