Modelu Chris

Continuing with our late Victorian theme, we have passenger packs designed for the Rapido W&U Tramcars. Designed with the assistance of Rapido and volunteers from Didcot Railway Centre, the packs feature 5 seated passengers and 2 gentlemen stood on the veranda. With the immiment arrival of the Kernow GWR Steam Railmotor we are offering our Passenger and Crew packs at a 15% discount for the rest of December! Crew pack features Driver, Fireman and Guard and passenger pack features 5 passengers all scanned with assistance from Didcot Railway Centre. These figures have been pre-cut in OO gauge to fit the Kernow model. These can also be ordered with full legs for kit built models. Offer ends 1st January. While we were at Warley we loved showing everyone our brand new 3D photogrammetry scanner. Within minutes of your scan being complete you receive an email containing your scan preview and a digital version that you can view in Augmented Reality (AR). This can be moved around and changed in size. ⁠ ⁠ For your chance to enter our competition to win a £25 Modelu voucher simply check out our link in bio and follow the VIEW IN AR link on your mobile device. Take a screenshot of Chris' AR figure posed up and the best entry wins the voucher. Please use #modelucompetition or email your image to enter. ⁠ We'll announce the winner on Friday 15th December! https://www.3df.space/3d-fascination-web/viewer/ar.php?client=modelu&event=default&id=21bcc7e565 We are really pleased to announce the return of O Gauge figure painters Detailed Miniatures. Paul and Carole had a break for a time after Covid and are now back bringing our figures to life! You can view their catalogue of painted figures on their new website (note new .com address). If you would like to get in touch please email Paul or drop them a line on 01732 521474

Good afternoon everyone, we have had a busy week in the office with our usual advent calendar. It always seems like such a good idea at the start. Please see the below newsletter from Alan that was published on Friday. Here is your roundup of the first week of our daily Advent promotions and product launches. The guys have been busy keeping to our 5 day dispatch target with new printers and a new label printing solution help keep orders flowing out of the door. NEW PRODUCT LABELS Customers at Warley would have seen our new labels and some of you will start to receive your products with them also. We now include a reference to the print job, the order bin and your order number on the label to help make sure products are being added to the correct orders and to avoid any packing issues at this busy time. Our Photo of the year competition has been running a week and we've had over 50 superb entries already! If you'd like to enter please upload your photo with your name, email and please include a description with your photograph. You can also email us your entry, or on social media use the hashtag #modeluphoto2023. The closing date for entries is Thursday 14th December⁠ ⁠⁠JUDGING & VOTES⁠ Modelu will shortlist 5 entries to vote upon. Voting will be open from Friday 16th December via the Modelu website - You can decide who's image is the winner - simply like the photo to cast your vote. Voting closes on the 21st December ⁠ ⁠The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve!⁠ ⁠⁠PRIZES The winner will receive a £150 Modelu gift voucher, 2nd place receives a £75 voucher, and 3rd place a £25 voucher.⁠ ⁠⁠IMPORTANT DATES 14th December - Closing date for entries⁠ 15th December -Voting opens⁠ 21st December - Voting ends⁠ 24th December - Winner announced!⁠ Thanks to Steven Draper / Terrific Trains for this image to get things going! We've expanded our range of seasonal products to include a number of themed figures for your Christmas dioramas and cameos! These include a Victorian Father Christmas as posed by Modelu customer Roger Morgan, a trio of snowmen, a set of Christmas presents and Father Christmas in his sleigh. We are happy to announce a new range of mid-late Victorian people! These have been captured with the assistance of Modelu customers and volunteers at the Ffestiniog Bygones weekend back in October. Look out for more releases in the new year from this scanning session, including seated Victorian passengers. There is a distinct air of Dicken's Scrooge: A Christmas Carol about them - maybe we should add a Scrooge to finish the set!

Looks like all the answers are done before I got here. Biggest recommendation when painting figures is to take your time.

Good evening everyone, we are all set up ready for the show at Warley this weekend. We would love to show off what our new scanner can do so do come and see us! In other news … BLACK FRIDAY is upon us once more! This year we are running a 15% discount promotion for online orders from Thursday 23rd until midnight on Monday 27th.

Newsletter continued: We are hugely proud to have been involved in the annoucement of Rapido Trains UK brand new OO locomotives today! Rapido commissioned us to produce 3D printed samples of their forthcoming locomotives - a task which pushed our capabilities to the limit in order to recreate the fantastic levels of detail Rapdio have achieved. Announcement include re-run of the Stirling Single, LSWR O1, LNER J52/2 and the diminutive Port of Par Bagnall Tanks pair. All of which will receive bespoke Modelu crews! Revolution's Caroline's have long been on our radar for a crew set - we even scanned the Revolution team at Ally Pally in 2022 for this purpose! Come soon will be a complete set of figures to populate these superb models.

Happy Friday everyone, I didn't want to fill this feed up too much with two newsletters one after another so please see the newsletter that went out last Friday. This is just a quick reminder also that if you would like to place a pre order for Warley then please do so as soon as possible so we can make sure we can have it printed in time for the show. The below is from Alan: After almost 10 years of using handheld scanners we are finally ready to deploy our new 3D scanning booth at Warley! The new scanner features almost instantenous scanning with 1/200 second capture - making small children and even pets finally possible! This equipment will revolutionise the way we create models and we can't wait to see it in action. As well as their scan, customers will also receive and email with a 3D avatar to share with their friends. Come along to our stand B47 to find out more! Before we come to all the new projects we can share at Warley, we wanted to let you know we've finally overhauled the category and navigation system on our website! You can now browse categories and sub categories of products from the main menu making it much easier to see what we offer. Categories have been organised around the Bachmann Era system. Feedback would be most welcome! Following on from our recent release of stores and cabinets scanned at Didcot we have now added workshop steps, cleaners trestles and coaling stage tubs and ramps. All 3d scanned at Didcot using Photogrammetry, these items add the finishing touches to your GWR Coaling Stage and sheds. These will be on sale in OO and O gauge at Warley We are really pleased to announce that West Hill Wagon Works will be stocking painted Modelu figures again! These will be available at Warley and include diesel drivers and crews on shed, lineside possession workers, shunters and more. Look out for more product collaborations with West Hill Wagon Works in the future. On our stand at Warley we'll have product samples of our new bespoke crews for the super detailed Cavalex Class 56! Scanned at Warley last year, the crews feature Cav and Alex themselves along with a couple of other familiar faces from our hobby. Packs will feature BR TOPS & PRE TOPS Driver & Second Man, Sectorisation ERA Driver & Second Man and present day Drivers. See product samples (and perhaps even stock...!) at Warley. We are pleased to announce another bespoke figure pack designed with the assistance of Rapido. We've a set of 7 passengers, 5 seated and 2 standing, for the new Wisbech and Upwell Bogie Tramcar. These will be the perfect set to compliment our J70 crew. See our stand for samples at Warley

Good morning, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you about this, the coal tubs we have added to the range were done using photogrammetry. This takes about 100 pictures to produce. If yu know of any that may be residing in the south west it would make it much easier for us to produce. If you give us an email an info@modelu3d.co.uk we can discuss further. Kind regards, Chris

Newsletter still continued: Thanks to Stephen Done for this superb photo of a wet cold evening waiting for the train home. Well done Stephen! You win a £25 Modelu gift voucher. If you would like to be considered for Modelu Modeller of the Month, please send us a photo or tag us on social media and send us some details. Good luck! Our latest haul of scans at Didcot Railway Centre have now been cleaned and edited. These include GWR Coaling Stage coaling tubs for tender and tank locos, the coaling stage ramps and a set of loco cleaners trestles and workshop steps. Look out for these later in November and on sale at Warley.

Newsletter continued: Thanks to Ali and Leigh at Didcot Railway Centre we have 3 new workshop storage models in the range. These were all captured using Photogrammetry and include a wealth of detail and clutter. Models include a pack of 2 parts bins, workshop drawers and the original wooden fitter lockers. Available now in N, TT, HO, OO, 1:48 and O. Parts Bins shown here expertly painted by Dan Evason in O gauge. We've expanded our range of animals to include pests! Inflict your layouts and dioramas with a murder of crows, a mischief of rats and a scurry of squirrels! Available now in all scales. Over on our Patreon, our November release is almost ready to download for our Hobbyist, Creator and Creator Pro subscribers. This release features 5 Loco Cleaner figures from our archive suitable for the 1930s-1960s. If you'd like to become a subscriber to get early access to new STL files then please choose a tier and signup. Last months release of Industrial Crews will shortly be available to buy on our STL Store.

Good morning, I hope you have all had a good week, unfortunately I forgot to post this previously, this is last weeks newsletter. Please see the below from Alan: We've many changes afoot at Modelu driven by the arrival of our new instant 3D Scanning booth. We'll be moving office in February, designing new packaging and labels and improving our production and packing processes to ensure we get our products to you as quickly as possible. We've recently added two new super fast 3d printers to our printing farm which have already helped us to keep on top of orders and clear our backlog. Now we are preparing for Warley and hope to see you there - if you'd like to place orders for collection at the show please remember to select 'Collection' at checkout and make a note you'd like to pick up at Warley. We posted on our social media recently asking which exhibitions you would like to see us attend in 2024. Many replies suggested shows in the North of England and Scotland so we are really excited to announce that we will be attending Model Rail Scotland in Glasgow on Friday 23rd Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th February 2024! This time we'll only be attending with our brand new instant 3D scanning booth and some display models - but for those of you wishing to purchase our products we are working with a new stockist who will be present at the show. You'll also be able to order anything in our range from us at the show to be posted on with free delivery. Hope to see many of our Scottish customers and some new ones there in February! Also don't forget you can see the new scanner in action at Warley in a few weeks time. For our customers in South Wales we are pleased to announce that Cardiff's premier model shop Lord & Butler are now a Modelu stockist! In store you can expect to find our range of bespoke crews and bundles for a wide range of products. Pop into their shop at the The Old Warehouse, (Next to Pumping Station), Penarth Road, Cardiff. We are humbled to have been involved in this superb project from Rapido which has been receiving 5 star reviews. Rapido commissioned us to reproduce the Vicar, Bishop and Squire from the film, no small task as this would see us pushing the boundaries in order to achieve a product which would match the high standards of Rapido. We utilisied a digital sculptor to recreate likenesses of the characters, hired costumes and posed as classic scenes from the film. This was then all combined digitally, textures and colour improved before 3d printing in full colour. The figures are part of the Titfield Thunderbolt Deluxe Pack available now. Lionheart Trains new highly detailed Lyton & Barnstaple Manning Wardles can now be completed with a new crew pack. Designed with the assistance of Richard Webster who kindly provided an engineering prototype for test fits and these photos of the crew in situ. We are pleased to announce 3 new Class 08 shunter crew packs! Suitable for 3 eras including 1948-1968 British Railways, 1968-1982 Pre-TOPS & TOPS and 1982-onwards. These have been designed for the Dapol O gauge 08 and Hornby OO model but will be suitable for other scales and manufacturers. Packs include a driver, shunter, and a free shunters pole and lamp! Thanks to GC Weathering and Nick Gurney's Sidings for these superb images.

It’s a crow, technically they are now available on the website but their official release is next week.

Good afternoon everyone, quick little update for you before our full newsletter next week, please see below: This Halloween awe are having a sale on some excess stocked items! Selected OO, HO and O Gauge figures can be found on our website at 20% off the retail price. When they are gone they are gone so grab yourself some bargains! https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product-category/sale/ We've also added 3 new figure packs this Halloween featuring two packs of Zombie Hordes and a special edition pack of the Modelu team fleeing/fighting for their lives! Alan and Chris flee with whatever stock they can lay hands on whilst Harrison, Sophie and Alex fend off the horde!

I did warn you we had a lot to update you on, please see the continued newsletter below: Following on from our new B4 crew, Harry and Nimalan at the Bluebell Railway assisted with a brand new crew pack for the Dapol and Hornby A1/A1X Terrier. Available now via our website and in store at the Bluebell Railway in O and OO. Thanks to our friends at Rapido we have a new crew pack for the LNER J70. Look out for a companion pack of passengers for the Wisbech and Upwell coaches soon! Thanks go to Luke Murray for his assistance in testing fits of the figures and providing photographs of them in situ. Thanks to Chris' boys we've 3 new bundles of school kids/train spotters! Scanned in 50s/60s school uniform and duffle coats and casual clothes and parkas from the 1970s/80s. We even used the boys' granddad's spotting books for extra realism! Available now in all scales for your steam and diesel era depots. Over on our Patreon, our October release is ready to download for our Hobbyist, Creator and Creator Pro subscribers. This release features 5 Industrial Crew figures from our archive suitable for the 1930s-1960s. If you'd like to become a subscriber to get early access to new STL files then please choose a tier and signup. Last months release of Seated Passengers is now available to buy on our STL Store. Phil Coggan is a regular contributor to our Modelu Modellers Facebook Group and his Pen y Bryn layout thread has been a favourite for many years over on RMweb. We recognise his recent efforts this month with this new scene of a derilict lorry recently posted to the Realistic Railway Modelling Facebook group. Well done Phil! You win a £25 Modelu gift voucher. If you would like to be considered for Modelu Modeller of the Month, please send us a photo or tag us on social media and send us some details. Good luck! NEXT MONTH November sees us return to Warley, this time with our brand new instant scanning booth! Look out for new products for the Kernow GWR Railmotor, Cavalex Class 56 and some new announcements at Warley.

Good afternoon everyone, it's the end of the month so it is newsletter time! We have lots to share once again, the below is from Alan: September has raced by and little Sylvie is growing fast and is already a month old! I really don't know where time has gone. We've had a busy month as usual with a number of developments at Modelu HQ. Earlier in the month we welcomed Alex to the team. Alex has a passion for 3D printing miniatures and brings a knowledge of table top gaming and the D&D world as well as an enthusiam for 3D scanning and Augmented Reality. Which leads me onto progress with our new and upgraded scanning capabilities! We are about to order our new 3D scanning booth which enormously upgrades our 3D scanning capabilities, including the potential to scan groups, children and pets in full colour in a matter of seconds. Our first outing with the scanner will be at Warley NEC in November and we'll be open for bookings in Bristol sometime later this month. It's been another busy month of customers visiting our studio for bespoke scans, with Dan's painting services adding the final touches and bringing the scans to life. As well as bespoke scan painting services, Dan is also now the official figure painter for our North American stockist Yarmouth Model Works! Painting can be arranged for your order with Dan directly or via the Yarmouth Model Works Website. With big thanks to the Ffestiniog Railway we are pleased to announce that we'll be attending the Bygones weekend on Saturday 7th October with our 3D scanning equipment. Set over 3 days, the Bygones weekend has an action packed schedule including unique experiences such as the gravity train demonstration and spooners boat under sail across the cob. We are really pleased to be part of the weekend, though sadly we'll only be present on the Saturday at the Harbour station. If you'd like to get 3d scanned or just join in the fun, come along and say hello! We are excited to announce that the Bluebell Railway shop at Sheffield Park is now a Modelu stockist! As well as a wide range of our crew figures and details, the Bluebell Railway stock a brand new range of figures created in partnership with staff and volunteers at the railway. Look out for our new Bluebell Station Staff pack, featuring 5 scans in LBSCR Edwardian uniform and new Dapol B4 and Dapol/Hornby Terrier crew packs captured with the assistance of crew on site. The Bluebell Railway has a reputation for attention to detail and accuracy in uniform and the staff at Sheffield Park are a fantastic example of this. Our new station pack features 5 of the volunteers in their LBSCR uniform, including porter with broom, ticket inspector, station master, signalman and a porter with a tin of brasso. Available now via our website and in the Bluebell Railway shop at Sheffield park. Thanks to the staff at the Bluebell Railway we were able to measure up the real Normandy LSWR B4 and the Dapol O and OO models in order to create a bespoke crew pack. We've two packs, the first featuring a preservation era crew with Bluebell driver James and fireman Hannah, and a second pack featuring driver and fireman suitable for the 1930s-1960s.

We are slowly increasing our range of loco specific crew. Our 0900 range were designed for the Minerva pannier so should work well for any similar engines. Have put a link below for you. https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product-category/finescale-figures/railway-and-lineside/1875-1947-rl/gwr-loco-crew/

We are trying to produce more custom figures for new engines to make sure we can have a perfect fitting crew for each engine. We are aware that some of our older figures may be a bit tall for some engines, this is something we are now changing. With regards to a crew for the 16xx, Alan has a 16xx himself and we will be making a custom crew for them very soon. Please note regarding Hardies hobbies, this is from their website "Sad news: Hardy’s Hobbies is winding down a bit sooner than I had planned due to unforeseen circumstances. I am no longer able to print new items but have well stocked all OO and most O gauge figures, crews and packs. Once it is gone it is gone. " I would imagine that the inbox probably isn't as monitored as it once was. I hope this is helpful.

We have some great news for you all! With prices forever going up on day to day items like milk and bread we are bucking the trend. After holding the same prices for years we have got to a point where we can offer a price DROP! Please read on below to see the products that have changed and we hope you like the news. The below is from Alan. 8 years ago we pioneered the use of 3D scanning and resin 3D printing to bring true scale and realism to details which for many years were compromised by the production methods available. Using resin printing, details such as loco lamps and point rodding were available for the first time at or near scale. These developments came at a cost, having to rely on high resolution jewelry printers and casting resins to achieve fine detail. Over the years the huge advancements in 3D printing technology have allowed for even higher levels of detail and more cost effective methods of production. With this in mind we've revisited the pricing on over 70 of our most popular detailing products with discounts of up to 50%. These apply to our range of 3D scanned loco and rolling stock lamps and our range of point rodding and cranks. We've also revisted the quantities of some of our Loco and Diesel depot details, in many cases doubling or tripling the number of items you get for the same price. Happy modelling! Our range of loco and rolling stock lamps have been 3d scanned from real lamps provided to us by heritage railways and museums across the country. Featuring loco head lamps, tail lamps and side lamps of all the main constituent companies, pre-grouping and BR, our pre-slotted lamps are provided with 5 3d printed clear or red lenses to fit. We can also provide hollow lamps upon request for fitting of LEDs. Now available at up to 50% off with prices starting at £4.50 for 5x lamps in 1:76.2 / OO and £7.50 for 5x lamps in 1:43.5 / O. Our loco crew detailing packs have been popular for adding those final touches to your super detailed locos. Featuring packs for steam locos, industrial locos, BR 1970s/80s, Modern Freight locos and a shunters detailing pack. Now available in all scales at up to 40% off, with 1:76.2 / OO packs at £4.50 and 1:43.5 / O packs at £7.50. Our true to scale point rodding has saved hours of soldering etched rodding stools, or having to compromise scale with oversized injection moulded parts. Featuring rodding for GWR, LMS, LNER, LSWR, MR and LNWR, our rodding and cranks bring the next level of realism to your track work. Our rodding stools are now provided with integral bases to make installation simpler - see the image below as modelled by John Chivers on his Shwt layout. Now available at up to 50% off with prices starting for 25 1 way stools at £4.50 in 1:76.2 / OO and £7.50 for 1:43.5. / O. ] Lastly our range of shed details has been revisted. Featuring many items of clutter 3D scanned in the sheds at Didcot Railway Centre, Bewdley and STEAM Museum, these details add the finishing touches to your MPD. Many packs now contain at least double previous quantities of items for the same price.

Finally been able to get these two out their boxes tonight! Must say I am very impressed, well done Accurascale!

We do also have the below figures to be released, if they sell well we can then always add more to the range

That looks fantastic! Looking forward to seeing the end product!

It was made by Dan from Tunnel Lane a few years ago. Takes pride of place in the office with Alans love of Barmouth.

(Newsletter continued) Thanks to Rapido we are pleased to announce a new crew pack for the LMR Lion. The pack features driver and fireman depicted in 1930s uniform as worn for the LMR Centenary celebrations. Look out next month for the Victorian style uniform version as worn in the Rainhill Cavalcade in 1980. We'll be also taking the opportunity to create a new range of Victorian crews! Thanks to volunteers at Didcot we have a new crew pack for the forthcoming Rapido 15xx. Pack features driver and fireman designed with the assistance of Rapido for a perfect fit in the cab. Look out next month for the NCB crew versions Designed for the Rapido GWR Toad but suitable for any model or scale, our new GWR Toad Brake Van Pack features a goods guard, GWR tail lamp, two GWR side lamps and a guards bag. The lamps are provided with 5 white and 5 red 3D printed clear lenses to fit. Thanks to Chris' boys we've 3 new bundles of school kids/train spotters in the pipeline! Here are a few snaps to give you a taster scanned in 50s/60s school uniform and casual clothes from the 1970s/80s. We even used the boys' granddad's spotting books for extra realism! Look out for these in the Autumn.

Good morning everyone, apologies for the delay but please see the newsletter below that was released last week: SYLVIE ALICE BUTTLER I'm very happy to announce that our second daughter Sylvie was born on Thurdsay 26th August happy and healthy. We are home now and getting to know our little girl who her big sister Margot already adores! August has flown by as I've been completing and handing over projects whilst preparing for my paternity leave. Our new product launches this month would not be possible without the relationships we have with some of the big manufacturers. We are hugely grateful to Accurascale, Rapido, Kernow and Heljan who share with us engineering prototypes and CAD for forthcoming and released models. This gives us an enormous help in designing bespoke figures for their products, which add the finishing touches to what are already fantastic products. We are also extremely grateful to the volunteers and staff at heritage railways that give their time to help us develop these figures. The combination of their expertise and the CAD from manufacturers that make the process of creating new poses more enjoyable than ever. At Modelu HQ, we bid farewell and good luck to Ed as he moves on to a new design job. Ed joined us in June 2022 as part of the UWE internship programme and stayed on as a full time employee focusing on CAD and scan editing. Ed's skills helped take our capabilities at Modelu up a few notches including working on design commissions, complex scan customisations and posing for many of the scans in the range. Thanks for all your hard work Ed, you'll be missed and the best of luck in your new role! Dan popped by to see us last week after working on a client's layout in Bristol. He's had a busy month with a workshop move and an impressive O gauge layout commission. Of the figures we sent to Dan this mornth, this pair was notable being a wedding cake topper for their cake. As usual Dan has done an incredible job bringing the figures to life. If you are interested in getting your figures professionally painted by Dan, you can view his prices and get in touch via our website or Dan's Facebook page. (Tunnel Lane Model Railways) Thanks to Thomas, Leigh, Alastair and Laura we had another successful scanning session at Didcot Railway Centre. Our focus on this trip were bespoke crew for Rapdio and Kernow products and coaling stage detailing components. Look out for tender and tank engine coaling tubs and coaling stage ramps being added into the range soon! Crew and Passenger packs will shortly be available for the beautiful Kernow GWR Railmotor. Firstly our crew pack features driver, fireman and guard, pre-cut to the right height to fit the false floor in the unit. Our second pack features 5 passengers in Edwardian clothing pre-cut to the seats and floor. Both these packs will be available un-cut for other scales or kit built versions. We've a long list of people to thank for this one and it's been quite a journey - ever since I happened to be at Didcot on the day the railmotor was 3D laser scanned long before I dreamt of Modelu. Firstly thanks go to Graham Muspratt at Kernow for loan of a unit and interior CAD which enabled us to make the precise cuts in CAD before printing. And from the Didcot Railway Centre thanks to Leigh and Alastair who gave us access to the real Railmotor. And finally thanks to Thomas and the volunteers at Didcot for dressing up in their Edwardian clothing on a balmy afternoon in July!

On the page you would have ordered from it says: "The model will represent 37714 in the Railfreight Metals livery in an unnamed condition. All models will be supplied sparately with Cardiff Canton nameplates and Cardiff depot plaques in the box."

Are there many differences between Odney manor and the production run of Torquay manor? Looking at a renumber job I think.