What happened at your workbench today?
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DickyC
(BZB Mountain Railway)
haha, how many do the IMR have ? when you have more than them start to worry.....
Dan, are all the locos 3 rail, or do you use the 3 rail track as 2 rail?
Madman
Registered
All of the locos a three rail powered. Center rail is hot, outer rails are neutral.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
As is often the way, close inspection showed up a few minor blemishes in the paint, so they were flatted back using homemade sanding sticks (wet and dry paper glued to a piece of stripwood) and then given another blow over. So another period of paint drying/hardening, which will delay the fiddly second stage of masking. But worth sacrificing a day or so rather than 'rush and regret'.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
I probably should have masked and painted the sides before fitting the window vents! Still, it's done now.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
A couple of days ago I gave my Bootlane Nancy a quick prime using some of my rattle cans, before filling in the blemishes:
Yesterday I gave a second coat of primer with the airbrush (no photos), but today disaster struck, lightly sanding the chassis, and when it hit the floor it shattered. In touch with Bootlane to see if I can purchase new frame sides, but they seem slow to answer emails.
The instructions do mention they are fragile but more than I suspected.
Yesterday I gave a second coat of primer with the airbrush (no photos), but today disaster struck, lightly sanding the chassis, and when it hit the floor it shattered. In touch with Bootlane to see if I can purchase new frame sides, but they seem slow to answer emails.
The instructions do mention they are fragile but more than I suspected.
PhilP
G Scale, 7/8th's, Electronics
This is a problem with 3D printed items..
I believe Andrew has a 'proper' job, as well as Boot Lane Works, so you may have to wait until this evening for a reply?
PhilP
DickyC
(BZB Mountain Railway)
Ouch, they look nice. Was it a 3d resin part or the Acrylic mentioned in the spec ? "fragile" not a good thing for garden railways.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Off-white paint on, masking off.
There are a few places where the paint crept under the masking, but these will either get T-Cut out, or touched in by brush.
The inside has 0.8mm plywood cladding (now, where did I put that?) so I'm not concerned by the overspray...
There are a few places where the paint crept under the masking, but these will either get T-Cut out, or touched in by brush.
The inside has 0.8mm plywood cladding (now, where did I put that?) so I'm not concerned by the overspray...
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Acrylic chassis frames
Always a bit tricky with those crevices around the doors and detailing. To get a good match I tend to spray a little if the colour required into a Rattle Can Lid then brush on. Usually a bit if a challenge finding the right cleaner so must remember to use those Micro brushes next time I have a similar issue. Still a nice job.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Yes, the paint tends to track along those grooves due to capillary action. Mind you, I had invested in proper modeller's masking tape and used a cocktail stick to press it into the crevices, so the paint creep is, as a p*litician might say, disappointing ...
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
I use Tamiya, very good most of the time, but user error, not pushing in to crevices does allow paint to track.
Fezwig
Registered
Keeping the IMR theme going, but a bit off painting yet! New buffer beams made and fitted, slight prang, seems to be catching, removing the old ones, sprung out the bottom corner of one side, will have to reglue and leave it overnight. Anyway, another job tackled was fitting the boogie mounts, needs a bit of fettling/ride height but it's up on its wheels.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
...and the IMR theme continues: I bought a cheap Bachmann flat wagon with plans to stretch the bogies; but it seems the design has changed, and cut-and-shut may not work.
The wheelbase needs extending by 10mm, which isn't a huge amount: perhaps a suitably shaped piece of brass strip could be used?
But how to make four identical pieces? A jig? Or a press tool; now that would be the thing! And I had a suitable-sized piece of brass, so I marked it out...
...chain drilled...
...filed...
and it looks about right; the next task will be to make the other half of the tool...
The wheelbase needs extending by 10mm, which isn't a huge amount: perhaps a suitably shaped piece of brass strip could be used?
But how to make four identical pieces? A jig? Or a press tool; now that would be the thing! And I had a suitable-sized piece of brass, so I marked it out...
...chain drilled...
...filed...
and it looks about right; the next task will be to make the other half of the tool...
Did you do the paint one coat, mask then spray that colour again to seal the joints then the top coat when that had dried? This does help to seal the gaps and reduce bleed over.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Primed, plus two (red) colour coats; then re-masked and applied two coats of off-white.
I have been considering revising my Eisfelder Talműhle station. It has always been a bit of a compromise but I have had a desire to make a representation of the real thing. Thus over the last few days I was have been busy cutting and glueing cardboard for a disposable prototype. I imagine what I have done will be some 30 or more % smaller but will fit in the limited space. More will appear in my build of the station thread at some stage if I intend to go forwards with this.
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