nberrington

Here’s a fun one - the Ruston 88DS - just the gearbox is a fiddle. Just started it recently - wickedly clever design.

The Judith edge kits are a treat to build. They are also not overly expensive. I would suggest dropping Mike an email and ask him  for a recommendation as a starter. He is super helpful and can guide you through any glitches you encounter.

I’ve built a few and they are logical and make delightful models. Choose a simple one!

This may be a redundant question for those of you on Scaleforum, as I posted this there too.

I have a goofy question.

The Southern Railway installed thousands of concrete fence posts along the permanent way.
While considering the Scalefour Diorama Challenge, I got thinking more along the lines of a vignette (i.e. a really tiny diorama I can put in my carry-on luggage.)

A crew inserting said fencing was a thought - I nice opportunity to model some departmental wagons and paint some of those lovely Modelu figures.

Now this might sound like Eccles speaking - but "how did they dig the holes?" I imagine a hole digging device like one uses to plant poles? ( A pole with two rounded blades on it ) - Something akin to the gizmo they use on the golf green to cut a hole? Or did some poor sod literally use a shovel?

Like these:

https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/ ... -pro-tips/

Any thoughts?

Greetings all

I've recently started trying my hand at 3D printing, and in particular drawing various structures I think are well suited to the technology.

I'm new to Sketchup, which I find less intuitive than Corel (the program I've used for laser files in the past.) The challenge I face is replicating stone. In Corel I have previously drawn individual stones in (laborious). Yesterday I downloaded an extension from Vali Architects for Sketchup.

The extension works well - drawing decent looking dressed stone, while negotiating corners, windows and doors (slow though). The problem is the pattern of the stonework repeats itself every 4 stones or so - spoiling an otherwise quite convincing wall structure. (It's fine if you don't look too closely, but it is apparent quite quickly if you look for it. This is a problem of most plastic and card stone sheets, and a pet peeve of mine.)

Does anyone have a recommendation for me? Are there better extensions out there? Am I better off drawing individual stones and pulling them to establish depth?

Regards

Neil

Drop in P4 wheelsets?

Is there an update on what happened to Phil's kits? The website has gone down. Hopefully someone will pick them up?

I built one of these in P4 and I really wish Jim would do more 4mm kits!

https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1761&hilit=G6

These are really well made:

https://www.handlaidtrack.com/pf-6-m

Make sure your writing to the correct folk. The “Metalsmith Turntables”are now done through Midland Railway Centre, and the old website is still up.

Has anyone taken this beastie apart? I don't see how to remove the body.

Neil B

Canada

What a gorgeous beast.

Fantastic job Dave. Well done.

Neil B

Canada