Rob R Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Scott, I use the transclucent resin because I reckon it is nearly all resin rather than a resin/grey filler mix which, to me, seems to take the sharpness off a little bit. I think we could do with some 9' 6" brake gear in the society stores...... Looking forward to seeing the finished article. Rob 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 06/05/2024 at 11:07, ScottW said: I've been very quiet for sometime now due to a loss of Mojo. Recently I aquired a wondeful 3D printed wagon body for a GNR 9 Ton, 4 Plank, open wagon. This came from @Rob R of this parish and I'm hoping this will help me on my road to recovery. The body is produced from a translucent resin and the print very sharp. For me, with my limited experience in these matters, this has to be one of the best 3D prints I've seen and do question wether 3D printing is the way forward 🤔. There is no floor with the body but this is easily produced from a piece of 40thou Plasticard, suitably scibed to represent floor planks. Society Springy Beam W-Irons have been added, which is now my 'go to' method of suspension when building wagons. Now on to the brake gear.... I agree with you Scott that Rob's wagons are among the best 3D prints and designs I have seen. Even being able to see through the catches is amazing and the crispness of the print is excellent. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 06/05/2024 at 11:07, ScottW said: I've been very quiet for sometime now due to a loss of Mojo. Recently I aquired a wondeful 3D printed wagon body for a GNR 9 Ton, 4 Plank, open wagon. This came from @Rob R of this parish and I'm hoping this will help me on my road to recovery. The body is produced from a translucent resin and the print very sharp. For me, with my limited experience in these matters, this has to be one of the best 3D prints I've seen and do question wether 3D printing is the way forward 🤔. There is no floor with the body but this is easily produced from a piece of 40thou Plasticard, suitably scibed to represent floor planks. Society Springy Beam W-Irons have been added, which is now my 'go to' method of suspension when building wagons. Now on to the brake gear.... I hope you get your mojo back soon Scott and if this wagon does the trick then great! I agree that Rob's GNR wagons are among the very best 3D design and prints. The crispness and ability to see through the catches is brilliant. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 This engine is not new.....built it a while ago. But the wheels are. Rewheeled with the new Stainless Steel tyres from China and my own axle system. 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 It looks really good, as it always did, but the wheels look great too. Very interested to hear more about the new axle system. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottW Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 (edited) On 06/05/2024 at 11:07, ScottW said: I've been very quiet for sometime now due to a loss of Mojo. Recently I aquired a wondeful 3D printed wagon body for a GNR 9 Ton, 4 Plank, open wagon. This came from @Rob R of this parish and I'm hoping this will help me on my road to recovery. The body is produced from a translucent resin and the print very sharp. For me, with my limited experience in these matters, this has to be one of the best 3D prints I've seen and do question wether 3D printing is the way forward 🤔. There is no floor with the body but this is easily produced from a piece of 40thou Plasticard, suitably scibed to represent floor planks. Society Springy Beam W-Irons have been added, which is now my 'go to' method of suspension when building wagons. Now on to the brake gear.... A bit of progress with the brake gear: A number of these wagons were fitted with a hand brake operating on one wheel on both sides, connected by a cross bar and both operating handles at the same end. I have tried to represent this type of brake gear using components from Ambis Engineering. To say it was a bit fiddley would be an understatement. The V Hangers were cut from waste etch material as the ones supplied by Ambis didn't quite look right. Edited May 14 by ScottW 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Scott the Brake Gear may be fidley but it looks really good. I looked at the Ambis website.....do they do special order for S or is it part of their range? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottW Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 9 hours ago, Timber said: Scott the Brake Gear may be fidley but it looks really good. I looked at the Ambis website.....do they do special order for S or is it part of their range? I don’t really know much about the etches. I assume they were a special order years ago, shot down from their 7mm range. I originally bought some many moons ago from the society stores. More recently I bought three sets of underframe & brake etches off eBay, the seller was a dealer who couldn’t shift them so I made him an offer and got them at a knocked down price. It might be worth contacting Ambis and ask if they still have the artwork. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flubrush Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 There's also the brake gear etch which accompanied the underframe for the PO wagon kit which was modified by some members to fit other underframes. I remember a separate etch being done of the brake gear in my time in Parts and there could still be some etches remaining. If not, PPD should still have the photo tool and David Provan might remember the details to order another run of the etch. The reason for the re-run of the brake gear was that the gear was designed to fit around AGW wagon wheels which were undersize. When the Slaters wheels appeared on the scene they were to scale diameter and the brake gear etch needed a fair bit of fiddling to fit around them, so Dave re-did the artwork to fit the Slaters wheels. Jim. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottW Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 6 hours ago, flubrush said: There's also the brake gear etch which accompanied the underframe for the PO wagon kit which was modified by some members to fit other underframes. I remember a separate etch being done of the brake gear in my time in Parts and there could still be some etches remaining. If not, PPD should still have the photo tool and David Provan might remember the details to order another run of the etch. The reason for the re-run of the brake gear was that the gear was designed to fit around AGW wagon wheels which were undersize. When the Slaters wheels appeared on the scene they were to scale diameter and the brake gear etch needed a fair bit of fiddling to fit around them, so Dave re-did the artwork to fit the Slaters wheels. Jim. I have in the past done exactly as Jim suggests and adapted the separate brake gear etch designed for the POW wagon kit. This worked out well as the etch is well thought out and very simple to put together. Because the GNR wagon had a single brake on either side of the wagon I didn’t think there would be much left of the society etch after I had adapted it, which is why I chose to use the Ambis components. Personally, I think both the Ambis & separate POW brake gear etch's would be a good thing to keep stocked as they give the wagon builder options. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 In a couple of weeks time I will post some pictures of the different Wagon Brake etches we have.....that will help inform any actions i need to take on resupply......working on wheels at the moment...just trying to do one thing at a time but wagon etches will be next. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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