7mm Mickoo's Commercial Workbench
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mickoo
Western Thunderer
Well thank you young man
Soldering is easy to explain, I'm lazy, the less I put on the less I have to take off
or more importantly on exposed faces/edges.3D prints are a recent factor in the hobby, I don't (as many have subscribed in the past) add them willy nilly, they're there for a reason and it'll be one of two primary factors, the originals are from tired moulds and look dreadful or are even missing, that extra detail component isn't part of the original kit design; if the kit castings are acceptable then they go on.
CAD was always my strongest arrow in my quiver, that came long before (I did 3D sim work for flight sim and train sim) soldering and metal work (mind I did some 4mm white metal models in my late teens before totally getting out of model trains for 30+ years), that all came to fruition when I started posting on here way back yonder.
Frustrated by the lack of overall gumption from some sellers I looked around and self taught a few aspects; one commercial vendor at a show said, if you think etches and 3D artwork is so easy then why don't you go and do it yourself! So I did and here we are now, at the time I was royally pi55ed off but in hindsight that one comment set the path for my future.
Anyway, I hope posting what can be achieved helps some people to open their minds a little more, we can't always live in the past and new skill sets can be learned if you have the will, I don't subscribe to the mindset 'I couldn't do that', most people can they just choose not to.
I have to confess that your work was a positive example of what can be achieved, take something normal and move it on to the next level so don't be so shy on what you've achieving, it is very good.
simond
Western Thunderer
Maybe a bit of both.
There are builders who can make a silk purse, but why bother?
Equally, in the wrong hands any kit will produce a disappointing model.
James
Western Thunderer
Quite possibly but how much of the original kit is left might be telling!
James
Western Thunderer
Definitely!
I bought a built 74XX and as a result of the original (perhaps due to inexperience?) it was never going to work as it should have done. The kit itself was fundamentally sound.
Post in thread '14XX and 74XX' 7mm - 14XX and 74XX
mickoo
Western Thunderer
SWMR 645 back from paint and pre assembled ready for the fitting out shop. Just need to straighten that handrail at the front a touch, looking at the final build photos it looks like it was a tad out before shipping but it's an easy tweak and if that's the only (and so far it seems to be) issue I'll be a happy camper.
Paint by Warren Haywood.
Paint by Warren Haywood.
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
mickoo
Western Thunderer
They're not quite as gold as they look in the photos
but they do need something, either flattening back with a black wash or a better brass colour, that's the downside of white metal castings to represent brass fittings, they have to be painted 
The pipework gets fitted in the fitting out shop, as do lift rings, tool boxes, sand boxes, cab floor, backhead, glazing, coal, hooks etc
AKA bronze...