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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2022, 07:26:56 PM »
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Just a little JFRTM. Quickie cell phone grab of my first P5a run with a train.


This is unmodified, so there were a number of uncommanded stops. I’ve got the parts that @narrowminded made, so the next video will be after modification.
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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2022, 07:39:13 PM »
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My Phrozen Sonic Mini 8k finally arrived. After some quick setup and calibration prints, I jumped on one model I have been waiting for a very long time to print out, a CNR motor car.

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I am thoroughly impressed by this machine, the print quality is exquisit. Those rivets are roughly 50 microns thick and rendered perfectly. The radiator is actually see through. I printed this out with the Phrozen 8k resin, havent tried any other resins yet in the SM8K. Going to have a lot of fun with this printer!
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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2022, 08:04:26 PM »
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^^^^ Wow!   :o
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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2022, 08:38:26 PM »
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Working on the Orange Street underpass in Missoula.  There is a ways to go.








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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2022, 09:19:34 PM »
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Working on the Orange Street underpass in Missoula.  There is a ways to go.

That is impressive @hegstad1. I can't recall anything like this in New South Wales or the ACT in Australia. Maybe in the other states. I do have a colleague here that has done Central Station in Sydney 1954 and is currently working on Newcastle NSW in 1899.  All the buildings are scratch built.

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2022, 12:31:53 AM »
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Canyon Creek Feed is based on a feed mill in Coalton, Boyd County, Kentucky, across the raod from Kentucky Electric Steel, which another member is modeling.  The prototype is largely idle, and has been for years, since the company switched from livestock and poultry feed to dog food.  Today's operations are in a long, low "industrial metal" building, with no rail service.  The mill is still intact, and still has its siding, but hasn't been served by rail since the C&O Lexington Division was cut back to a branch serving Coalton from Ashland.  Today, the only visible activity is in the warehouse portion, used for storage, and occasionally shipping, of the bagged dog food.



The model is old.  I built it in the mid 80s, and it has been used in two houses, in three versions of Canyon Creek.  It has also been rebuilt a few times, the last 20 years ago, when I replaced the scratchbuilt elevators with Rix models.

Most of it's styrene, except for paper wrappers and tops on the round bins and brass rod for the pipes.  Like the prototype, there is no railcar unloading shed, which seems odd, considering how much rain northeast Kentucky can get.  The prototype did receive grain by covered hopper in the 70s and 80s, but unloading was done into the covered trough between the rails, which is covered by metal plates when not in use. 

On the other side of the hill is Gerti, with its gravel pit and grain elevator, and inside the hill is the hidden end of the MILW branch line.  Canyon Creek is in a fairly flat area, between good-sized hills, so this is about as high as a local hill could be expected to get.  With my reimagined (larger) river, and geological history, this is an ancient ridge, now buried in gravel, from when the area was a lake, during the last Ice Age.  The gravel pit in Gerti is "mining" a gravel deposit in a low spot in the ridge, possibly an ancient, buried, stream bed.  Such sites aren't unusual in western Montana.

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2022, 04:06:24 AM »
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I have finish the engine shed.




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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2022, 10:24:03 AM »
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My Phrozen Sonic Mini 8k finally arrived. After some quick setup and calibration prints, I jumped on one model I have been waiting for a very long time to print out, a CNR motor car.
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I am thoroughly impressed by this machine, the print quality is exquisit. Those rivets are roughly 50 microns thick and rendered perfectly. The radiator is actually see through. I printed this out with the Phrozen 8k resin, havent tried any other resins yet in the SM8K. Going to have a lot of fun with this printer!

That looks incredible!   Is warping any concern with these?

It mat be that 3D printing eventually replaces some traditional manufacturing techniques.  It will also be on demand, and you will be able to select your options with the provider/fabricator (roughly like ordering an online pizza with your favorite toppings).  The designs will become open-sourced (contributors get more credits toward others designs) and our TRW discussions will become about where to find the best designs.

(I'll take a thin crust with extra sauce, pineapple/olives, and the BNSF swoosh logo.) :D

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2022, 10:37:29 AM »
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(I'll take a thin crust with extra sauce, pineapple/olives, and the BNSF swoosh logo.) :D

What did that pizza do to you to deserve pineapple?  I will take mine with Bacon!

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2022, 10:42:49 AM »
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Hi, Scott!
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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2022, 11:06:10 AM »
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What did that pizza do to you to deserve pineapple?  I will take mine with Bacon!

I prefer to make my own.  I think this was with chicken, but I can't really tell.



(Worry not, no bacon was harmed in the process.)

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2022, 12:17:25 PM »
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Jeez! Some fantastic modeling this week!

My Phrozen Sonic Mini 8k finally arrived. After some quick setup and calibration prints, I jumped on one model I have been waiting for a very long time to print out, a CNR motor car.

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I am thoroughly impressed by this machine, the print quality is exquisit. Those rivets are roughly 50 microns thick and rendered perfectly. The radiator is actually see through. I printed this out with the Phrozen 8k resin, havent tried any other resins yet in the SM8K. Going to have a lot of fun with this printer!

Incredible! :o So, has 3D printing finally gotten to the point where totally smooth (striation-free) surfaces are possible, or am I seeing things?

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Re: Weekend Update 4/17/22
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2022, 02:42:36 PM »
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I am impressed by all the modeling shown so far, whether 3D or old school.
I was able to sneak a few hours of scenery time in last night.  I added layers of static grass, home made and commercial grass tufts, and some bushes, etc. to the area around Specialty Minerals on my N scale Housatonic shelf layout.  I am still learning and experimenting as I go.

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