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On 23/08/2020 at 07:55, Gibbo675 said:

Hi Tom,

 

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I haven't done anything about the rest of the Cartic-4 kit as this year has been a bit tight financially because buying a new van was more important than playing toy trains !

 

There are some minor alterations required to the main body of the kit to make it easier to build and I need to work out the etched brass details. Should anyone have experience of designing and producing etched parts, advice and assistance would be most welcome.

 

Gibbo.

For etched brass have a look at the PPD limited website, I am also looking to produce a caeprtic 4 and had the sides made of etched brass a few years ago but gave just made contact with York model making myself

Use the end of a cocktail stick to pick from the middle 

Andy

I assume the large double doors were supposed to slide sideways to open i which the beam at the top from which I assume they would be suspended would need to extend an equivalent distance either side of the opening

Andy you should have brought one of those fold up plastic steps to save the tiling and lowering the mirror to be able to spend more time modelling never mind, next time

Sod’s law always find something when you are not looking for it

Watching the video I see you already have a train of full hoppers and one with a rake of empties 
 

Don’t want to do to the task but perhaps you need two train loads of wagons one full and one with empties going the other way 
 

Don’t want to do to the task but perhaps you need two train loads of wagons one full and one with empties going the other way 
 

Went to Deadman’s lane today unfortunately only to visit Etches Park depot not to see Micks layout

Great video along with the virtual great electric train show video but still looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at some stage

Thanks Merfyn shame would have been a nice one to model

Merfyn, wonder if you can help there is a photo on facebook of what appears to be an ex railway bus

the reg is JCH369K

The body appears to have been painted in Railway Technical Centre colours would you happen to know if was every connected with the RTC and painted accordingly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/erfmania/48794371333/sizes/m/

The little s**t imagine vandalising your nice new wagons

Photo attached please also note the little brackets below the buffers need to be removed as well

OO and N guage 

the steps are very very small

Neal they print ok as N guage I was surprised that even the steps came out and are exceptionally fine and rather delicate I used my piercing saw to separate the component from the supports. I based the dimensions on the Oxford warwell for the main printed section they can be easily filled so I assume you can amend them. I will PM you

Neal I will have a look and see if how some bits come out

Last one had to upload as separate files although much less than 10Mb what a pain

Completed model

Latest project is crane KDS3149 this was mounted on a warwell wagon which was use by the S&T department and was classed as an equipment carrier and used for relay cabinets and the like. This is now used on the Mid Hants Railway albeit painted Green

Zebedee is now finished with the addition of 3D printed steps, these were produced on new Resin Printer.

As opposed to a cutting disk you should try a piercing saw next time

Be careful  the mug of tea doesn’t leave a ring on the river bed

Nice to see the friction buffer stops modelled with track behind them so they can slide in the event of an impact and therefore absorb the impact. Did you install any of the additional Arrestors across the track beyond the buffer stops.

On one of my bespoke buildings I had some 2mm MDF cut for me by a company