Had Guy Fawkes succeeded?( Train Finished and Painted 30/8-pic heavy)

[Mason]

Congratulations on the Ainsty commision, Andym! (James, too) 

A truly impressive build, and now it seems we can all have one too!

I will be building a ruined clocktower very soon for my Mordheim project using Pegasus parts for the tower itself, and was wondering if it would be worth making the ruined top section removable, so that I could plug a 'Big-Ben' into it when it is available
What size are the squares that the clock faces will be fixed to?
Trying to figure out if this would be viable.

[uti long smile]

Can't wait for this!

I'd vote for a series of ruined London landmarks BTW  

[Ainsty Castings]

I just ordered those gates.
Andy I will let you know how good they are when I get them

Posted out yesterday so that could be today 

[Ainsty Castings]

Wait, do you have the machine for making etched brass stuff? that's great!

Is it possible to make custom pieces?

The etching is done by a company in Scotland, wish I did have the machine and yes one off pieces are possible

[Hammers]

Wait, do you have the machine for making etched brass stuff? that's great!

It's less of a machine than a process. If you, like me, have an ink printer and a small laminating machine you can do it at home, just like you can do circuit boards. It is not super easy, and getting the right chemicals requires a little thought and experience. I've been meaning to write a tutorial over at Workbench at some point.

[OSHIROmodels]

The etching is done by a company in Scotland, wish I did have the machine and yes one off pieces are possible

Would that be PPD, if so, we use them at work and they're great 

Congratulations on the Ainsty commision, Andym! (James, too) 

I'm only doing the clock face, Andy's the star who's making it all 

cheers

James

[Ainsty Castings]

Would that be PPD, if so, we use them at work and they're great 

You are correct, it is, and they are!

[zizi666]

It's less of a machine than a process. If you, like me, have an ink printer and a small laminating machine you can do it at home, just like you can do circuit boards. It is not super easy, and getting the right chemicals requires a little thought and experience. I've been meaning to write a tutorial over at Workbench at some point.

Please do !
I've been looking in to that some years ago, but back then, consensus was that standard circuitboard etching procedure wasn't good enough for modelling purposes (I still remember the picures of bad etched pieces with rough edges and partialy dissolved small pieces  )
Some claimed not enough movement of the fluid was the cause and that one needed a pump to spray the fluid onto the brass...

[gamer Mac]

Posted out yesterday so that could be today 

Got them today, great service.
They look great as well.
Thanks

[Andym]

Can't wait for this!

I'd vote for a series of ruined London landmarks BTW  

 

How would you do a St Paul's model? I think I'll try a section of wall next....

I decided to go against using brass-etching to build this. I've never used CAD before Andy, if you need me to do anything like that it'd have to be done in MS Paint!



I think the rest of it's nearly done as well. I've only got some upright pillars to finish and some filling to do that should hopefully help in casting! Then it's just the talented Mr Bibblys clock faces to go in place and voila!





...and the work in progress pillars. Just blu-tacked in place....



Cheers!

[OSHIROmodels]

Fantastic mate 

I'll have the face cut out over the next couple of days and I'll post it here if that's alright 

cheers

James

[Zafarelli]

You're mad, and you know it 

Is that a pencil you used for the pillar in the last picture?

[gamer Mac]

Looking great

[Andym]

You're mad, and you know it  

Is that a pencil you used for the pillar in the last picture?

I'm not mad, my mother has had me tested!!

Yeah, that's a pencil. I couldn't think of anything else the right shape!



Their actually a pain in the arse to do. I don't know if I can get away doing one and getting copies made of it?

Cheers anyway guys!

[Ainsty Castings]

Really got my work cut out not to destroy this beauty in the moulding process! however the model is looking superB, keepit up