Mossys 3D Models

The plan has been carried out and now drying, not as neat a job as Mr P would do but at least I am trying!

I have just started practicing with crystal clear on a duff body, what a %^&*^% job and so many window to do, I hope it will get easier otherwise I'll be stark raving bonkers by the time they are all done.

 

Rob,

I have been using just a standard cocktail stick, so next o I will modify one in line with your suggestions. What has surprised me is the quantity of glue needed, or perhaps that's just me being clumsy!

 

Thanks Tom,

Would the Westinghouse still be painted white even when not dual fitted?

 

Ok thanks Tom

 

Andy,

I heave read some where that at grouping over 90% of NER stock was either unbraked or Westinghouse only (air if you want) and they also has the largest fleet of wagons and coaches of any of the pre-grouping companies. Ut took to well into the 30's before the LNER eliminated they finally the Westinghouse brake system. Only the stock which was used on the East Coast Mainline was dual fitted, M1 no 621 is famous as being part of the NER stock which took part in the 2nd round of the "Race to the North", given the relatively low educational standards of the workers, colour coding makes sense to me.

 

More experiments without a great deal of success.

I've never tried to use krystal Clear to create windows, so why not give it a go. Rob P kindly provided a video of how to use it he had made and also more advice on making a suitable tool to apply it. Well 3 separate attempts over 3-4 days, each trying numerous times results dire. The best results I got were not dissimilar to the convex/concave mirrors in old fairground attractions, thin at to start, fat and the end, any reduction in material used and the window failed. Rob, does this material increase it's viscosity in cold weather, could that be the reason? Another attempt will be made next week in the warmer weather. As a standby I have ordered some transparencies as an alternate solution.

The second experiment, currently also failing but being retested is to try print a roof in 2 sections and then join them seamlessly. Yes I could probably have printed the roof in one piece using my big printer but as a test I used the mono 2. Attempt 1 was rapidly thrown in the bin not fit to be seen, part 1 of attempt 2 in currently printing. The idea when they are suitable is to lodge one end of the roof under the birdcage and use a pair of nemodium magnets to hold the opposite end in place. The tab on the short end is over long so will need cutting down but better to long than to short. More when it is fit to be seen.

 

Oops forgot this:



Forgot to say, one half of the roof was printed using the save as a mesh option, the other half using the long winded export as an stl method, the results are very different. The export section is narrower and has distinct lines running along the length of the piece. Not something to be repeated.

 

Andy not sure this works with an stl, but with a body use Save as a mesh, it takes 2-3 seconds.

Highlight the body and right click, select save as a mesh.
On dialog that pops up, format stl, unit millimetre and refinement High, click ok
Second dialog box decide where to save it.

If you look at the size of the stl, it will be 10-15 times bigger than a export as stl
A far better quality stl is the result

 

Thanks for that Rob. Will be doing another experiment later this week for now focusing on joining roof sections.

 

Clumsy or what

Roof Joining ready to go:


Glued, sanded and ready for a waft of primer:



Oh botty the loft floor must be hard!

Do not collect £200 do not pass go, start all over again.