Brushs Laser Cutting and 3d Printing workbench

[BrushType4]

GWR signal box build....

Interior walls and floor laid out.


All slots together and with just a little glue, the clamps and the best of all universal clamps, a couple of elastic bands holding it all together until set.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

That small sample takes nearly x10 in time. I'll have a go at a small building but unless money is no object I can't see many people commissioning kits!

Yes Phil, that is quite true and I was afraid you would say that!

I can dream, and ever live in hope of resolutions?

Pete.

How about lazer cutting some money

Col.

 

[BrushType4]

Signal Box for Steve Fay.




While the laser has been churning out sleepers and burnt MDF I've be cutting out parts of an engine shed. One will be a through road design and the second is similar to this prototype.

 

[JimG]

Do you laser etch the mortar lines on the angled brick runs - if so, how?

Jim.

 

[Osgood]

That engine shed looks great Phil. Can you enlighten me as to the prototype for this design?

Tony

 

[BrushType4]

That engine shed looks great Phil. Can you enlighten me as to the prototype for this design?

Tony

It's loosely based on GWR but reduced in size to a single loco. The real deal would be more than twice the length and multiple roads wide.

 

[Compton castle]

The Great Western signal box above now in the paint shop!

 

[Giles]

Absolutely lovely paint job on this.....
(I'm afraid we assume the excellent laser Work! )

 

[david bigcheeseplant]

Paint job looks great, just thinking would the box have been built in English bond rather than Flemish bond?

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

English bond (alternate rows of headers and stretchers) was common until the C17th at which point Flemish bond became de rigueur. This style of brick laying was perpetuated until the advent of cavity walls where the bland stretcher bond came into use.

 

[BrushType4]

Paint job looks great, just thinking would the box have been built in English bond rather than Flemish bond?

Hmm, not this one. The bricks are exactly as the prototype.

Edit
Looking at a few more GWR boxes, it looks like some were Flemish as this one and some were English bond. Looks like a few more options need to be catered for.

Thanks for the heads up @david bigcheeseplant

 

[BrushType4]

GWR coaling stage coming together. Its a bit smaller than the Didcot version and as such I think it will be more useful for the smaller layout.

I'm guessing the water tank would have been a standard size so I'll rework the walls to a two bay version without coaling for Steve Fay's layout.

Hopefully this one will be completed for this Saturdays Scale7 show.

 

[oldravendale]

Naw - you actually want a really BIG one.....



6938, Old Oak Common, August 1961. My copyright.

B

 

[BrushType4]

Here is how I make real wooden pallets like this;

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=651220841742248

 

[BrushType4]

Inspired by the old warehouses on Ipswich Quay, and the Bury St Edmunds Model Railway clubs S7 dock scene layout, I've come up with a modular warehouse system based on small modules that can be mixed and matched together to create a low relief warehouse scene. The architecture of the particularly building I've seen lends itself very well for a modular design. The brick detailing hiding the joins conveniently.

 

[BrushType4]

A little bit of Southern Comfort coming off the drawing board today. I love these Art Deco buildings that the Southern Railway company, full of optimism built in the 1930's. This is a monster of a signal box. Centrally heated with modern staff facilities of the day, these were cutting edge both architecturally and with the staff provisions they provided.


I'm really looking forward to the curved brick work....

 

[JimG]

I'm really looking forward to the curved brick work....

I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on.

Jim.

 

[BrushType4]

Trial of the curved brick work looks ok at the moment.


Looking at the plan, I only need 3 courses to be curved. the rest is all traditional brick work.

 

[Heather Kay]

The Southern Deco style is looks quite complex, on the surface. It's interesting to note how it breaks down to simpler forms.

I am a sucker for Art Deco and "moderne".

Have you seen this volume?

Southern Railway details

I had a chance to thumb through a friend's copy the other day.

 

[BrushType4]

The Southern Deco style is looks quite complex, on the surface. It's interesting to note how it breaks down to simpler forms.

I am a sucker for Art Deco and "moderne".

Have you seen this volume?

Southern Railway details

I had a chance to thumb through a friend's copy the other day.

I do want that book! I sent a message to our favourite bookshop and I've yet to hear back