Fooling Around with Kiwi Trains: Adventures in 3D Modeling & Printing (1:120 - 1:8 Scale) - N, HO, O, G, 5inch, 7.25inch & 15inch Gauges! No Ads, Just Some Nutty Tales from Peter Bryant @ Portland Railroad, Northland NZ
Today sees the QR receive Marks's Model Works brass etched grill's (DF & DX), purchased from Trackgangproducts. $5 per etch but detail worth adding. I used the DX grill for the top, & the DF grills cut and applied to the sides. Not the prettiest job I admit but close enough for me.
All that remains is sourcing a N scale Lifelike PA-1 chassis, airhoses, couplers, airhorn & handrails.
Definately cleaner than Frosted Detail! The wheels 13.5dia from trackgangproducts, simply pop in. No need for bearings. They are quite free running, and more importantly don't pop out easily.
Top view, brutal closeups...
The motor bogie... intended as sideframes for the power bogie truck
Showing the end module, as it receives an update, and a coastal freighter (Built by B. Galpin, Nov 2010).
With Xmas and with it the promise of at least a few days off regular business activity should allow for more designing with any luck.
The overall view. Still coastal rocks & wooden wharf to install (HDR)
The "water" is a bit of cut board, painted, and in the process of many layers of varnish (HDR)
View from land (HDR)
The section before the changes...
As you can see, alot has happened since the layouts first conception, and a path for a future track is cut into the layout for a possible wharf run. (HDR)
Future path for wharf siding, Currently the tide is out :P (HDR)
After some more work, a small wharf is built using strip wood, tinted with weathering and varnish it starts to take shape.
Top View to give an idea of size
After further work, the end capping can finally happen!
The fern also received front head lights. It is a very bright led, but really is a personal preference.
Also worth mentioning, the bogies... Since the size of the fern, even in nz120 scale is simply too big to fit inside the Printer (for Frosted Ultra Detail). It is available however in Frosted Detail, which is better than Strong & Flexible in terms of smoothness so I can't complain. The bogies however, being small and detailed in nz120 need to be made available as a separate product.
An initial order to replace my fern, in FUD Material is a go so far. The bogie could be made available in Brass/Bronze after a test print is ordered in one of the materials. The power bogie is spaced apart like the non powered 3 bogies, so its now possible to have an un-powered free running model.
The undergrubbins will be added, and the bogies removed from the main shell, with links pointing to the bogies from main product page.
The undergrubbins will also be made available for mine and others test prints as a separate item also.
