Killian Keane Posted January 22 Author Posted January 22 None to show since the last update Im afraid, I was rather tied up over Christmas, a lot of commission jobs on too, as soon as work quietens down a bit and I get a free moment I'll be right back on that project 7 Quote
Killian Keane Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 Latest 800 off the printer, Ive done more of them than Inchicore now 7 6 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted March 9 Posted March 9 One thing I forgot to ask about 3D printing generally: what happens to all the leftover waste sprue? Can it be recycled? Quote
Killian Keane Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 11 minutes ago, Horsetan said: One thing I forgot to ask about 3D printing generally: what happens to all the leftover waste sprue? Can it be recycled? Unfortunately no it cant be reused in resin printing, it gets thrown out Quote
Horsetan Posted March 9 Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Killian Keane said: Unfortunately no it cant be reused in resin printing, it gets thrown out Ah. Shame. Quote
GSR 800 Posted March 9 Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Killian Keane said: Latest 800 off the printer, Ive done more of them than Inchicore now Deirdre or Grainne? 1 Quote
Rob R Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Think of it more like the chippings that a sculptor chisels off a block of stone to produce a work of art. There is not much you can do with the little bit of waste you get from FDM printing, but at least the PLA filament I am using for the track bases is plant based so we rest easy there 1 Quote
Killian Keane Posted March 13 Author Posted March 13 (edited) Latest musings on Limerick works.. Edited March 14 by Killian Keane 7 Quote
GSR 800 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 A bit of work done to Maedbh over the last week or so. The Royal Scot has many similarities to the 800s, but the 800s have a much longer front end and bogie, along with smaller bogie wheels. Changing to smaller wheels meant a large air space was left between the wheel and chassis. This became a bit of a knawling bug for me To sort the issue, I fabricated some fau frames from plasticard, painted them black, then applied them to the sides I then karate chopped the bogie and placed a plasticard spacer to increase its length. I think this improves the overall appearance of the front end considerably. 11 2 1 Quote
GSR 800 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 12 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Green wheels & frames…. en route? When I'm feeling especially brave 1 Quote
GSR 800 Posted Tuesday at 20:24 Posted Tuesday at 20:24 (edited) Maedbh has gotten a bit of weathering. There's not a great many photos of Maedbh in colour during her working life in CIE. The vast majority I've seen are taken after she was earmarked for preservation and received a fresh coat of paint. It's unlikely she did almost any work after 1958. There's two colour photos of her at work in later years. One is of her at Limerick Junction in 1955, the other at Thurles hauling a train of horsebox vans. These show her relatively clean but with some black grime in certain areas. In their earlier years they were kept almost spotlessly clean, but I intend to model the end of steam. Macha was utterly filthy toward the end. For reference I also looked primarily at the VS class in the 60s. Still kept quite clean, but far from spotless. The domes and corners of the belpaire firebox were almost always blackened! A mix of black and umber wash was used, with excess removed using a cotton bud. Edited Tuesday at 20:30 by GSR 800 13 3 Quote
Galteemore Posted Tuesday at 20:37 Posted Tuesday at 20:37 (edited) Terrific job. Subtle but effective. For a lot of my own work now all I do is a MiG dark wash with a few powders. Seems to do just enough. Might you consider a soupçon of dark powder on the smokebox? Edited Tuesday at 20:40 by Galteemore 2 2 Quote
GSR 800 Posted Tuesday at 20:50 Posted Tuesday at 20:50 20 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Terrific job. Subtle but effective. For a lot of my own work now all I do is a MiG dark wash with a few powders. Seems to do just enough. Might you consider a soupçon of dark powder on the smokebox? Many thanks. Funny enough for Macha's last tour they had the smokebox shining! It has a bit of grime on top nonetheless, don't wish to overdo it. 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted Tuesday at 20:51 Posted Tuesday at 20:51 Fair enough Harry. Have had a similar inner monologue myself when finishing the PP last week. Some pics show a gleaming smokebox, others don’t! You can certainly take pride in her 1 1 Quote
GSR 800 Posted Tuesday at 21:03 Posted Tuesday at 21:03 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Fair enough Harry. Have had a similar inner monologue myself when finishing the PP last week. Some pics show a gleaming smokebox, others don’t! You can certainly take pride in her It's one of those things I consider myself, whether to go matt or more satin for the smokebox. Usually it's more matted than the rest, but locos being cleaned, especially with oily rags, would show some shine. I've given a bit of matting at the top for soot around the chimney. Recently I've seen a br shed layout with locomotives kept glossy clean, but with smokeboxes matted and almost grey! I note modern cleaning practices at Connolly, which focus on keeping the "front" of the locomotive/railcar clean. The rest is less of a concern! Edited Tuesday at 21:05 by GSR 800 Quote
David Holman Posted yesterday at 06:07 Posted yesterday at 06:07 Apparently clean front ends is a bit of a health and safety thing, especially in BR days when the yellow ends were meant to be clean(er) to improve their visibility. 1 Quote
Killian Keane Posted 23 hours ago Author Posted 23 hours ago Thats some extraordinary weathering, very realistic, one of the nicest builds Ive ever seen done from a print of mine! 2 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago On 22/4/2025 at 9:24 PM, GSR 800 said: Maedbh has gotten a bit of weathering. There's not a great many photos of Maedbh in colour during her working life in CIE. The vast majority I've seen are taken after she was earmarked for preservation and received a fresh coat of paint. It's unlikely she did almost any work after 1958. There's two colour photos of her at work in later years. One is of her at Limerick Junction in 1955, the other at Thurles hauling a train of horsebox vans. These show her relatively clean but with some black grime in certain areas. In their earlier years they were kept almost spotlessly clean, but I intend to model the end of steam. Macha was utterly filthy toward the end. For reference I also looked primarily at the VS class in the 60s. Still kept quite clean, but far from spotless. The domes and corners of the belpaire firebox were almost always blackened! A mix of black and umber wash was used, with excess removed using a cotton bud. That is a truly magnificent model, finished perfectly! 1 3 Quote
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