Tricky-CRS

3 hours ago, Mike Harvey said:

the Commer is an excellent choice @Tricky-CRSHow about a nice simple fire engine. This one is a Kent V AKS with a body by HCB, but others had similar. The boxy body might help in design. The photo is from Roger Mardon's excellent fire history site.

 

http://www.romar.org.uk/_wp_generated/wp6a3ffd50.jpg

 

 

 

 

A similar looking one is on the initial list oddly, the only issue is I have not found a picture looking at the back. Found a few pictures of 1 vehicle taken from multiple angles and both sides but not a great view of the back.

5 hours ago, fodenway said:

The Commer is a welcome addition, but could I suggest that the windscreen is sloping rather too far back, and the roof appears a little "flat"?

I'll have another look at this thank you.

Base coated the Sherpas need to reprint as a few not printed great.

Heres the test print of the 1966 Commer V range lorry base coated.

Next up is a series of 1966 Commer V Range Lorries, I have done a test print and will be send notes to the designer but heres a taste of whats to come, rest due by end of month.

4 hours ago, BernardTPM said:

The TL was more than a facelift of the TK. For a start the cab was entirely new and tilted. For commercial sales the TK was listed alongside the TL until 1984. The 4x4 M (like the military MK) lasted longer.

I have bought a great TL and TK catalogue was looking at both the TL and TK not sure now backburner for now.

9 hours ago, Trewisin said:

Hi Tricky-CRS. well done you eventuallly got there any idea as to when you may put them on the market and any idea as to what the price may be ?  They  look great . Ray.

Hopefully some news early autumn, I have a few more ideas to work through first.

4 hours ago, grahame said:

 

Are these Sherpas available for purchase anywhere?

TIA

 

 

Not at the moment, hopefully early autumn I'll have some news, just planning next few models first.

Final versions signed off.

deciding on next project.

1 hour ago, Ragtag said:

 

Pity, could use some of those styles in 1/76

Not sure they would scale upto well, wall thicknesses, that said depending on your perspective you could get them drawn quite cheap, depending how many versions you wanted.

The guy that drew them for me has alot of info and a good idea of the shape now.

23 hours ago, Ragtag said:

They're looking good, are they in N? 

 

Not 3D printed but I'm quite partial to a Sherpa or two myself

 

Sorry missed this question, yes N gauge well 1/152ish at the minute will be rescaled when I work out all the shrinkage rates.

2 minutes ago, -missy- said:

 

Hi Richard.

 

How about 3D printing the moulds directly for casting? Its something that I have been wanting to try for a while now.

 

M.

Not sure, I have been looking at various ideas but not that one, can you print in silicon rubber?

I real want a siocast machine but not got £60000 to invest, that would mean nice resin/plastic injection moulded parts. 

This is way of in the distance at the minute.

55 minutes ago, BernardTPM said:

'Whitemetal' technically is any silver coloured metal that is not Assay marked as silver. Also if you look it up, pewter can be a lead/tin alloy.

 

The Sherpas certainly look the part much more so than the old cast one currently available. If used as masters a little light sanding/filling to remove the layering will lift them that extra level.

Thanks, it has confused me when people try to use pewter as different to whitemetal when I thought it was variations of the same, now you have confirmed it.

I am planning on trying to get better quality prints done as masters, I have another resin to try on my printer if that is not perfect I'll pay for better prints. I then may pay a sculptor to prep the masters so I know they are perfect, don't trust my finishing skills.

12 minutes ago, Ian Morgan said:

I have to say that white metal, as used in so many British model products, to me seems very 'chunky' and usually with quite poor detail definition. In the US, where white metal is probably banned because of its toxicity (in the same way Kinder Eggs are banned because toys are hidden inside the chocolate) they produce some wonderfully fine detailed motor vehicles for N scale using Pewter.

 

e.g.

https://www.ghqmodels.com/collections/1-160-10mm-n-scale

 

 

I was thinking whitemetal / pewter as it depends on the caster, some use very low lead levels some none.  As Grahame mentions you can get some very good metal kits, R Parker and Arrowhead but I have bought some horrendous ones, even terrible resin ones. Its really hard to know how well the resin from 3D printing will last, once painted is it protected or will it degrade, metal won't?

Its interesting and I thank you for your feedback.

1 hour ago, grahame said:

 

Great progress.

 

Presumably they wil be made available to purchase? If so I'll have to get a couple.

 

 

I wouldn't like to comment at this point as I have not asked permission to advertise. They need some alterations, then I'll move on to something else, I have  a plan.

One question though, I prefer whitemetal but are people coming around to 3D printed? I think its to expensive (certainly from the likes of shapeways) and whitemetal looks more solid and easy to work with.

Test printed the full 1974 Sherpa line up 7 versions.

Most have gone for modification work of some description, Fire engine and Motor home requiring the most.

3 minutes ago, acg5324 said:

Sherpas?

Yes 1974 Leyland Sherpa, 3 more variants to come

Still trying to get the best from my Elegoo Mars 2 

these are 1/152 scale but probable a bit smaller with shrinkage.

This is with Elegoo Standard Beige Resin on 2 seconds exposure 

A project I am working on for the future:

I have paid someone on Fiverr to design these with more variants incoming.

I heard about this last night, very sad he had helped me with some Nn3 stuff a few years ago. RIP Graham.

Unfortunately the printer is going back where it came from, ordered the green coloured Elegoo Mars 2 opened box to red Elegoo Mars Pro. 

I would have been happy if it had been a Mars 2 Pro but really wanted the mono screen and newer spec machine.

The cure machine is here so will have to make do and see how I get on working in N Gauge so size won't matter yet.

11 minutes ago, brossard said:

There are risks to your DC locos if they might be exposed to DCC power.  DC motors really hate the DCC waveform and will burn out fairly quickly (how do I know?).

 

The turnout pictured looks very good.

 

My advice is to start installing decoders in your NG locos then there is no issue.

 

John

That was my thought but I suspect that the NG here is 4mm track gauge (2ft) so the locos will be tiny.

1 hour ago, njee20 said:

Did you get the Mercury Plus, ie the washing and curing device? Or just the Mercury (which just cures), IMO the latter is grossly overpriced, the washing bit is the useful one. 
 

That is a bargain for the Mars 2 though, lucky I didn’t spot that! I see replacement screens came into stock too (and then sold out) but at least the consumables are starting to trickle through.  

No just Mercury didn't see plus version, just checked not on Amazon paid £60 for it used vouchers been saving up for a while.

Mars 2 was £182.75

On 05/02/2021 at 19:22, njee20 said:

Yes! I’ve got the Anycubic one (because Elegoo didn’t make one at the time) and it’s excellent, much better. I wish I’d bought a second when they were heavily discounted, to keep one for washing and one for curing!

I have bit the bullet and ordered a Elegoo Mars 2 and Elegoo Curing device due this week, the mars 2 was £180ish on Amazon over weekend so went for it. May be here for advice soon, steep learning curve I suspect.

23 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

A bit tangential, but the last two posts have prompted me. How many trees will be "lost" (ignoring planting) through the construction of HS2 compared with the losses over the next decade from Ash Dyback and the fact that modern hedge trimming methods stop new hedgerow trees developing? These are the two real threats to our tree population, it seems to me. Remember what happened to elms.

Jonathan 

Add in all the urban and park land trees being cut down and not replaced on so called safety grounds, with none being replaced. We have reached a point where we want everything in its managed spot. Trees in woodlands not accessible in case one falls on someone, nature in its place. Cheshire East have cut alot of trees down in the park near me this winter after a branch fell of one in a storm and killed someone. They don't manage the trees the remove the whole thing, gone not replaced saves money next year checking on it. A couple of years ago I came home to find them cutting one down in my front garden as it was to close to houses, no consultation, no cut it back, no ask for access perfectly healthy tree. Urban trees are disappearing along with the urban wildlife, Packham and Co should be more interested in fighting that.

17 minutes ago, njee20 said:

Correct. The Pro also has a marginally higher z-axis and a metal vat (plastic on the standard 2). I'd buy the standard one (and I've got a 2 Pro).

 

If you want me to test a design before diving in feel free to send me one to test for you.

Thank you for the offer, I hadn't noticed the z-axis but as I am working in 1/148 not sure I'll need the extra will check now. 

The money saved I can buy a wash and cure station that some seem to use, do you have one?