Window mouldings - who made 'em?

Eaglecliff

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I have just used the last window moulding from a sprue, probably about A4, which I bought some years ago. I seem to recall that they were sold in poly bags of two or possibly three brown sprues, and contained a mixture of styles, a lot,of them not terribly useful. I thought they might have been Knightwing or Grandt Line, but neither of their current websites list anything similar. Can anyone point me in the direction of a current source? Even a UK Grandt Line supplier might do, as some 0 gauge types might be suitable but I don't relish paying £12 postage from the US on a £2 window!
 
Don't know if this is any help but my local model shop MIB models porthcawl have just started 3D printing windows etc for all scales if you can supply him a pattern Im sure he can print some for you no connection just tend to spend a lot of money there !!!!!
 
welsh wizard said:
Don't know if this is any help but my local model shop MIB models porthcawl have just started 3D printing windows etc for all scales if you can supply him a pattern Im sure he can print some for you no connection just tend to spend a lot of money there !!!!!
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Thanks for the suggestion; sounds interesting. Off at a tangent, I look forward to seeing some growth in this area. I think there are great possibilities for our hobby and would love to see more "cottage industries" springing up to fill some of the yawning voids. Same goes for DCC - why does a soundcard cost half the price of a pc? Doesn't make sense.
 
Soundcard.. Custom VLSI chip(s), low volume, so production cost more.. LOTS of time to develop / record / edit sounds.
PC.. VERY large scales of production, so costs are very low per item..
 
Hit the nail on the head Phil. If you could sell a few million sound cards, all with the same sounds loaded, they would be a few quid each. But when you only sell a few hundred (I guess) life is different. Specialist equipment at specialist prices.
 
stockers said:
Hit the nail on the head Phil. If you could sell a few million sound cards, all with the same sounds loaded, they would be a few quid each. But when you only sell a few hundred (I guess) life is different. Specialist equipment at specialist prices.
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Though...
By now, the DCC part is pretty nailed-down, so that bit ought to be a cheap-chip..
I suppose if you do 'the donkey' yourself, then you can use the Arduino kit for the rest??
Whether you could then drop it into one of the little more dedicated boards, I am not sure? - I have only glossed over the Arduino family of products..
 
Have not got a clue what your talking about Phil.
 
Eaglecliff said:
I have just used the last window moulding from a sprue, probably about A4, which I bought some years ago. I seem to recall that they were sold in poly bags of two or possibly three brown sprues, and contained a mixture of styles, a lot,of them not terribly useful. I thought they might have been Knightwing or Grandt Line, but neither of their current websites list anything similar. Can anyone point me in the direction of a current source? Even a UK Grandt Line supplier might do, as some 0 gauge types might be suitable but I don't relish paying £12 postage from the US on a £2 window!
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A bit late to close the thread but here we go: my brown windows were/ are made by Faller. And thanks to Joyce of EMAG of the GSS who found me some white ones.
 
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