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Hi Woko,
I have been following your 3D thread for a while with the intention of making some .stl files of my own. Have only managed an end vent for LMS banana vans so far and hope to post it shortly. It printed OK on my Ender 3 S1 but is pushing the limits of that printer. I will probably get a resin one at some point down the line to get finer detail but right now I have nowhere outside that I would be happy keeping it in. My filament printer is much more conducive to internal use but it’s in my dad’s at the meantime. I’ve managed to get some decent prints from it of pregrouping stuff supplied by Sithlord of this parish but will add Archer rivet transfers where those have failed to print clearly.
Your French church looks amazing. I am assuming it will be the backdrop for an 82nd airborne diorama? There are quite a few ruined buildings available on Cults3d if you were looking for extras but why detract from that magnificent structure. I have download a few but not yet printed the buildings so am not sure how they would turn out. Have you any plans to put that .stl up for sale? I think it would still look very sharp blown up to 1/35 which is my scale of choice.
Your wagons, especially the NER horse boxes look superb. They will be on my to do list at some point for my Scottish Borders layout seeing as how the D&S kits are hard to get. Please keep up the good work, it is genuinely inspiring to see your efforts in any scale.
Regards,
Stephen
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That sounds fantastic Stephen, i kind of got into modelling and printing pre-grouping stock for much of the same reason. My dad has a lot of pregrouping locos now and there is very little out there to run behind some of them! And then I joined a local club and got hooked on modelling 7mm stock, I find it a lot more satisfying, as you can really push the details.
I intend to model up some LNWR and Caley stock along with some Highland railways and potentially NBR and NER if I can get some drawings for 4 or 6 wheel coaching stock! I plan to start printing the LBSCR coaches next, but whilst it gets cold over the winter I normally find myself modelling stock to print in the spring when the printer doesn't play up so much in the cold weather!
I am looking into creating my own website and potentially going to sell my STL's so folks can download and print, I doubt there much demand on the railway stuff, as pregrouping is pretty specialised but my buildings I have quite a few now and they may fair better if they are sold fairly cheaply. It is just an idea currently, but as more folks get into 3d printing their own stuff it seems like a possibility.
I just like making stuff, it is hugely satisfying i find.
Anyway Cheers Stephen as I said if you need any pointers or tips just message me dude
Rob
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Hi Rob,
It might be a couple of weeks before I’m back up with dad but I think he has a book on NBR carriages which may have some drawings. NER ones I’m not so sure about. I’m pretty sure he has something on Caley coaches as well. I do know that he has some of the Decent Models CR Balerno stock and some of their 45’ carriage kits. I should have a couple those as well. I also have a couple of old Roxy mouldings plasticard sides for GSWR non-corridor stock and some old Ks LNWR 6 wheelers. I also have a few Trevor Charlton zinc sides. I think all of the above are all long since out of production. I know Jim Bennie is still selling his Caley coaches but they are bogie post WW1 vehicles. If I scanned some of those long lost etches against a white sheet would that be of any use to you?
Regards,
Stephen
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