flexible_coupling
Western Thunderer
Hello All,
I'm toying with the idea of putting a few items "for sale" via the Shapeways website service for rapid prototyping in the coming weeks - honestly and unabashed in motive - for a spot pocket-money for buying brass kits! A "kit" for a slightly freelanced-in-detail centre-cab variant of the Fowler 0-4-0DM, to use the Ixion Fowler as a base/source of bits and chassis, is the first item I'm inclined towards doing up. Obviously, there's a whole lot of consideration, design and testing required before I'm at the point of offering something for sale! But I'm just generally interested in getting some feedback as to the "attitude" that's taken towards the products that are offered - I see some builds popping up on 'the other place' which are promising - but still require a lot of TLC before they're really up to scratch.
I have prior experience with rapid prototyping/3D printing and know how to get the best out of the medium... some of the models with 'build lines' all up the sides do make me shudder...! I'd like to be able to actually cast kits in resin etc. from precisely made masters, but the initial outlay is a bit much at present!
Cheers,
Dave
I'm toying with the idea of putting a few items "for sale" via the Shapeways website service for rapid prototyping in the coming weeks - honestly and unabashed in motive - for a spot pocket-money for buying brass kits! A "kit" for a slightly freelanced-in-detail centre-cab variant of the Fowler 0-4-0DM, to use the Ixion Fowler as a base/source of bits and chassis, is the first item I'm inclined towards doing up. Obviously, there's a whole lot of consideration, design and testing required before I'm at the point of offering something for sale! But I'm just generally interested in getting some feedback as to the "attitude" that's taken towards the products that are offered - I see some builds popping up on 'the other place' which are promising - but still require a lot of TLC before they're really up to scratch.
I have prior experience with rapid prototyping/3D printing and know how to get the best out of the medium... some of the models with 'build lines' all up the sides do make me shudder...! I'd like to be able to actually cast kits in resin etc. from precisely made masters, but the initial outlay is a bit much at present!
Cheers,
Dave