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17 hours ago, ianmaccormac said:

Stick with doing it yourself. I started in March 2019. First goes here.

The latest things I am doing are these:

If you do little and often, it gradually gets to the point where you can add all the parts up and suddenly there is a whole loco there!

Great fun. And then you get exactly what you want yourself!

Cheers, Ian

These look excellent Ian

I know I know more coach pictures apologies but the sun was out and I figured I would get some better detailed shots of them now with the fabulous decals from Ian! Not perfect by a long shot but hopefully as I get to build more and more I will try to push the quality

Still have 3 or 4 more to build! I know its gone up since my initial 5 coach train I had planned, but really been enjoying building these and hope to have a more detailed explanation of the process later on if anyone is mildly interested in reading :)

Thanks for the heads up Eric I hope to get you some pictures soon!

absolutely stunning work as always Mike

Just a quick update from the club's layout last night photos courtesy of Kevin, excellent waterslide transfers thanks to @ianmaccormac

I have to say I find Vallejo black grey the most useful colour in my paint collection I often use this to paint all my underframes as I think black is bit too dark personally :)

A quick update got some pictures at the club last night on the still in progress Smithfields layout thanks to Kevin who took these.

Have applied the amazing water slide decals this weekend courtesy of the talented Mr Ian MacCormac thank you for sending those over sir they are excellent as always and really finish off these coaches thank you!

Along with finishing off the 2nd Third class coach and brake, I would like to add a PRV, and possibly a 33 and half foot Tri Composite as this will add some nice variation to the rake I hope.

@njee20 @monkeysarefun there appears to be a whole slew of new printers on the horizon and kickstarter, the new Apex maker X1 has a large 16 inch  build plate, but only a 8k LCD. and now a coolsiga is a 13 inch build plate and 7k LCD both promise much faster printer speeds, all with ACF, which I have yet to try, so interesting your experience @monkeysarefun on the M5 as I almost stuck my had in my pockets and bought this as I have been really pleased with all my anycubic machines in the past, I use the Anycubic Max regularly, more so than the Mega 8K as its easier to clean up! The Mega 8K is a pain in the Derriere to clean due to the perforated build plate!

I'm hoping they release a new 12k large format printer soon, and then I will probably finally stump up some coffers for this :)

Out of interest the elegoo 12k saturn much better than the anycubic M5 12k then?

Cheers

7 hours ago, JCL said:

Certainly well. I'm attempting to print a diesel railcar in 7mm on an Ender 3 to see if I can. On the diagonal it comes right up to the edges!

I will be looking forward to seeing that when it comes out sir :) 

18 hours ago, JCL said:

OK, when did you move to the North Pole, and where's ya beard?

If only Mr JCL, i’d have a bunch of workers I could get to do it all for me ;)

I hope you are well chap? :)

Update on the progress of the LBSC Billinton coaches for the ESMRC club's exhibition layout!

Roofs still loose as I need to check the weight of these coaches going across the points on the layout, so I may need to add some additional weight

Some subtle weathering down of the brass, and mansell wheels, and potentially the roofs

And finally the decals/transfers to add along with a couple more coaches to complete the six coach rake.

And some pictures of the latest almost finished Billinton coaches in LBSC Umber

Some slight weathering down is still needed on these, especially the brass in places, roofs are still loose as I need to check the weighting is ok on the track at the club when going across points!

And of course they still need transfers/decals to finish them off!

30ft three compartment brake 3rd, 30ft Five compartment third, 32ft First, and 32ft Lav comp so far!

Still to come another 30ft third, and I was hoping to knock out a double ducket full brake, however im struggling to get this to work, so I may just paint up another 3 compartment third to finish the rake off ready for the exhibition rake to have that ready as I need to move onto the N7, and finish off the 34ft GER coaches. So if I have time I will try to get a double ducket brake finished next year!

43 minutes ago, Nile said:

Found some stuff:

 

SECR brake van

All require 'some work' to get a finished model.

 

None of this has anything to do with the original question, which was about supports needed in the printing process. Since this will vary with the printing process it's rather hard to generalise. Each printer or process will need it's own method, and a degree of experience from the end user.

Thanks for posting Nile, it is great to finally see some of these prints of Simon's that have been discussed so many times on various threads through out this forum, so much appreciated :)

Honest opinion they aren't bad, just a bit basic, lack some detailing and a wee bit chunky in parts, but I suspect this may have a lot to do with the printing medium here, as its not resin, so getting those finer details to print would be very hard work if not impossible at times! So your extra detailing work Nile, especially on the SECR Brakevan is very good, and adds a huge amount to the finish of these models so lovely work sir, and thanks for sharing with us all!

Perhaps a bit of a diversion on this thread but I personally think though as a designer if you are hoping to sell your designs especially STL's then you should most definitely have a solid understanding of the print process going forward!

As it will make an ok model into a fantastic model that folks will enjoy printing again and again! A lot of the work we all do on here as designers building our stock, whether to sell or for personal projects, is spending time getting those prints to work just right! I certainly know I do, and can often spend days trying to figure out how one print, printed fine one day, and completely different the next! It can be anything from temperature, to FEP's or lubrication of the Z axis, even the quality of resin that will produce quite frustratingly different results at times this 3d printing malarkey is a bit of a dark art, but it is getting so much easier with subsequent new technologies and printers coming onto the market!

But slowly the more printing I do, the more I hopefully begin to understand about the best way to orientate, support, and split models up for better print quality!

Realistically drawing the model up in the software can often be the quick bit for me now, its the hours of work afterwards to get a close to perfect print I find can be the real hard work!

I thoroughly recommend @rue_d_etropal if you are considering yourself as a serious designer who would like to sell STL's of 3d printed models invest in a couple of printers! They aren't that expensive now, and the fun and knowledge and experience you will gain will help make your models go from average to amazing, and will be a very immersive and addictive and more importantly a most rewarding journey :)

The coach and wagon works in full production now 

1 hour ago, Nile said:

I've bought some of his designs from Shapeways, so not entirely pie in the sky.

Be great to see some prints :) 

On 30/11/2021 at 18:50, Compound2632 said:

Re-reading posts from the summer of 2020, I see I was being a bit cagey about the map showing Midland goods and mineral routes to points south of the river. At that time the map in question was on the Members' Area of the Midland Railway Study Centre website but it is now freely available for inspection; I've been posting snippets of it elsewhere. The map in question is the panel at the right-hand end:

 

 

[Embedded link to Midland Railway Study Centre Item 20628.]

 

This is fantastic, thanks for posting I haven't ever come across this map before it is hugely helpful :)

A few more wagons 3d printed, GER transfers/decals courtesy of @Corbs

Still need to slightly weather the 5plks

GER 5plks

GER Loco Sand

GNR 3plk

Some pictures of the LBSC brake progress! Still have the glazing to put in the back, plus add the seating to the interior, hence the roof is still loose.
 

Apologies for the duplicate picture but just a quick update on the rake of 7mm Billinton’s

30ft brake third almost finished, needs interior, and roof fixing, and end glazing!

30ft third still needs seats inside, just trying out a few colours for the seats.

32ft first, not quite happy with the print but may line it and see how it looks!

32ft lav comp, same as above

30ft double ducket brake reprinted and ready to start lining.

yet to decide the final coach, whether to print another third, or new vehicle plain composite 2nd and first

Picture taken at the club on the layout Smithfield’s, backdrop the newly installed resin cast walling!

Some progress on the LBSCR side of things I managed to sneak a quick photo of my WIP LBSC Billinton umber painted coaches at last nights Club session.  Only another 4 to go!

Very nice Neil, loving that sdjr brake

Good to see you back Jason and printing :) 

Finally an update on the 7mm LBSC Billinton's i'm building for the clubs smithfield exhibition layout 

I'm going to start a thread in Pre-grouping as I build these to discuss them in more detail!

They have been a major pain in the backside with the dreaded banding due to suction on the FEP, so going to have to split them up into smaller components for printing... skoolboy Error really my own fault I should have done that in the first place

Still have the glazing to put in, and add the third class seating, and then fix the roof on! Oh and try to see if i can find some suitable transfers for these in 7mm

Third class 30ft LBSC Billinton in Umber livery

On 07/07/2023 at 19:33, EasternO said:

Do you work off photographs or do you obtain the engineering drawings?

I do a bit of both, work from drawings I can get online or from books, but just as importantly i use photographs as well, to cross check the details