Designing For Laser Cutting

[iploffy]

AHHH so when can you give me some kind of price and availability as to your Jedi skills to be able to come and examine the empty space that I would like filling

 

[28ten]

Would one of these suit, sir?

 

[iploffy]

oh yes very nice

 

[Dikitriki]

Hi Cynric

Looking at the bank and model in your post, the ballustrading does not look far out to me. It is pretty substantial, almost too much on the real thing, and the model reflects that. The bank is pretty much at full height is it not? To keep the proportion, I would have thought the ballustrade should be too, even if we have knocked a bay off the length of the building.

Sleep on it!

Richard

 

[28ten]

Having slept on it, I have decided to take 3.5 mm off and i think it looks better proportioned, although I doubt anybody would ever notice

 

[Dikitriki]

Having slept on it, I have decided to take 3.5 mm off

That's a good British compromise - split the difference

 

[28ten]

That's a good British compromise - split the difference

Well i think it looks better I need to work out a way of fattening the stair rods as they are a little weedy for stone

 

[daifly]

Having compared your model with the photos of the original, I can't help but notice that the 'open' part of the balustrading should be the same width as the window recess below. It appears that your opening is narrower which may be influencing the 'look' of the whole thing.

 

[28ten]

Having compared your model with the photos of the original, I can't help but notice that the 'open' part of the balustrading should be the same width as the window recess below. It appears that your opening is narrower which may be influencing the 'look' of the whole thing.

Well spotted the file will be amended accordingly

 

[28ten]

Not quite for the laser but a job I'm working on - a 17ft x 10 ft shed based on Lambourn signal box, ideal for you gardeners I'm sure the original didn't cost as much to build, the quotes for the windows are eye watering

 

[Phill Dyson]

I like that ........ I've always fancied a Signal Box in my garden

 

[lancer1027]

I like that ........ I've always fancied a Signal Box in my garden

Yes Phill, that would be a nice idea and it would make it easier for me to spot from the train

 

[28ten]

There was a certain inevitability to this would look spiffing at Wenbridge

Are there any experts in GWR signalling equipment out there?

 

[Simon]

There was a certain inevitability to this would look spiffing at Wenbridge

Are there any experts in GWR signalling equipment out there?

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And there was me thinking you were building yourself a proper man shed for your garden

Attractive looking structure - presumably those pics are in 7mm scale?

Simon

 

[Dog Star]

And there was me thinking you were building yourself a proper man shed for your garden

.... presumably those pics are in 7mm scale?

Nooo, the structure is for the garden... the wagon is 12" to 1' scale

I like the results which you show us....

regards, Graham

 

[28ten]

No they are 1/32 .
I couldnt afford 5 grand on a shed !!

 

[Ressaldar]

And there was me thinking you were building yourself a proper man shed for your gardenSimon

me too, but impressive all the same.

cheers

Mike

 

[iploffy]

Fancy a go at West Coast Signal cabin/level crossing monitoring box like this one

I know the pictures are not very clear but they are the only ones I have, as alas the structure is no more, it has ceased to be, it has fell off it's perch, it has breathed it's last breath. OK so they demolished it

 

[28ten]

And some interior matchboarding





Right other things to get on with now

I may look at fattening dikitriki' s balustrade tomorrow

 

[Simon]

No they are 1/32 .
I couldnt afford 5 grand on a shed !!

In which case, what's the provenance of that rather nice GW wagon lurking in the background?