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Stevesopwith
Western Thunderer
Actually Dave, I'll need a 1 in 6 double slip..... is that the same only twice as many chairs ? 
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
S-Club-7
Western Thunderer
In terms of quantity there are only half-a dozen or so more chairs in a double-slip, they're just diferent types. Look here to see the chairing differences between single and double slips (an incomplete work in progress, I know there are some mistakes and omissions).Actually Dave, I'll need a 1 in 6 double slip..... is that the same only twice as many chairs ?
Unfortunately the LNER book doesn't show 1 in 6 slips so I'll have to make it all up myself but it doesn't look as though there would be too much extra drawing work. Just don't hold your breath though
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
Thanks Graham. I'm plodding on with them whenever I get a spare moment, but have lots of other irons in the fire too!
(With apologies to David for the thread hijack).
Regards
Dan
lancer1027
Western Thunderer
Hi Dan, that looks very nice.
What rail did you use?.
Rob
What rail did you use?.Rob
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
Hi Dan, that looks very nice.
Rob
Thanks Rob.
It's only a TurboCAD drawing at the moment, the idea being to have the components 3D printed, as David has done with his buffer stops and chairs. I took the measurements from a length of Exactoscale bullhead rail I had knocking around, so hopefully, the printed rails will match the physical ones!Regards
Dan
28ten
Guv'nor
thread drift... I could knock one up in 2o using Solidworks weldments if you want oneThanks Graham. I'm plodding on with them whenever I get a spare moment, but have lots of other irons in the fire too!
(With apologies to David for the thread hijack).
Regards
Dan
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
Cynric - If you mean 20 mins, that's a damn sight quicker than I could do it. I shall return at around 19:28 this evening to see how it looks!
Regards
Dan
S-Club-7
Western Thunderer
Maybe, maybe not
BS95R rail has a web 3/4 inch thick -- about 0.45mm in 7mm scale.
The sample of Exactoscale/C&L rail that I measured was 0.62mm.
Shapeways minimum wall thickness for their WSF (sintered nylon) material is 0.8mm; for their FUD & FD (acrylic) materials 0.5mm.
Which is why many of the weeds are strategically positioned on my sample models
Note that the acrylic is very brittle so would shatter the first time any train hit the buffer-stop with any speed
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
Thanks David.
Despite the present strength limitations of certain 3D printing materials, I think they're definitely the best way of representing something like a buffer stop - there's daylight in all the right places, unlike some awful cast whitemetal examples in my possession.
Nice picture, by the way.
Regards
Dan
Despite the present strength limitations of certain 3D printing materials, I think they're definitely the best way of representing something like a buffer stop - there's daylight in all the right places, unlike some awful cast whitemetal examples in my possession.
Nice picture, by the way.
Regards
Dan
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Dan,
You could, of course, use traditional skills and start by bending up some lengths of rail...
Steph
You could, of course, use traditional skills and start by bending up some lengths of rail...
Steph
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
S-Club-7
Western Thunderer
......... and the GER brake blocks.
Now available from the Off The Rails on-line shopYep, I'm with Steve on that one
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Stevesopwith
Western Thunderer
Me too! Stunning job Dave.
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
S-Club-7
Western Thunderer
Colin,
Presumably we're talking about detail 46 on Gardner drawing L32 for the GER Water Gauge Columns?
How full do you want the boiler to be? I think I may be able to get a water level showing in the gauge glass... It won't go down as you drive tho loco around, of course, but if you fitted some micro-bore tube top and bottom then I'm sure it could be done.
Presumably we're talking about detail 46 on Gardner drawing L32 for the GER Water Gauge Columns?
How full do you want the boiler to be? I think I may be able to get a water level showing in the gauge glass... It won't go down as you drive tho loco around, of course, but if you fitted some micro-bore tube top and bottom then I'm sure it could be done.
Stevesopwith
Western Thunderer
They are the ones...... I'll need six pairs to go with my brake block sets. ( one set to work on.... the other five to hold ... )
As for the water level........ .
... )As for the water level........
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Dog Star
Western Thunderer
+1As for the water level........
Just what will they think of next at WMR HQ? Self-filling water troughs which do not spill when the baseboards are stacked at the end of the session - possibly, more likely a way of warming pasties in the firebox.
regards, Graham
mickoo
Western Thunderer
Working wipers?