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I need your help. I need to scratch build these bu

I need your help. I need to scratch build these buildings for my Port Dinorwic OO9 layout. Would you prefer to see me:
1. 3D print the building
2. Cut styrene sheet incl. commercial embossed Plastikard (my least favourite as you can’t match the prototype exactly)
3. Use a cutting machine like Cricut or Scanncut to cut all the scalloped slate and tiles etc.
Please let me know in the comments! I wouldn’t be able to model historic unusual places without the generosity of people who post their photos on the internet. Thanks to jaggers-heritage.com!
#OO9 #scalemodel #modelrail #portdinorwic #choices

This is the underside of my Port Dinorwic layout a

This is the underside of my Port Dinorwic layout and it’s a bit of a head scratcher trying to remember how I meant these servo mounts to work. I printed them in 2018! I also seem to be one left short and have a right instead... #switchingpuzzle #OO9
#modelrail #3dprinting #servomounts

My Martin Machine diorama is a personal favourite

My Martin Machine diorama is a personal favourite as I've been to the real life mill in Massachusetts. It's a South River Model Works kit. Since I took this photo, I have dropped it a couple of inches as the top was cropped too much by a light and the pelmet and I've repainted the sky. ⁠
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Hopefully the area will look photogenic again now but it mostly looks like it's been logged and the river has dried up!⁠
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#scalemodel #HOscale #ModelRail #MartinMachine #SouthRiverModelWorks

This little back alcove on my layout will eventual

This little back alcove on my layout will eventually have a mill scene but I still need to build the diorama... the underpinnings of the upper level cast a shadow on the backdrop so I spent an hour adding some LED strip here and in the other alcoves. It makes a huge difference!
#lightingiskey #hoscale #scalemodel #modelrail

I’ve decided to try ABS because it sands better

I’ve decided to try ABS because it sands better than PLA. It has a much higher temperature and needs an enclosure to print well. I built a temporary one out of foamcore and printed my first Benchy test print.
Everything went well although we’ll see how the foamcore copes with the heat. Benchy looks ok with no ghosting but I found a strip I had missed at the front of the enclosure so I don’t know if the early layer issues are due to a draught before I sorted it.
#anycubici3mega #3dprinting #abs3dprinting #3dprinterenclosure.

The video on how I made this rainy day diorama is

The video on how I made this rainy day diorama is up on YouTube. Link is in bio.
Diorama by me, rain by Photoshop.
#hoscale #diorama #raindiorama #scalemodel #modelrail

I’m really loving taking photos of this poor man

I’m really loving taking photos of this poor man out for a walk in the pouring rain.
The making of video will be out on Thursday (unless you’re on Patreon where it was out yesterday). HO scale diorama by me, rain by Photoshop.
#diorama #scalemodel #miniature #rainyday #modelrail

Finished! Taking some photos of the finished rain

Finished! Taking some photos of the finished rain diorama.
#rainynight #hoscale #diorama #scalemodel #miniature #modelrail

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