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Very nice! This is one of the things where 3D printing really shines -- models that can be quickly knocked out when you need many of the same item.

Several weeks ago in a fit of boredom I stumbled onto a page of modeling which is part of a much larger subject.  It involved 3D printed metal sleepers and track in one of the larger scales.  Stupid me didn't bookmark it and I now have the time to study the subject.  I am particularly interested in the coloring of the rail and sleepers as it is some of the best rust treatment I've seen in a long time.  Any help in locating the page(s) would be appreciated.

I go with Russ!  Jeff Bezos should not be subsidized as his labor practices are definitely third world. And, eBay tends to be cheaper in the long run. 

Phenolic sheet.  Try this link:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%27phenolic+sheet%27.&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2540003.m570.l1313

For the occasional job where crisp printing is needed what's wrong with the old fashioned darkroom?  features such as the labels on the gas pumps could be done using the full sized pump as the prime source and with graphics micro prints can be had.  True the supplies are a bit scarce these days, but Ilford still makes some very good materials.

Seattle Dave - look at page 2 it explains all (I hope) or watch Yukon Gold / Aussie Gold on free -view in the UK Quest channel
hope it helps
Barney

OK - Now I'm confused.  Wonderful modeling, but is it a "trammel" or a "trommel"?

Dave

Looking Great
Barney

Thanks Nick Im looking forward to my Cheese & Onion cobs
Barney
  Still asleep

Hi Bill. It was knocked up as a quickie base for photographing some logging locomotive models (in this case a Davidson locomotive scratchbuilt by Paul Berntsen).

   Just to get things into perspective.

  What Barney has built with his Huffkin's trommel is a bloody exquisite piece of modelling and what I paid for it didn't even cover his costs.Something that has crippled me with guilt and I hope to amend next time we meet by buying him a cheese roll, or two . He is also correct , by showing us some photos, that many were housed in existing buildings for protection against the elements.However, these were allowed to "breathe" , in as much as there was plenty of space around the trommels for the viewer to be able to get a good look at them .
   Huffkin's trommel, however, is hiding its light under a bushel ,in as much as it is rather difficult to appreciate the full splendour of the modelling under the structure that it is housed in . That is the reason that it is now being held in a "care and maintenance" situation whilst a plan is formulated to display it to its best advantage . If it could be incorporated into some sort of layout that would be great , but I have little knowledge of there being any sorts of prototypes to draw references from . Any suggestions would be warmly welcomed . I suspect, however, that it is more likely to end up as a static model ,once more research has been undertaken .

  Whatever the outcome, at least it won't now end up in the bin . It has been added to my ever growing collection of Barney reject models . One day I will open a museum .

 Nick , The Keeper of the Kollection .

 ( I just need to add one or two of Chuck's rejects to make the museum a sure fire money spinner ! )