Quarryscapes Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Here's my latest test piece: The file includes: GWR 2500g tender top Stella Outer Frames Stella Smokebox Front 2 sets of 14xx Fittings Cambrian Luggage van Festiniog Quarryman's coach 5mm Wheels 2 sets of tender fittings The Quarryman's coach and 14xx fittings have already been succesfully printed before, so I know they will work just fine, these are just to correct some errors that came to light. The wheels are for the incorrect previous quarryman's coach (Putting slightly overscale flanges and floor thickness on the wheels with scale floor to axle dimension leads to a need for smaller wheels!) The Tender, Luggage van and Stella frames will test how well large surfaces print. I'm expecting to need a lot of finishing work on both, though I'm most interested in how they resist warping. The Stella frames I can easily have etched, but they make a good test that will find a use if it goes well! I'll get some pics up of the previous attempts as soon as I have decent light to take their picture! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Fan Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Alan Interesting to see FUD being used for Frames.Usually it is too brittle. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted August 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hi Alan, I'm intrigued by the Stella parts. Is the intention to eventually do a whole kit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Superior work mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Alan Interesting to see FUD being used for Frames. Usually it is too brittle. Noel They're only dummy outside frames, the weight will be taken inside on an etched chassis. (I need to use metal as I use live chassis pickup) Hi Alan, I'm intrigued by the Stella parts. Is the intention to eventually do a whole kit? They're for converting Dean Goods RTR bodies. The dished smokebox front can also be used on Dean Goods too. Superior work mate! Thanks...here's some of the real thing.... 1449 with incorrect smokebox door - I borrowed the hinges from another file, forgetting to edit them to make them inside bearing on both hinges! Not obvious unless you go looking thankfully. FR coach painted and weathered. I have done no cleaning up to the plastic at all, this one had a very nice wood like finish. Trefor Quarry wagon painted and weathered. Again this is straight up as printed. Not quite as good a finish on this one, but it is a more complex shape so more wax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Ooooo.... 3D printed goodness!!!! Amazing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Certainly is amazing - can't wait to see how this turns out... By popular demand, a Cambrian 2-4-0T. It's actually split into sections: Footplate cab and tanks in a unit, the boiler & firebox inc backhead as a unit and then the fittings separate. This is to enable easier cleaning up of the FUD. It's not quite finished yet, the cab steps need doing, the safety valve mount needs creating and a the backhead wants detailing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Alan Interesting to see FUD being used for Frames. Usually it is too brittle. Noel Just make it at least 1mm thick (1.5mm is better). I've always found the dimensional inaccuracies too great in other materials, so any chassis parts have been printed in FD or FUD (I've produced several working chassis in 9mm, 12mm and 16.5mm gauges, and even unintentionally 'test' dropped a weighted loco with FUD chassis) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Well this little lot arrived yesterday! As suspected, the Stella frames are too wobbly, never mind, Etched it will have to be. There was a minor problem with the Cambrian 2-4-0Ts cab steps - they got squished in transit so one is sticking out and one is folded under the cab. Having heated them up in hot water and clamped them in place with an elastic band and a former (An etched carriage!) they are now setting. Hopefully they should stay in place. The Cambrian Luggage Van, GWR 2500g Tender and 2-4-0T boiler are outside in High Build primer (2nd coating following rubbing down) and I think are looking pretty good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellshock Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I am very impressed with the finish especially on the coach what was the rubbing down method considering that it is panelled? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I used a fibreglass pencil to get into the panelling, and 800 grit wet and dry very carefully. Now it's dried and sunk in the print lines can still be seen but they're no worse than brush strokes on your average hand painted model so I'm going to let be, any more primer on there and I'll lose all the detail. (I've already lopped off the roof lights since I didn't realise I'd sanded chunks of them off!). Think I'm going to invest some time in making the lighting separate on the print and adding holes for grab handles etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Forgot I hadn't shown the Stella front off, came out a perfect fit! A perfect way to backdate an RTR Dean goods a bit too! In fact, if anybody has a drawing or dimensions of the parallel chimneys used on Dean Goods I'd like to see them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Looks almost like a resin casting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Emmerson Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Another way of smoothing the surface of FUD is to burnish it with the flat end of a cuticle stick (such as eBay item 271418975543). This works a treat for me. Your local pharmacist, supermarket or Boots branch will have these for sale at a price of a few pence. Look for sticks made of nice smooth wood. Use _dry_. The special very soft toothbrushes used for cleaning babies' teeth will brush the dusty 'swarf' away afterwards. For smoothing roofs (with or without ribs), try the nail buffing strips that they sell in the same shops. They look like eBay 331318983379 and are very flexible, being made of some kind of foam. They have no grit that you can feel with your fingertip but nevertheless they are mildly abrasive. Squadron sanding strips (eBay 201171933807) are very similar but about twice the price. Use _wet_ , with a baby toothbrush to remove the dust. I use these methods successfully but your mileage may vary. So I suggest you try them first on an old piece of FUD that you no longer need! Andy Emmerson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Here's my latest test piece: mixbag1.JPG The file includes: Do you sprue all the parts together? How do you work out how to lay them out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Do you sprue all the parts together? How do you work out how to lay them out? Sorrry I'm late to the party! No, they aren't sprued, they're just assembled together by eye, no fancy tricks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 More Fuddy goodness arrived today in the shape of some Cambrian lime wagons, two in original 1860s guise with dumb buffers, and one c.1890s with headstock and self contained buffers (buffers not shown, but basically they are just the bodies which then take MJT sprung heads). Also a nice new parallel chimney for Stella... and finally for a lark an Oswestry shedplate for my keys! (in WSF) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbuttler Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I've somehow missed this thread altogether mate... nice work!!! Love the keyring - I made one myself too You clean up work of the FUD is excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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