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Russ

Cheers thanks for the pics Russ

Wagon is coming along not too bad, I'll post pic's for progress and any ideas for tweaks and changes are welcome,

Here's a few pic's of the work in progress.

Alot of bits too add,

thought I'd start off easy but its harder then I thought.

Long way too go but slowly getting there,scaled to nz120 will have too do mesurments,

Last one for the evening then I'm off too bed, A little more detail,

 Looking alright eh?

What program is that designed in? looks kinda like google sketchup. Well done on the CET

Thanks for the comments guys, the program is sketchup pro, I hope to get some more work done to day will try too post more pics tonight,

A few more pics,

some more side detail

all the hatches

Will try too do abit more later,getting on too the more fiddly bits,

Few more pics, man the ladder was annoying lol fitting and fixing.

Abit of guess work for under frame.

Awsome stuff!

I wouldnt be climbing underneath to have a look(but thats just me!)

Cheers

Stu

Are the CET wagons the same as the South Island CE coal wagons except that the CET have roof covers?

And the model is looking excellent, well done.

Thats looking great!

Let me know if any detail is still uncertain and I'll wonder over to the Mount and take some more pic's.

Russ

Thanks again guys for the comments,as for the CE/CET wagon will try do a bit more tonight, I think you maybe right Gibbs they are the same wagon, as for pics Russ I may take you up on that offer,I'll try to get most of it done then cut and trim bits accordingly,I have a question how much detail is too much? I was going to model the tripple valve, piping and res tanks aswell as part of the brake pipe and door detail underneath.

Here is a few more pics first of mesh lab checks model for holes and etc..

I dont know why it changes colours in the program but ill have to read up on it.

this shows abit of door detail.

I finally found how to get better pic's,

Last one,

the ladder is not working out lol.A few more nights and it should be ready for a quote for printing,Its knida like your pic Russ, I must remember to change the headstocks around,

Ladders check. Headstocks check. Res check. Some more fine-err detail check. A few more bits brake pipe tap, mounts for bogies and control bits for doors.

most of the bits I have tried to make so the push together and a little bit of glue should hold them.

I may have to go to a model shop and buy some bits and bobs I found out why it changes colours in meshlab it was lighting if anyone was interested lol,

Been abit lazy the last few nights.My baby turned 3 today so been alil busy off the comp, here's a new pic slowly getting there.

I might lose the pipe on the side yet, Just need to put the brakepipe on the end and make a few more adjustments to the ends for bogies and couplers, I dont know if I'm going to use these bogies,I might just order some from Russ,

Hey guys I haven't forgotten about the project got a quote from a company here in Oz and was just short of selling them my soul. So I went back to the model made it water tight and reversed the surfaces,I know very little about Cad so sorry if it's mooving abit slow.

Hell if you dont know much about CAD,youve certaintly learnt dam quick.

Looks most impressive.

Cheers

Stu

WOW! most impressive. i have enough trouble downloading pictures onto the computer.

Thanks for the comments guys,I'm away at work at the moment and have been tweaking bits and bobs and reading up on how to make things water tight and ready for rapid protyping,I'll try to get quotes from different places aswell.

Hey guys just an update a few of the guys are having a look at the model as we speak so we will just sit and wait I'm workin on a new project and as soon as it starts too take form I'll post pics

Well area few pics of the project at hand at the mo started in the weekend

here is another view still along way too go

the pics are pretty bad, but you can see a little bit.

Man
I just read what I typed and the predictive text on my iPad is annoying lol, have done a little bit more just checking trying too make sure it's algud,which is harder then I thought.

Hi all had to redo the Dc a few times and I must say it looks better then the pics I posted,I have put a lot more detail into it then the CET wagon, taking my time with this as people tend too look a locos more, I'll post pic with bits and ask weather the should be like this or that ie vents etc.... as there so many different variants of the loco,

One more question does anyone have a pic of the radiator end of Dc,From above would be awesome,

Cheers Brad

Here is abit of roof Detail,

I'm trying to figure out how too model the DB fan and grill aswell as DB air intake,

Don't count the rivets too hard there are some missing.

DB fan in

Here is a progression pic,slowly getting there.

sorry if you can't enlarge can't seem to get it to load the big picture.

yeah don't know what i did but it worked,Slowly getting there, making sure its a good job and no errors in the drawing,

How are you intending to produce the bodies once you've done your drawing? I'd definately be keen for a couple.

Cheers

Nick

Hey mate sorry for the slow reply busy at work, I'll probley use shapeways as it seems the easiest way to go. The cad drawing seems to be coming along well will post more pics and I'll have a few questions for people aswell.

Cheers Brad

Okay here are a few more pics,

what I've done with DB fan thus far, grate is 2 parts and still work in progress can you spot whats missing?

looks good enough for me for now and hope to just glue it on top, but willsee what happens,

next is a little detail of the cab front

still more work to do here,

Horn is a little out but I'm happy with it, a little door and roof detail, still along way too go,waiting on pics of long hood end from NZ,

alot of the detail is guess work,I have basic mesurments like length and hight width and a few tips form people who know more about cad,

and look at alot of pictures on the net.

Very nice, Its going to be an amazing model in the flesh. Does the headlight have room for a LED inside?

Yeah it does mate will have a slot it can be pushed into,still away to go yet, when I figure out whats going on I'll post pic's of somthing else I started yesterday while I'm still waiting on pics from a mate back in NZ to finish the Dc,

This CAD-based modelling has so much potential. It is more precise than anything built by hand. I look forward to the time I can get all the key bits I need to make a whole train in NZ120.

This CAD-based modelling has so much potential. It is more precise than anything built by hand. I look forward to the time I can get all the key bits I need to make a whole train in NZ120.

Just scaling and fooling around a few works in progress.

The Dc is still coming along well finally got some pics from NZ. Cheers Mcfly..

 Looking very very spiffing........(is that a word??)

Cheers

Stu

Thanks mate alot of little projects to make one model, the CET/CE wagon has been getting a do over aswell to make it more printer friendly,

MkII CET/CE wagon looks a lot better then the first one will post pic's when I've got abit of time,

Here is one of the latest pic's of the CET/CE,there is still alot of finer detail I want too try too squeez in,

Too make it a CE wagon just leave the top off, It's a complete CAD redraw.Have also done bogies and under Door detail well as much as can bee seen from the pic's that Russ supplied thanks again Russ.

There is a shop here in perth that has some tt wheel set's so when I do finally finish this and it is here in the flesh I'll see what they look like.

Here is an update...sorry about the slow work my wife and I just had a new addition to the famliy and have been getting retrained on nappy and bottle duties,nothing like the smell of a dirty nappy?... I mean napalm in the morning and I'm gearing back up to head back to port hedland,

I've managed to upload a few bits and bobs too shapeways,but they are currently unavailable for printing and viewing,I've just really been testing to see if the detail that I have tried to model will be printed and been looking at the cost of printing the model as a whole.

I up loaded the unfinished Dc and the shell will be over $100 that is the model printed with ultra fine detail, it will be more with the fuel tank bogie side frames,

I also thought of uploading the models in bits so people could pick and choose what parts they wanted,

i.e.... to print the short hood the was about $7nz and that's just the shapeways price no additional charges, I've also managed to upload a wheelset scaled to nz120 and to the NMRA standards with a twist I'll upload pics when I can,

just a few of the thousands of things going through my head.

Cheers