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Thanks, Alan. It might be better without those details but Linny designed it. I just printed it. :) EDIT: Just editing to add a thought based on what Bill said below, at least with my own designs I like to put most details on, even if in some areas they are a little thick due to tolerances or whatev...

Thanks. It looks nicer now.

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Not the best picture as white is the very devil to get a good shot of but it's a LSWR Coach Side printed at 50 microns as a test for someone.

Based on this at least I'd think the whole thing would turn out nice.

Ignoring the fact it's 00 and the chipped paint. This post 1939 version of a Gordon I bashed up has its drain cocks scratch built from 0.45mm brass rod with little 0.7mm bits. Just a quick soldier bash. A bit rough around the edges but I'm happy with the result even a decade or so later. Maybe try s...

Furness D1 (minus cab) with a particular chimney and safety valve plonked on for effect. Chassis, smokebox door, buffers, backhead controls and some E1 splashers. These will be posted off soon! https://i.imgur.com/Oc1K4ft.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tr6cfVn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MGqRBul.jpg https://i....

Furness K2 Freelance Variant V2, basically a different cab and splashers. First time ever printed it on the Photon and it turned out great. Uploaded pic's... https://i.imgur.com/rKgVtVw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H5UpdWe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0Jed0C5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ylLj8jF.jpg https://i.imgu...

Looks like the quey just off from Knapford Junction (fictional but mapped out.)

Like buttons. Eeeugh, glad we don't have 'em.

Officially 115 x 65 x 155 mm for the Anycubic Photon. Not massive yet most things are printed at a bit of an angle anyway to reduce suction.

Your Designs Printed Now I've had considerable practice 3D printing my own designs and doing a few from others I'm at a position where I can now consider printing other people's designs more often.  Worse case scenario would be a refund if after a few tries it isn't happening - had to do that once ...

PS. I did some searching and noticed that SCC have a scaled down to HO, UK loco body in their catalog. Taken together with the above, that rather opens up a possibility of viable UK HO, or even P:87, for UK outline, without waiting for a mainstream UK manufacturer to offer a decent range of models....

Must admit I'm interested in trying these other fillers out. Been using the two I mention forever and haven't branched out to try new stuff as they seem to work well. As to paints and 3D printing, on a personal experience enamels have thus far posed no problems at all. The fact that the Photon resin...

The Photon printed items look very good. One of the issues I have with Shapeways is that the Digital Representations shown for many items give no indication as to the likely surface finish. Given their prices I am not willing to take the risk purchasing a model as a friend has done, only to get som...

Thanks. Will be a while due to busyness but will eventually have it all completed. :) -------- New Gresley Reduced Loading Gauge cabs with the backheads joined both Right Hand Drive and LHD.   https://www.shapeways.com/product/W4DWSSGAX/a0-a1-a3-cab-backhead-controls-lhd https://www.shapeways.com/pr...

Smoothing example for that line. Bit of chiseling or gentle knifing, humbrol model filler, fiber glass brush, filler primer blast and more fiber glass brush. This https://i.imgur.com/wxeDo09.jpg To this https://i.imgur.com/TyBmMhc.jpg Sorted. Eeeyz Goood Iniiit. Other than few extra details it's clo...

We're getting there.

We can 3D print food now.

May I presume that for sheds with no pit yet there being an ash pit outside the crew just had to oil/repair engines with ashen boots?

I sort of would like to be more clear on things too. Such things may be obvious to most though.

Well, it's resin so I'd say its resin quality. :D Apart from it being lighter I'd rather resin over white metal any day, that is my personal bias though, everyone has a preference. White metal can have a slight grainy look to it and thin details are harder to achieve the definition in some areas suc...

Thanks, ;) and after a quick blast of primer without any smoothing... https://i.imgur.com/cpcof8x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Vl4bCDy.jpg Again, honest as a nut, there are some lines that need smoothing as the panel shows one diagonally and the fine layer lines at the front will need a rub, other than t...

|Hi Knuckles, if you just attached the .pdf instead of the .jpg then it would provide a download link instead of displaying it. Regards Thanks, will do so. :) Might as well leave the pages up now for reference but next time will do. The prices look very favourable compared to shapeways. How does th...

Thanks, please see what you make of the following... Spent a good while on this comparing prices. EDIT: New List... https://i.imgur.com/rGNnuFm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uRCYN4A.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HYNoepH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H9DO1xa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WQY1pS8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pGfA...

Shapeways prices I've never been happy with since inception and recently they have been increasing prices for FUD/FXD stuff even more on some items so they essentially are killing everything off for a large number of people. I'm in process of writing up a Photon price list/catalogue type document to...

Maybe one day, got quite a lot in the pipeline currently.
Unless someone is willing to pay for designing, in which case it could jump the cue.

Concentrating mostly on getting things Photon printable at the moment though.

With effort to reduce the high cost of the Shapeways prints we're now at the point where a few SCC loco bodies can be ordered directly. These items offered directly are created from the Anycubic Photon DLP printer. The range from here will be expanded incrementally at a pace aligned with the setting...

Would still be easier if things were designed to be less interlocked. Screw and lip - done.

Anyone else tried this? Sort of, check out Captain Kernow's ordeal he had with the DJ 1400. On RMweb, unsure about here. ALL that just to get the damn body off. Opinions are like rear ends - everyone has one. My opinion is the design is bol%$#s. Waaay too much faffing about. Unfriendly. I recently b...