7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)

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Chris

Did you say you were looking for sash windows?

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The outside. Designed to fit through the thickness of 1mm plasticard.

Large magnification, and rather “layery”.

It’s 4’ high, 3’ wide - the sashes have recesses to take 0.5mm glazing.

It needs a bit of adjustment at the design stage as it took too much filing and sanding to get the sashes into the frame - but they do slide up & down

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The inside.

I think it needs a bit of a redesign so the whole subassembly can be inserted from the inside - at the moment it needs building in.

I’ll bring the prototypes to Stafford

Simon
 
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simond said:
Chris

Did you say you were looking for sash windows?

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The outside. Designed to fit through the thickness of 1mm plasticard.

Large magnification, and rather “layery”.

It’s 4’ high, 3’ wide - the sashes have recesses to take 0.5mm glazing.

It needs a bit of adjustment at the design stage as it took too much filing and sanding to get the sashes into the frame - but they do slide up & down

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The inside.

I think it needs a bit of a redesign so the whole subassembly can be inserted from the inside - at the moment it needs building in.

I’ll bring the prototypes to Stafford

Simon
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Oh yes, certainly in the market for a lot of sash windows for the long row of terrace rears on Pencarrow... Will be good to catch up at Stafford.
 
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The side project will have to take a back seat for a few days... I'm demonstrating making buildings out of plasticard at the G0G event at Stafford county showground this weekend. I have also been talked into doing one of the "shows you how" slots on the Saturday.

Decided it was about time I found all the demo stuff again, oh and decided what to do in the 1hr talking slot. Suddenly I only have two evenings left to sort this out. As ever it's difficult to know what to talk about when you know what you know...

So, if there's any sensible suggestions concerning what elements of making stuff out of plastic would be useful to people, please shout up.

Packing...
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simond said:
Chris

Did you say you were looking for sash windows?

View attachment 246942

The outside. Designed to fit through the thickness of 1mm plasticard.

Large magnification, and rather “layery”.

It’s 4’ high, 3’ wide - the sashes have recesses to take 0.5mm glazing.

It needs a bit of adjustment at the design stage as it took too much filing and sanding to get the sashes into the frame - but they do slide up & down

View attachment 246945

The inside.

I think it needs a bit of a redesign so the whole subassembly can be inserted from the inside - at the moment it needs building in.

I’ll bring the prototypes to Stafford

Simon
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Going back to Simon's post...

Thinking about what I'm going to say at the G0G show you how event, windows will definitely be covered. They are the absolute bane of any building scratchbuilder's life.

IMO they make or break the look of a model. Those Mark soldered up for me for the 4mm cottages absolutely make the model. Get it wrong though and the model just looks rubbish.

My advice on the day will be... Source your windows first, get as close as you can to what the prototype had and modify the build to suit. The other option is to build the model as per prototype and then have to try and get some made bespoke for your model.

The former option can be quick and easy. The latter can be quite difficult and expensive. Personal 3d printers are really starting to change that situation.
 
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I think 3DP is now so accessible that something like a window frame should be possible for most modellers.

We can chew the fat over the design, as I think it could be a lot better than what I’ve done so far. I’m very happy to create and share a parametric model so people can customise it, but of course, the model will be designed in a Solidworks, which is not really generally accessible if only due to the cost. I’m not sure how to square that circle.
 
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Softvark said:
There will be a recording of Chris’s seminar in due course on the Gauge O Guild website.

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Julian
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Well that was a first, not something I've done before so definitely a (terrifying) learning experience.

Hopefully the props and premade examples were worthwhile. I'm told by those viewing it went ok, always difficult to tell when you're doing the talking.

On the plus side nobody walked out and I don't think too many fell asleep!!
 
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