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Really impressive display. Best of success with your exhibition. Looking at your rural housing progression, that book 'Bungalow Bliss' by Jack Fitzsimons comes to mind as a useful resource. -
By Kevin Sweeney · Posted
This is the state of play with my next exhibition titled "The Irish House, 900 to 2026", I have set a deadline of October 1st to have it ready. I'm a bit more than half way there, as I'm planning to have 30 models, from a ring fort to a modern mansion. The bottom photo shows the development of rural working class housing from 1600 to 1990. -
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By leslie10646 · Posted
Folks, take note of John's comments on the "bits" you need - a huge addition to the cost - £5 for two axles of wheels, another couple of quid for couplings (more for some types), decals at least a quid a wagon, usually more like two and to keep the price that low you're buying a hundred and might never sell that number of wagons. Pre-1970 wagons are always going to look expensive beside Accurascale's ones, but that's the price of playing minority sports? -
While its feasible (with a suitable choice of resin & printer) to print a wagon with separate body, chassis and roof its often simpler, quicker and cheaper to produce a wagon as a single print. The JM Design range of wagons were printed in full size 'bottom up" printers using specialist engineering resins in print houses in New Zealand, Singapore & China. In the end our Chinese print house proved the only one capable of consistently delivering consistent high quality prints at a reasonable cost. Interestingly packaging (card box & foam insert) was a significant cost factor, also wheelsets, couplings, decals & paint (all quantities). Being located in New Zealand business was registered for GST (local equivalent of Vat) in order to claim back GST/VAT paid on expenses plus annual Accountancy Fees for business accounts, soo selling kits or model trains is an expensive business with hidden costs. Enda @Past-Avenue produces a modified version of my Grain Wagon under license as it was not feasible to reliably print the original verison on his printer. In the end I discontinued producing 3D printed wagons, with relatively low level of demand for Irish outline kits/batch built RTR items it was not worth the effort financially
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