LNWR parcel van

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
@simond I've noticed there is a bit of a profile on the spokes but they are not rounded as I previously thought. In the attached picture I'm going to try engraving the spoke to give it a bit of this profile.

What I am able to do, is give the engrave area a gradient profile so that the middle of the spoke is engraved less than the edge. I'm hoping that this will give the appearance of the prototype.

For this to work well, I'll need to play around with the focus, and possibly increase the dpi. I'll also use plastic as this is easiest to grade engrave. Its possible with MDF and Card but is not as clean/smooth.

We shall see tomorrow...

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simond

Western Thunderer
@simond I've noticed there is a bit of a profile on the spokes but they are not rounded as I previously thought. In the attached picture I'm going to try engraving the spoke to give it a bit of this profile.

What I am able to do, is give the engrave area a gradient profile so that the middle of the spoke is engraved less than the edge. I'm hoping that this will give the appearance of the prototype.

For this to work well, I'll need to play around with the focus, and possibly increase the dpi. I'll also use plastic as this is easiest to grade engrave. Its possible with MDF and Card but is not as clean/smooth.

We shall see tomorrow...

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hi Phil

thx, I see your idea. I may shamelessly copy!

the spikes are only 0.5-0.7 so I’m not convinced it’s worth it, but might make a difference

cheers
Simon
 
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