Penlan Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This has been developing very slowly over the years, but as there may be an etched kit out soon for one of these, I thought I had better get it finished before Trainwest this weekend - reality is this only started last Friday, but the idea has been along time coming to fruiton. The lettering and poster are in fact photographs laid onto an Excel spread sheet - because I have used Excel since who knows when and I/you can easily manipulate the size of the print - this one was 46% of the main 'artwork', printed onto a good quality paper and stuck to a brass former, the rest is plastikard, the horse I think is slaters, the reins are a strand of electric wire, the chains on the horse are the same wire, 2 strands tightly twisted to look like a chain, mind you the shafts look heavy....... I forgot about the horses blinkers though and probably a million other things. On another current topic re. lighting, this is the horse that turned out sea green...... and yes I know there appears to be some slight levitation with the horse/cart. and I know there's some things that need touching up/down - digital cameras are cruel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted April 5, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2011 Now that really is nice. The levitating wheel could be explained by the speed the horse is galloping and the camera caught all the legs in a standing position! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 I shall have put a slice into the front axle carrier and pack about 10 thou in there. The horse can be varied, it's not fixed solid to the shafts. This is one of the problems with my eyesight, after about 10mins of looking at anything close, my eyes tend to glaze over - go out of focus for everything - it takes about half an hour before I can focus again, yes I'm seeing (agh!!! a pun) a specialist. I normally look at distant/close things all the time switching over the range constantly, not staying at a short focal length - you can understand my frustrations with 3 link couplings these days - no problem 30 - 40 years ago - yes I could go to automatics, but I have to make them, which involves close work, and so the world goes round. The handbrake is big, pity there's no brakes on the back wheels to connect too, another job Grommet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastwo Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Lovely bit of scratch building! Where did you source the wheels from? Keep up the good work ATB Shaun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 The rear wheels are from a 2 wheeled delivery Van, source unknown at present, but probably Langley's, Edit - Langleys Kit G24, but G10 has the same wheels, see here http://www.langleymodels.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_OO_Horse_Drawn_Vehicles___Motorcycles_21.html the front wheels are from Langley's 'surplus' boxes at exhibitions, these were aquired a few years ago, I have numerous unmatched wheels in a box!!!!!! Edit - I see they do the wheels seperately on their web site at http://www.langleymodels.co.uk/shop/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2elangleymodels%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fOnline_Catalogue_OO_Scale_Accessories_F1_to_F36_inc_Canal_Boats_etc_10%2ehtml&WD=wheels&PN=Wheels%2ehtml%23a1000053#a1000053 I think we are looking at the 20mm dia. Ref 1000007 wheels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 6, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there is harness made for model horses? I have seen it in larger scales made for military models, usually in etched brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Does anyone know if there is harness made for model horses? ......... usually in etched brass. I have made numerous enquiries re. harness for 4mm scale over the last year, plus of course plenty of resources for the 1:1 scale harness as well. Won't that just be my luck to find there IS a decent set available - because I'm not aware of any harness 'kits'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 That vehicle looks really neat. My eyes were first drawn to the lettering, which I thought was pretty damn good. Computers are mighty useful in railway modelling! The only problem I've found when printing such things as bus destination blinds is they fade over time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Fading is a problem I've had with a couple of signs, as I use a ink-jet printer, the blacks are the first to go on ordinary paper, which at the moment has left a couple of signs with the look of a rusty background! - I couldn't replicate that straight off. The station nameboards however, printed on glossy photo paper, have not faded at all. BUT, although I get my inks from the same source, I'm sure they have changed their formulas over recent years (much like Humbrol Enamels) as I'm not getting the same depth of colour I had, say some 8 years ago. I would like to use a laser printer, but nobody I know in the village has one - we are all retired, so no 'works' printer. I'm now getting ready for Trainwest this weekend, but if anybody wants to see the breakdown and assembly of the printed parts, I will do it next week - or ask at Trainwest. As and when this van's cover fades, it is easy to replace, the top part slips off and I can scrap away the paper and replace. EDIT - or even if I want to change the poster - Currently Barnum & Baileys at Swansea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 A sign with fading colours, photo's taken 2 years apart. Black has drained away..... Signs reduced via Excel again, these are approx 15mm wide, reduction was down to 32% of original. The one by the door is down to 15% of original. Daylight window is about 20 feet away in front of sign. The top/first picture taken by somebody else on a decent camera! Second photo, my Canon A400! Both photo's under same lighting source. Evidently there has been some activity in the Goods Yard..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks for that. The worst offenders for bleaching out were station signs I bought in. As so often with technology, we go two steps forward and one step back........Photographs printed with the wet process in a darkroom were considerably more stable than todays inkjet inks and papers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastwo Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thank you for the info on your wheels - very helpful. On the secondary subject of inkjet printing, I'm using genuine HP inks and find that when I spray the paper with Lidl waterproofer the red tends to leach through. Anyone got ideas or comments on this problem? No doubt 3Ms or Windsor & Newton will be suggested, but the cost is a bit prohibitive (Comparing the cost of Lidl spray you get enough change for a kitchen quality Pinot Noir...) Shaun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 What paper are you printing onto? I often print onto marker paper (make sure it's the correct way up) as it has a chemical coating on one side to stop graphic artists pens bleeding through, and trust me, they can handle a lot of ink! not sure if thats any help - seawhite is the brand I normally use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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