GWR/LMS OO Gauge DCC RR&Co

Hi John
For those who are having difficulty with the small terraced houses kit, I have uploaded a model for 3D printing at Shapeways. All you have to do is stick on John Wiffen's textures, no other assembly required. Downside is that the current cost is about US$400.



Actually it's intended for 3D home printing, where it's certainly affordable, but takes forever to print.

Wouldn't think they sell many at £260 a throw, Peter :???:

Sorry to hear about the Lenz throttle John. I know how you feel, as I can't get in the garage to run anything for 'testing' as it's too cold.

I bet nobody would notice the 2mm gap in the gable ends unless you mentioned it and if they're next to a bomb site, you would surely expect some damage to surrounding properties.

(At least that's what I would say)

Nice pictures of the LMS locos and the valve gear on the Ivatt looks pretty impressive.




Ed

Hi John,

It's been a while since I looked in on Granby and I can only emphasize what others have said about the locos. Very nice indeed. Hopefully it won't be too long before Bachmann do a re-release of the Ivatt 2MT tank, I'm still waiting… ;-) 

As for your terraced house kits, I had a similar problem with the Scalescenes low relief factory. The small end wall sections didn't line up with the rest of the buildings facade… Considering I printed the kits in one go, I just don't know what happened..?? :roll: 

Granby always seems to be changing in some way/form or another, but always a change for the good. Looking foward to see the pub and other terraces going in.

Cheers, Gary.

 

[user=1043]Wizmacnz[/user] wrote:

Hi John
For those who are having difficulty with the small terraced houses kit, I have uploaded a model for 3D printing at Shapeways. All you have to do is stick on John Wiffen's textures, no other assembly required. Downside is that the current cost is about US$400.

Thanks Peter ……thats $500 cdn!:shock: I think I am better to focuss a bit more and get the next one right……..then I can buy at least 3 locos with the money I have "saved":lol:

Regards

[user=1338]Ed[/user] wrote:

Wouldn't think they sell many at £260 a throw, Peter :???:

Sorry to hear about the Lenz throttle John. I know how you feel, as I can't get in the garage to run anything for 'testing' as it's too cold.

Thanks Ed…….its hardly the end of the world and it was time I started on the strip again…..nevertheless frustrating

I bet nobody would notice the 2mm gap in the gable ends unless you mentioned it and if they're next to a bomb site, you would surely expect some damage to surrounding properties.

(At least that's what I would say)

I think I will as well!

Nice pictures of the LMS locos and the valve gear on the Ivatt looks pretty impressive.

Thanks again:thumbs  You cant imagine how long it took me to reassemble the valve gear……if I recall a friend on YMR posted me a photo to help solve the conundrum

Ed

Regards from Vancouver

I have pinted some of peters panels at home on my printer and I can confirm they look gear with the detail of the window all as one

[user=878]Gary[/user] wrote:

Hi John,

It's been a while since I looked in on Granby and I can only emphasize what others have said about the locos. Very nice indeed. Hopefully it won't be too long before Bachmann do a re-release of the Ivatt 2MT tank, I'm still waiting… ;-) 

As for your terraced house kits, I had a similar problem with the Scalescenes low relief factory. The small end wall sections didn't line up with the rest of the buildings facade… Considering I printed the kits in one go, I just don't know what happened..?? :roll: 

Granby always seems to be changing in some way/form or another, but always a change for the good. Looking foward to see the pub and other terraces going in.

Cheers, Gary.

 

Hi Gary

Good to hear from you…….glad you like the locos…….Bachmann have been talking about that refurbishment for years. With all the production problems in China I get the sense that the split chassis has been put on hold……..I am hoping for a new Manor or Mogul but not holding my breath!

I am going to take the terrace buld very very slowly and do lots of dry fitting…….thinking about it there are three ceilings each of 2 x 1mm card……..if the card is a fraction of a millimetre out that discrepancy gets multiplied at least 4 times……add a cutting error of similar magnitude …..fraction of a millimetre and I am beginning to suspect where my problems arose…….I think the key is understandin what the likely impact of a discrepancy might be…….probably 80-90% of the time you can get away with it…….its identifying the 10-20% where it is time to re print and re cut!  Hopefully I will find out in next week or so!

Regards from Vancouver

John, are you going for kit terrace houses or scratch, I wouldn't like to count the hours mine took to finish, but I guess it all depends on the amount of detail is put in.

 

Phil

Scalescenes printed kits Phil……………..the terraced houses will be straight off the printer…..but hopefully I will get it right this time:roll:

The pub will be from another Scalescene kit but adapted somewhat.

I am afraid I find the kits challenging enough without attempting things from scratch:oops: I do admire your skills but at my age I have a sound knowledge of my limitations:lol:

Kind Regards from Vancouver 

John, building from scratch is not a big deal, terraced houses are basically boxes with square holes cut into them, the hardest things to get right are the windows and I bought mine, ok, they needed assembly, but they're only a few parts.

The beauty is that if something doesn't look quite right then covering with foliage etc works a treat.

Go for it.

Phil

[user=753]Phil.c[/user] wrote:

The beauty is that if something doesn't look quite right then covering with foliage etc works a treat.

Go for it.

Phil

I am good at that bit……lots of practice:cheers

Hi John

For the roofs on scalescenes, I print a 5mm x 4mm grid via excel, stick this to card, and then make the roof, the gid then acts as a guide for the rows of slates.



This allows me to cover any assembly mistakes / adjustments to John's excellant models.

Paul

For the last month I have been working on the Scalescenes Corner Pub. I covered the build here:

http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=13159&forum_id=101

Here is the finished pub  




Just waiting for some customers:




You will probably recognise these as all coming from the Airfix/Dapol stable

Not sure about anyone else but I find that the figures produced by the different manufacturers are markedly different in style and proportion. I tend to group them by manufacturer so the differences are not too obvious.

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In addition to the pub I built another terraced house block on the other side of the bomb site

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This time, happily, there is no gap. …..the top most floor has a protruding gutter and has to sit exactly on top of the front wall which is 74mm high. The side walls are made up of two 35mm internal walls between which are sandwiched two floors made of 2mm card…..ie a total of 74mm…….but there is no allowance for the 4 layers of paper cover layer or tolerance for errors:roll:  The lesson is to depart from the sequence in the instructions and have the front panels cut out before assembling the internal walls……..I had to trim 2mm off the top bedroom walls to get a no gap fit.

The War damage commission contractors have just repaired the end wall hence the rendered finish

Here is the remaining bomb damaged house with the end wall supports (I got the idea for this from one of Chubber's threads)







More figures added…..this time from Langley Models




The Northern Housewife's unrelenting, never ending battle with grime:





One assumes the Davies family knows the shunting schedule before hanging out the washing





This shot is something of a duplicate but I wanted to draw special attention to the gap in the fence.




It was by just such gap that, over 60 years ago, I and my pals used to get into Edgehill Shed. Fortunately, in our case, there was never a railwayman standing on the other side!



So thats it……job done :lol:

Here is the complete row……Parcels Depot (with stable!) Terraced Houses, Bomb Site and Pub





Before and Afters are always good for morale

Here is an early photo showing the storage sidings that are now covered over with the lift off scenic sections



 







So whats next?


Here is a continuation of the lift off.




and the reverse angle:





A narrow street runs parallel to the platforms leading to the main station building………… in front of which is a temporary loco parking lot……there is usually a coffee mug or wine glass there as well.

The station building needs to be completed with annexes on either side and the final roof module added. The loco park has to be converted into a bustling station square………and I have to find another place to put my coffee mug.

In addition to the above I plan to run a few trains……courtesy of Max :doublethumb

Top notch modelling there John, your detailing is superb!:)

Ron

Super job.

Elephant stamp….. not nearly good enough… here's the beginnings of a mob.



cheers
Marty

* the collective for kangaroos is a mob.

Turned into a very nice scene John and I really like the black and white  shots, very atmospheric. :thumbs

Just gotta ask, is that very large underwear on the washing line quest:




Ed

John, without doubt some of the finest modelling I've seen to date. The photo's do it justice, particularly like the black and white photo's they really catch the period depicted!

John, that street is just mind blowing. :thumbs

I've always admired your little cameos and you've missed nothing at all about northern life in the 40's and 50's in these scenes.  I love the lady on her knees scrubbing the step - or was she using one of those funny stones to mark a line on the edge …………:roll::roll:  I can't remember what it was but I know there was a yellowish stone they ran over the step edge to mark it.  Maybe a legacy of blackout days in the war ……….:roll:

The bomb site is superb - I do recall Doug's masterpiece and also made a mental note to fit one in to Maxmill somewhere ………

I could spend half my life studying your photos but alas, there's an electrician shouting for me at this very moment so must dash……………..;-)

What really nice modelling John, you,ve got the atmosphere just right. Back in the late 1950s early ,60s I lived within spittin, distance of the old G.C.R Chesterfield loop station, Staveley Works at Hollingwood a very industrial area with steel and chemical works and collierys all close by and it all comes back when I see these urban set layouts. Well done.  Just as an aside, its nice to see close up photos of your layouts for the detail, but personally I really like the long shots down the line as well to put everything in perspective :). 
Cheers.
Pete.

brill work John,i like the lift off sections adds another dimension to the layout,
for Petermac the coloured stone was as sandstone.also came in red..
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