Brushs Laser Cutting and 3d Printing workbench
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BrushType4
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I was passed some plans for the goods office of my old home town so I spent a few hours this week drawing the CAD and made this;
Just need @Peter Insole to show us how to paint London Bricks and then I'll add slates.
Just need @Peter Insole to show us how to paint London Bricks and then I'll add slates.
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BrushType4
Western Thunderer
How it all goes together for interest and comment.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Just doodling a Canopy for Peterborough.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Also doodling one of the buildings at the end of the yard of my Kings Cross layout. I think once I start to get these cut out and painted the layout build will gather traction. Just now the planning stage is sufficient. A fellow modeller is also building KX so worst case, I'll give them the buildings if I don't get very far!
Compton castle
Western Thunderer
Once you start assembling the buildings there will be no stopping you!!
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
This is a whopper of a building at just over 3.2 meters long, and this is only about a 3rd of the layout....
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Peter Insole
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Gulp!
The little hut would be an absolute delight if you let me loose on it, and I really fancy having the opportunity to finally "nail" those classic but almost impossible to replicate London "yellow" stocks....
...but King's Cross...???
Wow Phil, that's an awful lot of bricks and mortar!!!!!!
At least most of them would be fairly sooty like these ones at Stratford though?
Pete.
The little hut would be an absolute delight if you let me loose on it, and I really fancy having the opportunity to finally "nail" those classic but almost impossible to replicate London "yellow" stocks....
...but King's Cross...???
Wow Phil, that's an awful lot of bricks and mortar!!!!!!
At least most of them would be fairly sooty like these ones at Stratford though?
Pete.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Kings Cross will keep you busy @Peter Insole 
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
You know me only too well Phil!
I just can't resist a challenge!!
Pete.
I just can't resist a challenge!!
Pete.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
BIG BIG coaches.
Having spent money on BIG BIG coaches and now etches from @iploffy I thought I'd better make a start on them. This will be my winter project. I've been mulling over if I can utilise the laser cutter to help. So I've drawn up a SO in CAD.
I'll be using Easybuild B4 bogies and the BIG BIG ones will be winging there way over to @Phill Dyson at some point.
I'm pondering about cutting the windows out of a 1mm thick plastic strip to fit between the top cant rail and approx. 4mm below the windows. Then utilise Ian's etches for the windows with laser cut glazing. Drawing attached. Feel free to share and pass feedback.
Does anyone know the exact width of the doors. I can't find that dimension anywhere?
Having spent money on BIG BIG coaches and now etches from @iploffy I thought I'd better make a start on them. This will be my winter project. I've been mulling over if I can utilise the laser cutter to help. So I've drawn up a SO in CAD.
I'll be using Easybuild B4 bogies and the BIG BIG ones will be winging there way over to @Phill Dyson at some point.
I'm pondering about cutting the windows out of a 1mm thick plastic strip to fit between the top cant rail and approx. 4mm below the windows. Then utilise Ian's etches for the windows with laser cut glazing. Drawing attached. Feel free to share and pass feedback.
Does anyone know the exact width of the doors. I can't find that dimension anywhere?
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
I've added the doors in at 2foot wide.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Phil, if you want to check the measurements and details before committing yourself to cutting, there are some rather splendid examples of the prototype that are "just up the road" for us at Dereham on the Mid Norfolk Railway...!
Oh, and the Epping Ongar Railway too (is that right JB B)...?
Pete.
Oh, and the Epping Ongar Railway too (is that right JB B)...?
Pete.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
ok, I've laser cut the sides and laid them over the coach.
Just need to work out how to cut the coach body to ensure a perfectly square cut out. I am thinking about a jig and using a router.
Just need to work out how to cut the coach body to ensure a perfectly square cut out. I am thinking about a jig and using a router.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Will need to arrange a day out
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
That will be grand!
Pete.
Pete.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Slightly off-topic:
Having travelled to the Telford show via both the Severn Valley and Llangollen lines, I am overwhelmed at the quantity of Mk1s in use and in storage on just these two lines.
The only Mk2s were those in a pullman set on the SVR, and there may have been one in the carriage sidings on LR.
Does anyone have an idea of the total number of surviving Mk1 coaches? I cannot find any readily available figures online - the only other option being to spend an entire evening adding up individual entries on BR Coaches
Having travelled to the Telford show via both the Severn Valley and Llangollen lines, I am overwhelmed at the quantity of Mk1s in use and in storage on just these two lines.
The only Mk2s were those in a pullman set on the SVR, and there may have been one in the carriage sidings on LR.
Does anyone have an idea of the total number of surviving Mk1 coaches? I cannot find any readily available figures online - the only other option being to spend an entire evening adding up individual entries on BR Coaches
richard_t
Western Thunderer
You could try the Vintage Carriage Trust's survey: SurveyStatus