Spitfire2865

What a shock, another person who tried to fit mainline trains in a shunting plank of space, got bored/frustrated, and is trying to sell it all at cost. Id like to point out that the Thomas locos are NOT included in the sale.....THEN WHY PHOTOGRAPH THEM????

I think the RC boat market has yet to really take the push to mostly ready made. RC cars can be driven almost anywhere, so a big market to merchandise. RC planes, less space available but capable anywhere. Everyone knows planes. Boats on the other hand, require large bodies of water. Plenty of regions dont have that great exposure to boats. Plus to use them you need a body of water clear and free. So RC boating is this a niche market filled with mostly scratchbuilders or those willing to either spend stupid amounts of money or go very cheap as to ensure they never try it again.

When real wagons were built, the framing woodwork would be painted body colour. RTR offerings are just cheaper to make with the chassis injected in black.

If its not in the pics, its not included So I get the railing the lumps of plastic are sat on too? Buy with confidence from an established ebay seller with 100% positive feedback record. With it NOT being the "New Generation Tooling", I wonder who will take the opportunity to make this claim not applicable anymore.

Well youll need a difference in height between baseboard and track level. Take a piece of stiff wood the thickness of your track underlay and mount firm on one end and on the other have an arrangement of a bolt through a curved slot with a retained spring to bear down on the underside of the board thus keeping the track joint steady and level. Getting the pivot point right is the key to getting it to work well. Best lay the line you have least leeway on first and adjust the rest to suit.

Well Shapeways isnt advertising to modellers, so youd probably not see adverts around here. But they DO have a few worldwide locations and deal with all levels of 3D printing markets from design firms to end user and industrial level production. So probably well over 100 employees on staff.

Shapeways manages to give you the option to group ordered items with previous yet to ship orders. And they must deal with a similar level of outgoing orders per day. Though they do tend to always ship in the same sized boxes regardless of size or number of items. And with much more unfriendly packaging material to boot.

With those trees cleared, Id think the would need to strengthen that embankment.

I still dont intend to move to casting for major works. Much prefer the fiddling around with wood and styrene. But for the rare instance it may prove to be useful.

Wow, another update in less than a month? Must be early Christmas! So recently Ive been splitting my main modelling time between the G3 boxcar and the rc tugboat. On the railroad front, Ive framed, sheathed, and hung doors on the car. And what will become a functional brake has been added. Ive also dipped my toes in the black art of recasting. From some 2.5" gauge trucks I bought, I needed a new journal cover as one was missing. So I bought some polymer clay and made a simple 2 part mould. And I then had the chance to try making some whitemetal castings with VERY rudementary tools. A tincan on the stove for a meltpot and a stick as a skimmer. But I managed some decent results and a few castings before the mould broke apart. Im pleased to say the least. And on the tugboat. I received the RC parts, decided to swap out the esc and motor, decide to change the esc again, and install the lot in a relatively tight hull. But then the cabin was planked. And details fitted. And me being me, Ive decided to fit functional navigation lights on the limited areas available. All controlled individually via switches in the cabin. All thats needed now is a tow light and possibly an anchor light if I feel like it for display purposes. I could also control a headlamp via ch5 on my transmitter. The boat was also given its first water test last week, at which point I discovered the esc wasnt powerful enough at full throttle. The struggles of a joggled driveshafe and slightly tight stuffing box. At least the rudder works well and it actually floats relatively level. For something I put together from mostly scraps of wood, Im pleasantly surprised.

That first one looks like a David Geen kit to my eyes. The third looks like the L&Y twin from 51L?

Did you check the tips are clear? Is the paint thinned properly? What pressure are you spraying at?

Ive had several instances at this point of someone offering a best offer lower than my auction start, i counteroffer and they let it expire. Is it not going through? How I see it working, if its BIN and best offer, you go low. If its Auction and best offer, youre fighting to end it early, thus slightly higher. No?

But at least there they arent ADVERTISING exactly where they are getting it and what they are doing with it.

There is no convention, least none that Ive ever heard about in either Britain or America. Do what is convenient to you. Though if your transformer has a horizontal direction switch, I would wire it with respect to what side youre on. Helps the brain not get confused.

Only took a few minutes. What youre referring to is called a "Camelback" on account of the hump caused by the cab. Quite popular actually around these parts. Many railroads used them for quite a range of services, freights and local passenger services. But of course they werent as popular as conventional locomotives. Although I could see it working rather well with an auto-stoker, but I dont know if it was ever tried.

It seems no one at SHAPEways knows how to properly implement change.

I do wonder with that previous question answered, how much of a pain would it be to clean up if someone were to open the drop doors of a D299 with a load of small general goods, such as baskets or the like. At least on one side you could get under the wagon "easily" to pick up whatever fell out.

Another e...e bidder has now got me. And its not even a railway item. Except this one has 15000 feedback on the US site. But I suspect bidding to rediculous values which I dare not find out.

IF the dust settles.

Ive used plaster cloth over foam before. Makes quite a strong surface, but hard to blend edges without noticable ridges. So perhaps a normal plaster mix slapped on and worked to the finished surface to easily blend together and make it strong.

Have you had a look at the worm gear? Possibly its slipped from its place and is binding when forward running?

Its clearly to represent those very rare, only 3 built, prototype wagons where the designer decided the body should be strong enough to not need a chassis. Its as if youre not even a real railway modeller!

Im finding people putting a starting bid on an item with no traffic mere seconds before the auction ends. Only reason I know is I dont get the "your item has been relisted" email immediately, but get a "congratulations" email a bit later.

Id be weary of that. It might be considered fraud to claim an item is worth double. While your logic is sound, I see it backfiring if someone filing a theoretical insurance claim catches onto the stated values. I know for ebay if you choose to insure it through their online payment portal, you cant claim it more than the final list price. How fees and shipping costs are calculated in that Im not sure.