1995 stock in N scale

Thanks all for your comments.

Tram Man, I think under the arches will be fenced off and used as a store for tools, maintenance supplies etc.

21146 and Railtechnician, I am setting the model in the present day, so it will have contemporary signs, street furniture, posters, etc. However I am assuming that the building would have been listed, like many others from the same era, so modifications to the original design are kept to a minimum, trunking and ladders kept in check, and the passimeter is still in place. There are quite a few left in the 30s stations on the Piccadilly line of the same age, such as Sudbury Town and Arnos Grove.



This is view of the shops I plan to have in the Sketchup model. The newsagent is there, along with a Subway sandwich shop. Esquire's barber is based on the one at Stanmore a mile down the road, and the florist is fictitious, though I believe there is one at Harrow-on-the-Hill station. Their signs will not be excessively tacky though, due to the assumed listed building controls.

Paul

Oii!!

I am 'hoping' to have some interesting bits to show at Christmas, but no promises.

Railtechnician, thanks for the point about needing a permission form. I think there's an example in one of the design standards pdfs so I should be able to do it properly, though as you say you wont really be able to see much detail.




Having sprayed and sanded coats of white paint to the point that I am happy with the surface of the 95 stock driving motor, I have now started adding the other colours. There don't seem to be any exact colours available as enamels, so I'm using the closest matches from the Humbrol and Revell ranges. The blue is done, but a few more coats of red are needed, then the grey front and rear panels, roof, and black details.
I have ordered a complete four car train of a later, slightly improved design, so this DM is serving as a testbed for finishing and painting methods.

Paul

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Any chance of any of a N scale A60 or 95's. thanks

Basically none. (perhaps the filename)

I doubt there is much difference between 95 and 96 stock in 2mm scale!

I think spraying the model may be easier as it produces a flater colour. Looking good. Now for the flush glazing!

Metman and Chris, there are a few noticeable differences between 95 and 96 stocks, namely the size of the cab front door window and front destination indicator, the circular protrusions beneath the bodyside vents, the underfame equipment, the bogies, and the seventh car.

Fleetline, thanks for your compliments on the project. The OO version will be about £80-90 per car, due to the increase in volume when the scale is doubled.

Progress to date - the prints for a four car train to the slightly updated design with better underframe detail have now arrived from Shapeways.




I'm not entirely happy with the combination of enamel Railmatch spray and Humbrol brush paint that I tried on the first car. Instead for the four car train I plan to use Halfords car paint sprays. Rather than test them on a tube car I have been using them to paint another 3D printing project I've been working on, an OO scale Austin Maestro.





The Halfords paints seem to have worked pretty well on the Maestro, so once it's done I'll start painting the full 95 stock train.

Paul

Have you looked into Molotow Belton sprays?

Well doen for this amazing project ! this gave me the idea and the confidence to start my own 73 stock project, also done via 3D printing !

Well, I received the prints a two month ago and I received the metromodels bogies, but the chassis is still in the works.

To use a Sketchup model in Shapeways, yo just need to export it to Collada file format (File=>export=>3D Model... and chose Collada (.dae).

I am possibly thinking about modelling an underground layout in N gauge, what do people use for the cable hangers ?

Thanks

Ian

Cyberman, did these work out OK? I have had some etches done in 4mm scale, but they have to be assembled one bracket at a time , hence my reluctance to try them out so far! Your solution looks a lot easier!

Neilw, I have a version that is just wall hung, no pillars and have printed many copies of this in Ultra Fine detail with no problem. No assembly required, but need to be painted. I should be running off some prints of the version I have shown you in the next month, but don't see why it wouldn't work.

It was a genuine question

Thanks for the replies