PeteN92

I've signed up to the new service and have been having a play. A little fettling with the settings on my elgoo mars and I've had results with this lot, will be intrigued once I've got some paint on to compare them with modelu's own as id assume they have a higher quality printer than myself. I've now downloaded some more and with my 50% off code so some railway workers will be getting printed next as well as the imminent September sitting figures release which I think will be very handy for populating coaches. Cheers Pete

Oh no I've dropped a howler there, it's amazing what you can manage to mess up even with photos sat Infront of you. It's going to bother me now so fingers crossed I can unglue it and try to fix this major cock up , alternatively I'll be ordering a couple more kits to try again. @RailWest any thoughts on a better colour for lever 27 ? Maybe I can blame it on no longer being acquainted with levers for my day job instead being replaced with the IECC clicky mouse 🤔 Pete

The final building to make a start on is the loco shed. I am going to try and 3d print this in sections and then fill in the sides with plasticard plus 3d printed windows. So far ive done one section and it looks like it might be a viable way to do it although I am yet to get any further with this part of the project as it takes a fair amount of time to print each section and thats without accounting for any failures. Cheers Pete

The big project I have been working on lately was the next laser cut kit from Andy at Railmodel.co.uk I sent him the drawings I had transposed to libreCAD and he made me the kit for Ilfracombe goods shed. This has been given a full interior and just remains to have lights added. I 3d printed the Chimney and the kit was provided with laser cut individual strips of roof tiles which have been laid on top of each other to create a very satisfying effect. Cheers Pete

A fiddle yard extension has been built so I can have longer trains A yard crane was designed and 3d printed based off a picture of the real thing. The base is just a block of wood clad in plasticard with 3d printed steps. The Turntable has undergone some more detailing with soldering wire handrails and also plating over the centre of the sleepers The final part of the station has been started including the station building, canopy and the main entrance cheers Pete

Previously lost images have been restored where possible in the topic so I guess its time for an update.... The signal box has been finished and given an interior, I 3d printed some of the concrete bases for it to stand on and have then used DAS to bed it into the baseboard The Taxi hut building has also been 3D printed which is my first attempt at printing a full building. It was a little wobbly on the base but thats been fixed with the DAS base aswell. Cheers Pete

Funnily enough After posting on Russell's topic I had a look as I couldn't find this not sure if it had been shelved however your comment has made it reappear so yes an update will be in order in due course. Cheers Pete

Nice to see some more progress Russell. I've just completed my goods shed for my Ilfracombe layout and earlier on in the year the signalbox too. I gave Andy over at railmodel.co.uk some drawings and he made some laser cut kits for me. If you have the space for the full size shed its available on request as well as 2 versions of the signalbox (banked per the prototype or flat bottom) if you wanted to give them a crack to help keep things moving on for you? Cheers Pete

Very nice I'd go as far to say one of the best factory fitted locos I've got. Currently I have two sound fitted plus another waiting to be done. Cheers Pete

Sorry to hear that you can no longer continue with this work of art. Like others have said its been an inspiration on here for many I hope you can find someone to take it on and let your work live on. Pete

Thanks for all the replies I run the layout as summer of 54 in one time period and then summer of 61 as the other so this should give me a good idea what to use. Cheers Pete

Hi there I hope some of you with some car knowledge can help identify some of the vehicles in these photos outside of ilfracombe station. This would greatly help me with the model of the station I am building . Cheers Pete

Anyone wanting to pick up the new efe crosscountry coaches head over to rails all three variants are available at the same reduced price https://railsofsheffield.com/products/efe-rail-e86015-lswr-cross-country-3-coach-pack-br-sr-green Finally bagged myself a set of these as I notice rails have 20% off now which makes them 179.95 plus you can use the discount code Eastertreat for another 5% off this weekend with DPD p&p that's 174.98 all in so about 56.60 per coach. They look very nice but I'm guessing they aren't selling like hotcakes due to the fact you've got to buy the 3 pack and the high cost per coach Bachmann are asking for these days.

Finally bagged myself a set of these as I notice rails have 20% off now which makes them 179.95 plus you can use the discount code Eastertreat for another 5% off this weekend with DPD p&p that's 174.98 all in so about 56.60 per coach. They look very nice but I'm guessing they aren't selling like hotcakes due to the fact you've got to buy the 3 pack and the high cost per coach Bachmann are asking for these days.

Which when compared to most places is still more expensive....