Penrhos1920

so would you like it if shapeways offers clean models without any wax residue left knowing that your model will not be transparent but will look like WUT (white ultra detail ).

This way you shouldn't have to do any cleaning yourself, and we might be able to offer it for a lower price

 

 

edit: note i'm not referring to 2hrs with Acetone,, just a few minutes to get rid of wax and oil residue

Yes please.  The frosting is actually a problem when you do not want to paint the print as it is going to be used as a master for resin casting.  Some colour would be very helpful in seeing the surface detail.

PS What solvent are you think of?

Can Scarm import track diagrams from other software like Templot?

Where's me loco gone?

Here we go:

 Hope you all like it

What is the unit with 3 bogies on the first coach?

It's much easier to buy these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30x-SMD-LED-0603-SUNNY-WHITE-WEISS-mit-Litze-warmwhite-/321148825898?pt=DE_Modellbau_Modelleisenbahnen&hash=item4ac5f6312a

They are absolutely tiny.  You can thread the wires down the inside of the lamp post.  For less than 50p each I think they are a bargain. 

The same seller also sells dual sunny white and red LEDS for loco head lamps.  All his LEDs are available with wires or without wires (at a significant saving) if you really think you can solder the wires yourself and are insane enough to try!  (I was insane enough to try, but not insane enough to succeed.)

A couple of comments about other photos:

The photo of 666 in post 70 is definitely at Newport as I have several other photos of 666, usually with it's sister 667, at the same location which have Newport written on the back.

Regarding photo of 386 in post 86.  The second loco is ex Rhymney A, A1 or R rebuilt with standard GWR boiler, not ex Barry.  The cab is higher than the Barry B1 and B behind.  The odd Barry B1 was given a GWR boiler, but also received a full GWR cab.

The Rhymney loco in post 104 is a P1.  One of the larger 5'3 passenger locos vs 4'6 freight locos.  Compared to the freight locos it looks taller, but of course isn't.  What gets me excited though is the ex Rhymney bogie coach behind it.

Apologies for posting this singleton (and for it being a bit large) but it intrigues me.  A note on the back suggest that it might be GW No.52 which would make it exRR No.10, an A Class engine which received a taper boiler in 1933 (if I'm reading the RCTS book correctly).  The staff do look a bit pre-war-ish but two wagons don't so the suggested number could be wrong.

 

The next question is location and I am minded to think that it could well be the top end of Aber Jcn yard round the curve towards the Senghenydd branch - the number of through lines is correct, the dead end sidings on the left look to be correct but I haven't counted them but there should be allotments over on the right if the only maps I can find are correct.  Any help with identifying the place gratefully received.

 

img392 - GWR No.52, ex RR No.10 pre 1933.jpg

Definitely an ex Rhymney A1 class.  The sandboxes are the give-away.  The first 2 batches of A class and the M class where the only inside frame 0-6-2T Rhymney locos with sandboxes above the footplate sand boxes.  M class side tanks over hung the footplate.  At sometime (sorry I don't have my books to hand) the boiler was changes to a Belpaire firebox type which made it almost the same as the latter batches and it became an A1.

Given what has been said about the first wagon of pit props I reckon it might be 57.  I have various photos of 57 with the correct GWRified bunker.  Only one is dated (1938) but it had a flush riveted smokebox.  A much later photo shows it with proud rivets.  It's not 53, as 53 received an inverted V shaped rain gutter on both sides of the cab roof.

The second wagon is a GWR iron mink with post 1927 doors.

PS The earlier photo of a Rhymney tank is an R class (no.42).  It is very difficult to tell the difference between the later 2 batches of A1 class and the R class.

Shapeways is not the panacea that everyone thinks it is. I have had models printed without any problems with other people and companies that Shapeways have failed.

 

Rant over!

 

Missy

Same here, I've had a model printed elsewhere and Shapeways have rejected it for FUD printing because the detail was too small!  The competition must either be able to ignore the fine detail or interpolate better.  One printer even complimented me on the quality of my CAD yet Shapeways wouldn't print it.

And in 1:76.2 please

The P2 and the water tender are made to scale at the moment, but I certainly am planning to make the rest of my items in full scale to make it easier. The other good thing about full scale is being able to take the item and print it in different scales all together.

Pylonman

I went out this morning to photograph the train at Blaenau in glorious sunshine, yes Blaenau.  Took lots of close ups of all the coaches, the DVT and 67001. Including roof views. ...

Merf.

 

Merf

Could you post a roof shot of the restaurant first please.

Thanks

Question:

 

Are the Arriva Mk2 coaches the same colour as the Mk3's, if not what colour should I use ?

 

The photo's I took are in my gallery, if anyone is interested.

I think that all coaches used in the Holyhead - Cardiff express have been in the same Ocean Blue colour.  There may have been some exceptions in the early days.  Arriva Trains Wales coaches used in the valleys and on the Fishguard trains were in the light turquoise livery.

DISASTER !!!!

 

Received a bottle of Hornby Decalfix, and Hornby Clear varnish yesterday morning.

 

Set about applying the rest of the decals to the MK 3's.

 

Decalfix, together with soaking the decals for longer, seems to have solved the problems of the edges turning up.

 

However :

 

As a finishing touch I decided to apply a coat of Hornby Clear to fix the decals, and improve the gloss finish.

 

Upon first application the finish seemed a bit rough, but I thought that this stuff is supposed to be self levelling

according to the instructions.

Carried on doing the other Mk 3, and the restaurant car.

 

It just formed puddles all over the fairly good paint finish I had achieved.

 

Applied another "self levelling" coat over the mess, to see if I could retrieve the situation.......... no chance.

 

....

Having bought 500ml of Ocean Blue, at least I am not short of paint !!

 

Can anyone suggest what has gone wrong ?

Looks like the varnish has got underneath the transfers?  I've never had this problem but I've read some transfer instructions that say to use matt varnish first before the final gloss top coat.  Time to practise of a piece of scrap plastic first.

Merf:

 

I bought a Hornby set of two Mk 3's and a restaurant coach in Virgin livery, known as the "Pretendolino" set.

I think the Grand Central RFM and EWS RFM are the also the same body.  There's talk of this threadhttp://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/22810-r4431-virgin-charter-4-window-mk3-buffet/ that the roof hatches might be wrong though?

These are the first photos I every took of class 37s.  They are taken straight from the slides with out any processing.  I've used my old film slide copier which gives a better picture than a slide scanner, but only does 2/3rds of the frame.

37050 and 37053 storm through Chelmsford with a Felixstowe bound freightliner 1982

37118 southbound through Chelmsford with an ex Harwich train to Liverpool St? 1982

37026 Oban August 1883

37108 departing Oban to Glasgow August 1983

The one timetabled service that served more than the just the Rhymney Valley.

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2V07 06:59 Rhymney - Radyr (run around) then 5V07 Radyr - Canton ECS.

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Wasn't there a 37 hauled Rhymney to Fishguard service in the late 1990s?

Progress has stalled.  Whilst I was waiting for the roof to come from Shapeways I moved onto another project and 'forgot' about the coaches.  The other project is a 14 coach parcels train for Awrhyllgwami Quarry.  It was meant to be a short train but has grown in length!!  This is the roof as it arrived from Shapeways;

What I did not expect was the segmented profile for the main section.  As expected there are a pair of dimples where I could not get the profile correct whatever I did.  Fortunately it is easy to correct with a bit of filler:

At least the inside came out as expected.  All I need to do here is scribe some planking under the verandas.

The roof was printed in White-Strong-Flexible which has turned out good for a trial run, but the final version will be in Ultra detail.  One thing I need to change is the end curves of the verandas; the outside corners need to be about 0.75mm lower.

I did manage to laminate the wrought iron, although it was very easy to fill up the tiny scrolls with solder.  In the end I have managed to make 6 ANDR ends and 12 gates out of the etch shown in a previous post.  The little bits are lamp irons which are almost a fiddly as the wrought iron.

The bogies are totally unique to these coaches so they are going to be etched.  This is a screen print of the autocad drawing which I think is complete except for the tabs and frame.  The bogie is a one piece fold up job with overlays for extra detail on the outside.  The leaf springs are formed of the laminates in the bottom left corner and the rectangularish plate is the spring carrier which sits inside the bogie under the coach body.  The coil springs will be hand made from brass wire (but won't work!).  The only castings will be the axleboxes which I think are going to be L&Y.

I'm part way through drawing the sides, ends and internal partitions.  This etch is a hybrid of numbers 1 and 3 which had the same sides but different internal partitions and ends.  I figure that I'm bound to get something wrong so I'll draw all the parts I need and then get 2 coaches out of one etching tool and save £25 or so.

This last drawing is where most of the remaining work is left.  The plan is to modify the roof drawing and send it to shapeways along with a second version of my Rhymney van.  Then I'll finish the etch drawings and send them off.

Speaking of GWR Wagon Oddities, this I know has come up in other threads and comments before but has anyone recently seen the GWR Pollen C and E that have come up on ebay? Link to seller here. I do remember seeing these when they were on sale via somewhere in the USA but now these are on at a more sensible price, I maybe tempted into getting one.

 

Garethp8873.

Have you seen my models of the Pollen C half way down this page:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/62835-ebay-gwr-pollen-cs-and-es-for-sale/page-2

I'm tempted to do the Pollen E but I'm not sure whether the models available are representative of what was running in 1920?

Source - GWR 'Diagrams of Special Wagons' published Septr 1932 and including amendments traceable by date to September 1937.

The June 1926 edition of "Special Wagon" shows all of the Corals and Coral As as glass wagons.  In the July 1939 edition the Corals are "Allocated to Port Talbot for steel plate traffic".  In January 1947 a separate memo simple states that Corals 36971, 39974, 36975 and Coral As 41712, 41715, 41724 & 41727 are deleted.

Whilst we've lost most of our small birds over the last 2 years and they've been replaced by 'Flying Rats' and magpies we are starting to see a few less common birds in the garden.  the best so far is a female Blackcap who has made appearances three days running this week.

I have been inspired by your brake van and AJ's N1.  So much so that I've bitten the bullet and made a start on a Rhymney goods van with plans for a Rhymney brake van and loco later.  I'm wondering why have you separated the floor and solebars from the body and why you have printed the roof and not gone for a piece of rolled brass?

.....also that 4 people have said "another type of AA van" which one?

There are two different designs I'd like:

1) one of the predecessors of the Bachmann/ratio AA20 such as AA13 or AA15 which were both built in large numbers but look different in the detail - axleboxes, springs, buffers etc.

2) the early wooden framed vans that were 'rebuilt' into AA16

Now then.  The AA3 sounds an interesting idea for Bachmann or Hornby.  It wouldn't be too much extra to add an enclosed veranda and stable doors for the Severn Tunnel vans, or enclosed veranda and full height door for a Permanent Way van.  One model - three models.  they should like that.

Working side lights would be great but I think it is almost impossible to do them properly in 4mm.  As each side light should show white forward and red backwards.  This I've managed to do on a couple of brake vans.  But what I haven't managed is to make the red lamps switchable which is sometimes required.  There is a story in the Harold Gasson books where he slammed the brakes on because the guards van on the adjacent running line was showing tail lights that indicated it was on the same track as the express Harold was firing.

Recently heard in a Leicester car park: “I think I can findus a horse my Lord.”  “Thank you Catesby.”

What you've already drawn almost looks like the masks required for etching brass.  If you look at the etched brass design guidelines on the Hollywood Foundary website or PPD website you'll see what I mean.  Once etched in brass you can then form the tumblehome you want.  Not the route you were intending but I like you have not been able to grasp 3D cad, but i have managed 2D cad to a high enough standard so that I can etch bits in brass.

Does anyone know which were the last K40s?  And when they were withdrawn from normal service?  I've got the 1974 RCTS stockbook and they aren't mentioned.  I've just been told that they don't appear in the 1972 stockbook.

Thanks,