Grandt Line closing
This posting just appeared in another Yahoo Group, which I think might be of interest.
Brian Rumary
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Subject: [On30] RE: Grandt Line closing
Date: 18 May 2018
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B.Rumary
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Re: Event: 7mm NGA Exhibtion - Saturday, 9 June 2018
#cal-invite
Marl End is a no show now - Ralph emailed me directly last week to say that unfortunately he would need to withdraw from the show.?
Looking forward to seeing the rest of you in June? - it's not
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nhh.blair@...
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Re: Event: 7mm NGA Exhibtion - Saturday, 9 June 2018
#cal-invite
From the Association website, Bunny Mine, PLR and Abbey Light will appear. Ashcroft too.?
Looks like I’m down as FfWHR here and 014 demo on the 7mm website. My LMVLR layout is next year; I will be
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Paul Holmes
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Re: Event: 7mm NGA Exhibtion - Saturday, 9 June 2018
#cal-invite
John,
The list I posted a few nmonths back for Burton on 9 June is below. It may
well have changed since but I've not seen an 'official' one, which will
probably appear now the Derby show is
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David Rae
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Re: Event: 7mm NGA Exhibtion - Saturday, 9 June 2018
#cal-invite
Just a few weeks left so I've started cleanup work on my quarry board and ensuring everything works. My K1 is in the middle of rechipping and is in danger of being a static exhibit :(
I confess I've
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John C
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Re: Sensible resolution limits
Mark Greenwood wrote:
"What this all often means is that while you could model every bolt and rivet, and they would be printed and visible on the model (especially after painting and weathering which
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David Woodcock
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Re: group wiki
Thanks John,
I'm one of the 3 builders of this layout so if anyone has any questions I'll try and answer them as best I can.
Regards
Mike
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Mike Hodgson
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Re: Sensible resolution limits
To a certain extent the resolution of the printing process is fairly immaterial when adding details to a model. What you really need to worry about is how details you might add will affect the
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Mark Greenwood
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Re: Sensible resolution limits
Michael,
I have always use what I call the “1ft. Rule”, how it works is for whatever scale you are working in, the distance that 1ft, equals eg: 7mm. scale is 43.5ft. so I try to find photos of
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Brian
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Re: Sensible resolution limits
Hi Michael,
My experience with 3D printing is to ensure you know the limits of the 3D
print. Shapeways publish those. Just work to those limits.
I printed to 16 microns then used the print to make
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Rod Hutchinson
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Sensible resolution limits
I am drawing up a coal skip that I intend to have 3D printed by Shapeways using their Ultra Frosted Detail process, which uses 16 micron layers.
It is very easy to get carried away and attempt to
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Michael Milway
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Re: group wiki
I've just added a Hall of Fame entry for this:?/g/o14/wiki/Hall-of-Fame-Ferme-du-Pont-WDLR-1918?I'm hoping the builders will keep us updated (and write for the REVIEW).
John
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John C
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Re: Ultrasonic cleaners
Hi Rod. ?It is a GT Sonic machine bought if I recall from Ebay (but might have been Amazon) One with dials on the front not digital display. It's quite large at about 10 litre to take a 7mm scale
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Paul Holmes
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Re: Ultrasonic cleaners
Thanks Paul.? I asked the wrong question.? I meant the ultrasonic machine.
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Rod Hutchinson
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Re: Ultrasonic cleaners
Ambersil from RS.
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Paul Holmes
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Re: Soldering advice for wiring up decoders
Paul will be pleased to hear that I don’t use DCC and hence no decoders. I do use PowerFlow for other electrical work and have experienced no problems at all as a result but I have taken note of
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David Woodcock
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Re: Soldering advice for wiring up decoders
John,
The solder you want is
http://www.ngtrains.com/Pages/Ngineering/ngineering_new.html#Solder
and the flux is
http://www.ngtrains.com/Pages/Ngineering/ngineering_new.html#Flux
When it comes to
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Paul Martin
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Re: Soldering advice for wiring up decoders
I normally work with the iron set to 100 degrees higher than the melting point of the solder. I might increase this if I am working with a large piece of metal (but this wouldn’t apply to electrical
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David Woodcock
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Re: Soldering advice for wiring up decoders
Thanks Paul that's really helpful. And thanks Rod for your guide - I'm plan to replace the LEDs in the headlights using SMDs.
I'll do a bit of internet shopping and come back to you Paul if I cant
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John C
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Re: Soldering advice for wiring up decoders
I found this guide to be helpful. You may find it useful for your
application.
http://www.nmra.org.au/Hints/SMDs/Using%20SMD%20LEDs.html
Rod
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Rod Hutchinson
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