Rewanui - a 1940 West Coast NZ layout in 1:64

[Stuart]

Very nice.  Best of luck at your upcoming show.

Stuart

[Bill Gill]

That should get a lot of attention at the show. Beautiful model.

[Hauk]

Man, the crispness of that primed engine... looking so sharp you could cut yourself on it.
It is as spotless as a 3D rendering.

Cant wait to see it painted.

[Peter_T1958]

It is as spotless as a 3D rendering.

First I had the same impression too. The relief-like light incidence on the dome (circle) gave the impression of a 3d rendering...
Actually it's a very clean build - unbelievable!!!

[Hydrostat]

One of the best results of modeling with 3D printed parts I've ever seen. Looks very good. Of course - if you take a close look, there are some print lines on the cylinder, at the air pump and so on, but this is complaining on a very high level, I've got to admit. Concerning the surfaces it's even cleaner than the prototype with all those dents in the boiler hull!

I really like the prototype a lot and the model is spot on!

Volker 

[Lawrence@NZFinescale]

The relief-like light incidence on the dome (circle) gave the impression of a 3d rendering...

I thought that too.  I think it's probably the LED lighting bank - you are seeing individual shadows, and I should have used a diffuser.  It's focus stacked too, so may be some artifacts from that.

[Lawrence@NZFinescale]

One of the best results of modeling with 3D printed parts I've ever seen. Looks very good. Of course - if you take a close look, there are some print lines on the cylinder, at the air pump and so on, but this is complaining on a very high level, I've got to admit. Concerning the surfaces it's even cleaner than the prototype with all those dents in the boiler hull!

I really like the prototype a lot and the model is spot on!

Volker 

Thanks Volker

Not 3D prints directly, as there are no prints visible in the image.  There are some structural 3d parts framing the trucks and so on, and there's a toolbox to add that will be a print too.

But all of the castings are lost resin so your comment is valid.  Newer resins and the latest printers would reduce those artifacts quite a bit.  On the other hand it's a small model and none of that is really noticeable to the naked eye.  Making models that can stand magnification is part of the fun so I'll try to do better in future :-).

[finescalerr]

I doubt anyone anywhere could do better given the model's size and the current limits of technology. All in all it is delightfully adequate. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome! That looks sharper and cleaner than many commercially made models!

[Bernhard]

This is a really impressive model that shows what is possible with today's modelling techniques.

Bernhard

[Lawrence@NZFinescale]

It's been a while...

I've fallen into editing/curating an online magazine (https://thejournal.nz/online/), which has curtailed my appetite for posting here and on my own blog, but progress on the layout is still being made.

I may get around to filling in details of the last 12 months or so, but for now a couple of recent projects:

Firstly, another passenger car.  I need around 8 of these, all of which are different.  3 are finished and the rest are well underway.  A214 shown here is the latest and has a few refinements over earlier builds.

Secondly, the second We locomotive.  Although I can find excuses to run other engines, the Wes were the main motive power at this time so having both of them is essential if I want to be at all representative. We377 is complete, although it needs to be weathered.  The images here show We198 underway.  377 was a 30 year scratchbuild, while 198 is all digital (and built in a week so far).  In 1940 the pair differed visually as the prominent air reservoirs (not done here yet) were dealt with quite differently.  Otherwise the engines were similar, as one would expect for classmates, although there are quite a few minor differences that will provide individual character.

[Barney]

Exquisite I think is the word - miniature excellence - or to sum up Very Very nice
Barney 

[Peter_T1958]

It is these small-batch manufacturers that make dreams come true! It's a real masterpiece!!!

P.S. Creating such a piece of jewellery I would also have liked to do, but without suitable tools that was only a dream...   

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. Now quit fooling around with that other stuff, build more models, and post more often. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

A lot of progress, terrific work. Please post more photos!