Carbon Limestone Co.

[Chris333]

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[Chris333]

So a new order with shapeways is once again sitting at the PO for 3 days now. This new UPS innovations is really cramping my style! 

If they are going to more than double shipping times they could at least cut the shipping costs in half to make up for it.

[btrain]

I feel your pain Chris. I've been waiting for track to finish my yard from MB Klein that was shipped on Dec. 9 and still hasn't arrived as of today. I swear December must be Twilight Zone appreciation month at the post office.   

[Hamaker]

I learned the hard way.  I very rarely buy anything that will be delivered by the USPS in the month of December.  If I do buy something during that period, I ask the seller to hold on to it and not ship until January.  Keeps my blood presure down to a reasonable level.

[coosvalley]

I learned the hard way.  I very rarely buy anything that will be delivered by the USPS in the month of December.  If I do buy something during that period, I ask the seller to hold on to it and not ship until January.  Keeps my blood presure down to a reasonable level.

It seems location is everything..Here in NH I have 2 USPS deliveries a day during holiday season, and timely service too. UPS, OTOH, not so good...

[C855B]

It seems location is everything..Here in NH I have 2 USPS deliveries a day during holiday season, and timely service too. UPS, OTOH, not so good...

Same here. USPS direct is consistently reliable and timely for us, even over the holidays... HOWEVER, insert "UPS Mail Innovations" into the picture, and everything goes to $#!+. I don't know what's in that particular sausage, but on multiple occasions I've had transfer shipments (apparently) sitting at the dock for up to three days at the USPS regional center once UPS has handed it off. I think the hybrids must be at the bottom of the USPS processing totem pole.

[DKS]

Same here. USPS direct is consistently reliable and timely for us, even over the holidays... HOWEVER, insert "UPS Mail Innovations" into the picture, and everything goes to $#!+.

Ditto. So far, I've had two packages shipped to me via "UPS Mail Innovations." One took almost two weeks to arrive; the other was lost.

Should be called "UPS Fail Innovations."

[Chris333]

When I search for it. I find threads about Amazon and eBay where people want them to start listing that they use UPS Innovations so they can know not to buy from that seller. And it seems the OP is pissed when the UPS shipment comes so they just sit on it.

My tracking says it is out for delivery now. So this time it sat at the PO for 5 days (one being Christmas). Gotta go check the mailbox...

[nickelplate759]

Ditto. So far, I've had two packages shipped to me via "UPS Mail Innovations." One took almost two weeks to arrive; the other was lost.

Should be called "UPS Fail Innovations."

Me too!   In general, UPS is a poor option for delivery where I live (2-day delivery usually takes 5 days, and the package could be left almost anywhere in the neighborhood) and "UPS Mail Innovations" is the worst of all UPS options (things get lost and further delayed in the transfer process to the USPS) .  The only service worse than UPS is OnTrac (no "k").

[Chris333]

So the package showed up, this is what all the hubbub is about.

New front hood piece on the left old on the right.


And this has nothing at all to do with Carbon Limestone, but. I had drawings for this NCNG Whitcomb:
http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/file.php?1,file=8110,in_body_attachment=1
http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/file.php?1,file=8107,in_body_attachment=1
http://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/file.php?1,file=8108,in_body_attachment=1
It is really small even in HO scale. I printed the drawings and it matched up with a Busch HOf chassis I have:

Runs on Z gauge track with magnets to hold it down.

So I drew it up in 3D. Since the NCNG loco was 36" gauge and mine would be 22" gauge I narrowed the frame and left the cab at stock width. This is in line with other narrower gauge Whitcomb's I've seen.



Sadly the photos are after a lot of sanding and they still look horrible. It is 4 pieces. Frame deck and ends, sideframes, and cab/hood. The deck and sideframes look great and need just a few swipes of sandpaper. The cab and hood just suck. If I could get printed as a flat piece it would be much better. As in the cab would be 4 walls and a roof. Hood would be a 2 sides and a hood. I'm not sure if this will work as this is pretty small. Here it is next to the Carbon Whitcomb.


Even got some 3D parts to finish a HOn30 steamer I was working on   

[Lemosteam]

@Chris333 , instead of sanding take a small piece of leftover etch with a very straight edge and one square corner (at least) and drag it at a 30 degree angle across those surfaces and then re-prime.  You may find that to be a help to remove the raised etches. 

Make it small enough to fit inside all of the raised edges, and flat on that surface

If you really want a challenge, burnish the edge of the scraper to produce a small burr along the edge.

Same process as scraping wood.

[Chris333]

I used a flat screw driver that way, but never thought to used left over etchings. I already have it half way drawn as a flat kit though.

[Chris333]

These freaking fruit loops at Shapeways 

An order that shipped on the 4th with an est. delivery on the 11th on the tracking page. Well it is now the 14th (Sunday) and no package. Someone at Shapeways suggested I use UPS ground shipping for only $1.50 more. When you select shipping they list "standard shipping" with est. delivery of 5-9 days and their "UPS ground shipping" with est. delivery of 9-11 days. But I'm supposed to get it quicker using UPS. They claimed the USPS wasn't giving them enough service for the price they paid. Wouldn't "service" be delivering my damn package.

The last day on the tracking was on the 8th. So it looks like once again sitting at the post office.

The same exact items in this order were also purchased by someone in Germany on the same day (Dec 30th) I did. They received their order on Jan 5th.

[DKS]

I have a sense that Shapeways may be getting in over their heads. The service has proved to be very popular--maybe too popular for them to keep up with demand. Product quality seems much more variable, shipping is spotty at best, and now they're getting hit with complaints over things like growing white fuzz and so forth.

[Santa Fe Guy]

Delivery, Guys give us folks down under a thought.
A shipment shipped from a seller in Texas on 5th Jan has just arrived at a depot in Chicago on the 14th. It still has to cross the pond as yet then sit in a depot here before I even get a look at it. 5 bundles of M/E track and it's going to cost me A$70.00 give or take just for postage.
Rod.