Mickoo's BR modelling

[mickoo]

Those flat sides look flat Is this the Sunlu resin and were they printed flat?
They're quite the best looking prints I've seen for large flat surfaces.
Kev

Well they are flat....as flat as any resin print will allow. but they have been post processed which is why all the grills and window surrounds are extras fitted into recesses etc. I've a large block of wood 2x3x2" with sandpaper on to flatten the joints between the modules and they look okay until you do the rule/straight edge daylight gap check.

For my own use they're just fine, more than actually but for commercial work they're not flat enough and resin is not the right material to make masters from; at least not in the current design format/shape. Personally I'd prefer brass sides/floor with 3D/resin ends, the roof area being a combination of both; however brass sides dig up the cant rail bending demon and he is not to be trifled with.

Pretty much everything so far is SunLu except the buffer beams and grills where I need them to be straight....er and crisp detail. I could use FNG for the body but it would not gain anything in flatness or structure and cost twice as much.

The sections are not flat, each section is inclined to the optimum angle suited to the layer thickness.

 

[mickoo]

@mickoo that's looking great!

Are you going to tackle any mainline diesel types?

Cheers,

No, I don't have a need for any to be honest right now, but I may do a new class 40 nose end with the correct windscreen rake to drop onto my Heljan body.

 

[mickoo]

Not much happening over here right now, the AL project is shunted to one side temporarily as there are a few niggles I want to resolve. There's no immediate solution, so rather than waste time exploring solutions that will always be imperfect I prefer to wait it out, the solution always comes, just a matter of when.

Anyway I'd picked up a couple of Heljan 47's, this sample being the first up for a digital archiving. It's a lovely model and my only gnashing irritation are the two mould lines running down from horn grill on the cab roof, why oh why did Heljan not employ someone to just waft them smooth before paint

I do want some blue ones but I've a hankering for a two tone green with small yellow panel like this as a memory to a long gone Hornby model I had 45 years ago, 1V03 was the headcode I dimly recall.





I'm not a fan of the Heljan radiator shutter blades, I get the principle and the engineering aspect but the plastic is a bit soft so can sag at odd places along the length. In addition I wasn't aware that when opened you could see into the interior, that's something that certainly could be improved. Being as I'm only planning a small depot photo plank/train set sort of thing then closed grills will be the norm.

The other one will certainly get repainted and the Dot4 is on order, I've heard it's rather good at taking the paint off....one of the HO models (on the other channel) heading to the bin will be a good guinea pig.