Torn-on-the-platform Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Matt, these coaches are really impressive. I look forward to seeing a fully lined out finished article, as you have more than proved your prowess in this area! Whilst I notice you model the Bluebell in a contemporary scene, might you consider making a second set in the dark brown livery in which they arrived on the Bluebell? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Hi Chris.Sadly I won't be lining these out been having quite a lot of trouble with my sight recently, as well as a steady hand, I have got one fully transferred up just awaiting some windows to be fitted, which will be some point next week. Would be an idea, but mine would incorrect to model or paint it as they were slightly different, the brake and the all 3rd ends, as well as the sides of the brake as well, but from the sound of things, another company has that in mind. http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/coach387.html Edited March 5, 2014 by Bluebell Model Railway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn-on-the-platform Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ah yes silly me there has been quite a change! Sorry to hear about your eyesight difficulties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yes sadly quite a big change, think London Road models kit is probably the version -1 coach you are referring to.Yes hoping to get these 4 coaches plus the other project done before they start playing laser quest with my eyes, although no entirely sure if it will fix the problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Not said much for nearly a month a bit of an update.All 4 carriage bodies have been made in CAD, so over the next month or 2, I will have all 4 complete hoping there are no problems to compared to the number I have had with this Brake 3rd. The Brake 3rd has been re-printed now twice, second in print at the moment, mainly down to it's orientation and position in the printer which I hope has now been resolved.Mean while on the all 3rd, It is nearly complete apart from its vac pipes ect.... Comet jumper cables have been fitted to the ends, and a few touch ups and changes to the paint and it's pretty much there... I plan to change the bogies for the redesigned stronger type, as it's still on its original which were pretty weak. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hello Matt, Good to see the projects progressing, that all 3rd really does look superb. Looking forward to seeing the full rake together. Keep up the good work, Regards, Wild Boar Fell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks Matt, yes finally getting somewhere after a whole year of trying, I have all 4 coaches now ready for printing which is exciting, hopefully they come out as good as the one above. The brake hopefully will arrive again next week, after a couple of weeks of discussion with Shapeways, as I had an orientation problem the 1st time, then it was put the right way up, then that got squashed and distorted due to it's position in the tray... I tell you that brake coach has a curse on it... I just hope it's been resolved so I can actually start it.Thanks for the comment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I have completed almost 3 coaches from the set, just awaiting bogies for the composite.All 3rd and Brake 3rd have been doing the rounds recently in small 3D print talks at a few clubs, looks like another due in a couple of weeks time. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Composite coach was completed yesterday hopefully shall be doing some running and checking things over on Monday. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Fan Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Matt There is a fixed charge on each drawing Shapeways print.I think you will make savings especially with FUD, if two bogies are on the same print drawing. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 I have just started finishing off the final composite coach in this set, which has been a bit of a struggle in recent weeks due to the failure rate from Shapeways... guess they haven't heard of quality control before sending it out... Because of this I chose a different route on this last coach which was due to be finished at the end of June.. now in July I went with a local 3D print company called Graphite Additive Manufacturing, a company that does more checks on a print than you can think about.. which I like!This last coach has been printed by SLA printer, so a laser curing resin to create the model.I picked up the final print on Wednesday, and the qaulity was quite amazing, despite missing some smaller bits which was due to them being under the minimal print margins, the model was a lot smoother, the material is called ABS-Like.. although looking at other companies I Materialise does some thing similar called Prime Grey. It maybe double the cost but if your looking for a decent finish on a model then you have to be prepared to pay for it.SLS Nylon - £23 SLA ABS-Like - £49Anyway I hope to finish this model by the 19th July hopefully in time for High Wycombe club open day.Here's some following images of the new print, Additional parts added, Roof vents, rain strips, also primer applied. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Now complete:Also had the first sale of one coach, which is nice to see. Edited July 14, 2014 by Bluebell Model Railway 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2014 Very nice, but there's a question just begging to be asked. I know you started this because you wanted this particular rake, but given all the work you've done, are there economies of scale to be had by (re)using some of the work to produce a 3 car set as used by LT in latter days? No prizes for guessing what I want Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 I take it your looking at the steam push pull set? With modified brake and all 3rd? If so, I believe there are being done by Radley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2014 I take it your looking at the steam push pull set? With modified brake and all 3rd? If so, I believe there are being done by Radley. Yes I was, and no I wasn't aware he was doing it. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Yes it's been mention on this very topic quite a few pages back, as I doubt he would of done the preserved examples, this is why I continued with these as no-one i don't think would do these, there's to much of a small market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2014 Yes it's been mention on this very topic quite a few pages back, as I doubt he would of done the preserved examples, this is why I continued with these as no-one i don't think would do these, there's to much of a small market. Ah yes I'd forgotten about that, but upon re-reading all the posts in this thread am totally confused as to what Radley IS producing apart from confusion!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Kits of the MET p&p bogie coaches are also available from London Road Models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Narnia Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 My own efforts are slowly progressing. The first samples from this proposed kit have come back. The kit is a mixture of resin and metal. The chassis and roof are resin along with the plain ends. The rest will be metal. The first samples are shown along with a very quick and basic assembly to get a feel for the kit. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2014 Kits of the MET p&p bogie coaches are also available from London Road Models. I haven't the confidence to spend the price they want for a 3 car set and build it in brass (which I've never done). Lord of Narnia seems to be following a 'keep it simple' approach which suits me better. I've built a 4 car Q stock set from Little Bus Co resin kits but not sure I could face doing brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I haven't the confidence to spend the price they want for a 3 car set and build it in brass (which I've never done). Lord of Narnia seems to be following a 'keep it simple' approach which suits me better. I've built a 4 car Q stock set from Little Bus Co resin kits but not sure I could face doing brass. Carriage kits are not generally difficult to build, provided you use a suitable soldering iron, solder and flux. Brian Mosby (Mozzer Models) did a write up on RMweb on the LRM kits when he built a set some years ago. A quick look seems to indicate that the price of the complete etched kits doesn't seem much different from the sort of prices quoted on Shapeways for body only printed coaches. 3D printed models (at least the ones I have seen) haven't yet achieved the surface finish and crisp detailing that etched brass or moulded plastic achieves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Well managed to sell one via Shapeways in the past week which is nice, just hope shapeways do a decent print which is always my main concern.I am not a fan of Brass kits, probably because I just haven't got around to trying one or buying the equipment necessary to build one plus the cost of the kit itself... I can offer a better surface finish of that which you see above, problem is it depends if people or customers want to pay for it a similar conversation to do you want detail... or do you want design clever? The kit in resin / Metal looks very nice, although not the same as what I have done, is the general direction of what I am possible looking at doing, would be interested in seeing some more images of it, if possible as it does look promising, had some small interest from the LT Museum also, and a few magazines so should be interesting going forwards.Meanwhile, I did manage to get a picture of all 4 coaches completed on a fellow club members layout, with his K's A-Class tank. Edited July 22, 2014 by Bluebell Model Railway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Narnia Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The carriages look superb and now they are up and running really come into their own on that layout. When I've done some more work I'll put up some photos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thank you, yes they are getting quite a lot of attention, recently featured on an article for 3DPrint.com which was rather cool, wasn't expecting it... London Transport museum have been watching and are trying to borrow them... although nothing concrete on that.I shall keep an eye on your resin ones, they do look nice people do want these coaches so will look forward to seeing more progress from you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J King Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Still searching for plans for early coaching stock of the Met. in pref. 2mm, can anyone out there help, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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