Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen
Western Thunderer
I saw the chassis and etches today, they look really excellent, I'm sure that if they are made available there will be a queue for them,
Tim
Tim
Hi Jan,Ooh... Nice... Very nice.
I know it’s heathen of me to even ask here, and I apologise for my temerity (not to mention my muscling in..) but would it scale down to 4mm? It would save me trying to find a window to reacquaint myself with the calumny I am creating with TinkerCad...
Cheers
Jan
Be careful if you scale down, all of your slots will also shrink, so unless you reduce the material thickness by the corresponding amount......
The reverse is also true, just witness the plethora of 7mm kits scaled up from 4mm where the slots are too large for the material width.
You either have to use a different gauge material or adjust all the slots to suit.
Hi Jan,
In terms of rescaling the artwork it would be but a case of a few seconds adjusting the scale.
The problem arises where I have designed the kit around 7mm axleboxes.
It could be worth a go though. Would you be building in 16.5mm or 18.83?
JB.
You might be okay with 0.2 nickel silver in 4 mm scale as it is inherently stronger, but brass would be a nightmare.Yes, I reckon it would need to be o.2 sheet, it would be awfully delicate during the building. The frames on the 7mm version were a bit delicate until I put the outer overlays on.
JB.
You might be okay with 0.2 nickel silver in 4 mm scale as it is inherently stronger, but brass would be a nightmare.
@Scale7JB @mickoo
Gents,
Thank you for taking the time to consider my unruly invasion in this thread. I would not want to waste anyone's time in considering something that did not profit the assemblage - in particular the designer/creator - so please do not expend any more of your energies in pursuit of wild geese.
Thanks, though. Mightily
Cheers
Jan
Nice solution... what stopped you from making the frame plates in one piece?