Victoria Road

Hi Gormo

Probably could have sprayed them on the raft, I only have the hole part way down, ah well maybe next time.

82 pots later







Next up - an enlightening experience - Lighting for the platform awnings.

The awning is made from laser cut kits, and the 3mm (ish) square legs are fragile, so the idea is to replace some or all with a solid wire (nominal 1.75 mm - earth wire from 4mm twin and earth), and a 3D printed decorative sleeves for the base.



Inserting into a tube in the platform.

Paul

 

Here's the problem



These are very fragile

So I have printed up this



Which fits over the broken leg



Then will get a piece of copper wire inserted



Then the base added at the bottom.

Paul

 

Hi Cameron

My printer is the CTC 3D printer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CTC-3D-Printer-Dual-Extruder-MK8-Factory-Direct-Lowest-Price-ABS-PLA-/221783391069?hash=item33a351fb5d:g:b60AAOSwBs1XMZXh

A Chinese clone of the Replicator 3D, and is a dual extruder setup - I haven't used the second extruder (yet), but two extruders means the max build size is smaller than a single extruder machine of the same size.
But did come mostly pre-assembled, with only the print heads and spool holder to assemble.

Currently the extrusion process surface finish needs further work to get a finished model - you can see the layers, you can use acetone to smooth the surface for ABS, and can produce a very good effect, and is on my to do list once I've mastered the basics. But will also allow you to make a prototype, that the file can then be sent to a professional service to get a higher quality print done if you need it.

Overall I'm very happy with the results I'm getting, and currently I'm the biggest constraint on the system

Paul

 

Hi Gary

I did try printing the bases longer and found after bout 15mm at approx 2mm things started to a little unreliable. If they had been square section rather than round or octagonal I could have printed them directly on to the bed.

In O gauge I think it would be ok

Paul

 

So the base and bracket test prints, give the following results



What do ya think ?

Paul

 

Good grief, it's over a month since I've done anything on the layout, actually any modelling

Time to extract the finger so to say

So to get me going I decided to tackle a smallish project ........ oh dear



The building between the Tobaconists (Cownie & Moffat) and the Bank is actually the wrong way round - that's the back of the building, the pram is used to hide the wrong height of the door way.
This was a quick fix for the Dundee and Elgin shows.

This is the reality



A template of the ground level was made with 160gsm paper



And yes I just had to have a go with the 3D printer

Here's my first attempt



Two hours later


Test fit

Now the internal walls - back to card for these bits

Paul

 

A little progress made

A set of steps printed and two corridor walls and doorway out of card.





Paul

 

Started on the interiors

The floors are from the Scalescenes Large station building kit.

Lefthand side I've pinched bits from the Scalescene Large corner shops kit, and the walls for the right hand side from the low relief high street kits. This is what I find so useful about the print it yourself kits, I can pinch bits from whichever ones I own (I do have quite a few of them ).




As you may have guessed the left hand shop is a butchers

The right hand one is probably going to be a pub - I may have to go and visit a few purely for research purposes that is http://www.click

Paul