Installing LEDS

Showing off some Pic's of DL 9008's wonderful encounter with tiny 3v Leds from Jaycar. Wired up to a 2xAA battery holder and switch under the fuel tank, as is with the current DL. Can't wait to photograph at dusk on an outdoor railway!

1:24 DL.. again

 

Greetings to all, hopefully everyone made it so far safely through the pandemic we all find ourselves in.. The time off to reflect and not have any filament was painful given the free time available. Recently a small space opened up whereby I can run the printer & smell / noise isn't an issue and I don't have to try and sleep next to it in operation. 

The first subject was a DL, with thinner walls, a redone cab with more appropriately scaled walls. Like the last diesel printed (Dx) it has removable cab, hood & chassis. The cab doors will open etc.

 The first section took 37 hours at the Fastest speed at a resolution of 0.1 0.15 being using up till this point due to the extra time of the print, at 0.15 the hours would be reduced to 23 hours. The section/print height is 200mm, far greater than the earlier DL print a few years back which had sections of roughly 100 - 110mm.

The second 200mm section currently printing will take 41 hours due to having slightly more material. 

Printers new home

Sections printed & glued together

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Sections sprayed with Tamiya Fine Primer and given a good sanding too

The progress on the DL has been a bit slow, the main roadblock at the moment would be a lack of a spray paint booth leaving me with no choice but to wait for a dry sunny weekend day with no wind, last weekend I managed to give the body a couple coats of fine primer and a good sanding over. 

The see through grills are definately an improvement, also the bigger sections and smooth crisp details help.

Not especially related to the DL, 

Showing some progress on printing a 1:33.86 scale train for the old mans xmas present. Can't believe it took me this long to print anything 1:33 since receiving the UP Box Printer as the models are printing better than I hoped.

Some actual DL News,

Installing LED's 

The Xmas Ww & Carriages is coming along nicely, the new printer making short work of it. I've used 160 and 240 grit sand paper and a quick coat of primer.