Graham Radish

Hello folks. Realistically on an n gauge setup thats 5ft 6" x 2ft 6" would you say a single AWS ramp would be the best idea, or should i use at least 2? Cheers.

The funny thing is, early 90's lima bodyshells were better than any 3d print lol.

How do you 3d print glazing?

But whats this got to do with railway modelling?

Im personally not a fan of 3d printing, now if there was a way to do injection molding at home somehow, that would be awesome, by making molds using existing bodyshells, one or two 'good' 3d prints doesn't make up for the fact that 98% of them are crap.

This is very true, i agree 100%

Iirc, some lima models had a central mounted motor, any ide what they were?

Brilliant thank you! going to start my lima collection

Ok cool, so these should be ok then: Cab

Can you buy cabs for these locos? if not how do you go about building a convincing looking one? Doesn't this model have a central mounted motor? if so i should imagine there would be plenty of room. Cheers. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lima-L205094-Class-31-r-n-31601-Bletchley-Park-Station-X-Fragonset-black-mint/264504891239?hash=item3d95b85767%3Ag%3AGsEAAOSwCSpdq3U8&LH_BIN=1

As i say in the OP, Bachmann/Dapol etc should put a seal on the box, because ebay states clearly that new should be sealed people are getting around it by listing their items as 'new used' to me that is an oxymoron

But 3d printing is no good for mass production

3D printing is a very bad idea for manufacturing things like this, its slow, inaccurate and quite frankly looks awful, it will probably take another 10 years before its as good as injection molding. trying to 3d print n gauge stuff would be hilarious,

If i was to model in OO again i would choose LIMA, some may laugh, simply because with these models you can do a lot to them to make them even better than Bachmann, its fun to do as well, you can make them your own and at a much lower cost, ie, replacing motors/adding extra detail etc. i made a thread about this im on a mission to get the best locos lima made like the excellent class 31 for example and make them run as smooth as silk, also you have a lot of room to work with in these locos meaning you can install very complicated lighting and huge DCC sound speakers, in turn i get much more satisfaction from this hobby doing things this way. But it doesn't stop there, you can even fit two motors to the larger locos, in turn this gives a huge amount torque when pulling things like real coal/gravel. i love the idea of this and this is going to be my next venture in this hobby. to be honest for the sake of about 30 quid you can make them look bloody amazing.

For those that bash LIMA, most of their better models have very accurate bodyshells, in fact in most cases beating Bachmann

I'm noticing more lately that some sellers are listing locos 'especially OO gauge for some reason' as NEW but looking at the pictures they have clearly been tampered with, i have also seen a couple of NEW listings and the models have glue marks all over them, i think ebay needs a team of specialized moderators to sort this problem out. I've even seen a loco advertised as NEW and they have no box and are on show on a garden wall, the model clearly had scratches on it and the decals worn off. One way to sort this would be to get manufacturers to fit a seal to the packaging. How do they get away with this?

Just found this article on the class 31, it looks superb with some patience: Lima Class 31

See if you can get hold of a cheap rolling road mate and a 5 or 6v DC power supply, not 12 or 14v as you dont want to run it in at full speed

Closest i can get to a clayton in N is a class 14

Damn! you are right, just looked on eBay, it's a lovely model i bet with lights and sound it would be brill. so far looking through this thread the 31 and 50 are my favorite two locos.

I know a lot of people will disagree with this but in my opinion the better lima models were twice as good as the modern Bachmann virgin voyager, that loco is piss poor inside and out, runs like a bag of spanners has terrible electronics and an underpowered motor

Thing is with lima apart from the comedy couplers, they can be real nice models, i think lima are absolutely brilliant for DCC as you have the room to fit very large speakers, should imagine it wouldnt be too hard to fit NEM couplers

Claytons are awesome, and the Heljan one is a great model, does it have sound?

Hello, on this one i'm curious, which in your opinion were the best LIMA diesel, diesel/electric locos ever made? First train set i ever owned was a LIMA in the early 80's (about 1983) it was some sort of shunter, possibly a german rebrand? looked a bit like a class 14 Anyway any thoughts on this, i do have a soft spot for lima! cheers.

Planned obsolescence and laziness fella yes, a model maker like Bachmann should know better, they way it is at the moment that motor will be dead in a few weeks maybe less, yet they charge top prices which is very annoying to say the least.