Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jun 6, 2014 7:27:23 GMT -5
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dtinut
Chairman
Modeling the DT&I of the 60's & 70's
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Post by dtinut on Jun 6, 2014 16:36:14 GMT -5
Gavin!
Awesome work - looks great - big scale stuff is cool!!!! Is it going to have sound? Do you run with batteries or off rail power?
Brian
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jun 6, 2014 22:12:08 GMT -5
Thanks Brian!
It's running off track power as we use wireless DCC in the garden. The loco itself has an NCE chip inside, with the lighting setup to control the front mounted gyralight using F3, and for Rule 17 with F4 dimming the main headlights.
As for sound it has a separate board from Phoenix Sound, with the speaker housed in the fuel tank.
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dale
Superintendent
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Post by dale on Jun 7, 2014 6:32:08 GMT -5
That's nice,what did you use for the 48" fans? I know there's not a lot of parts available, but where do you get parts?
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jun 7, 2014 7:13:20 GMT -5
Thanks Dale,
The fans were taken from spare USA Trains dynamic brake blisters as the 48' fan inside is made as a separate piece. The spares department at Charles Ro is great as you can get almost any piece for any of their locomotives and they always keep a huge inventory. The only frustrating thing was that you had to buy the whole blister too as it comes as a set, so obviously this bumps the cost up a little bit, but I prefer to use a ready made piece where I can as it really speeds things up!
As for the other pieces, the firecracker was again a USAT spare part and the main headlight castings were from Ozark Miniatures (these were filed and trimmed to get the right shape and profile).
Everything else was scratch built. The gyralight on the nose was 3D printed from some Pyle National blueprints I found on the net. I made a 3D render in Sketchup which I could then scale down to 1:29th and print using Shapeways. The spark arrestors were done in the same way. Almost everything else was done using styrene pieces, brass, and some Titchy Train rivets to finish it off.
Lastly the decals were very kindly done by Stan Cederleaf who makes custom decals in large scale. He is a real gentleman and produces a really easy to use product, which gives great results.
Thanks again, G
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Post by enginseer on Jun 7, 2014 9:33:46 GMT -5
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jul 7, 2014 9:43:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 16:19:18 GMT -5
looks real great outdoors and the lighting is killer
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jul 7, 2014 23:05:45 GMT -5
Thanks!
That is one of nice things about modelling in large scale, it is a lot easier to get all the lights working, and with DCC you can get all the right lighting effects too. The top oscillating beam is set up with a gyra light effect, whilst the main fixed headlights are set up for rule 17, with F4 dimming the lights for a meet.
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Post by analogbeatmaker on Jul 8, 2014 1:34:15 GMT -5
That's a killer model Gavin! The weathering looks great. Also, the rolling stock weathering is nice and the "layout" is cool. I look forward to your next offering!
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Post by simulatortrain on Jul 8, 2014 16:18:32 GMT -5
Nice to see someone who actually details their large scale stuff! Great job!
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jul 10, 2014 10:17:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words guys! It means a lot!
Our aim is to try to capture the realism that all the great smaller scale modellers can achieve indoors with HO and N, in an outdoor setting. It's not always easy with mother nature doing her best to hinder our efforts, but with a bit of care and attention large stuff can be made to be prototypical and realistic!
Thanks again, Gavin
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Post by Randy Earle on Jul 10, 2014 10:28:04 GMT -5
Man! That would look great next to my 1/25 scale B62 Mack Wrecker. Great job !
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Gav Smart
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Standard gauge in the late 1960's, in 1:29th.
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Post by Gav Smart on Jul 12, 2014 0:07:38 GMT -5
Thanks Randy!
That is a lovely looking truck! Can I ask who makes it and where is it from please? We have a garage and body shop scene on the line that is just crying out for a truck like that!
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Post by Randy Earle on Jul 12, 2014 8:21:17 GMT -5
It's made by First Gear. They make garbage, tow, dump, and plow trucks, along with semi rigs and bulldozers all in 1/25 scale.
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