Yes sorry I should of added more details in the first post

So I see a 3d printed class 444 emu unit appear on eBay

Item number is 177732211831

So I assumed it would require a class 350 emu by Graham farish as a donor unit?

Then need painting into south west trains livery and lights fitted etc

I don't have the 3d printed class 444 as I didn't want to buy it unless I can make sure it's possible for someone to build/paint it

I have some donor units in my collection already, class 350s or class 150s, 156s, and other emus think I have some new Kato chassis as well if required

Do you have any advice on how to proceed here?

Many thanks

I suggest you may need to be a bit more specific. What do you have, and what needs to happen? It sounds like a loco, if you have a donor? Is it simply swapping a body and finishing it, or is it a proper kit? Does the chassis need modification? Is it a steam loco which may need more complex 'adjustment' or a modern loco?

Hello everyone

I hope this is the appropriate place to ask this question

Does anyone know of who can build/paint a 3d printed model?

The 3d printed model is complete, have the required donor for it

Would really appreciate some help here if possible

Many thanks

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Happy new year to all

 
  Fingers crossed I have Class 313 arriving from Revolution Q1 2026
  stay safe regards Derek

@daffy
Mike - what I did was take a photo of a group (in this case 'non maroon MK1 coaches) and, as they were picked off by buyers, using the 'text box' feature in 'Paint' I marked clearly what had been sold and removed them from the advert description. It was a pain to keep updating the ads but was far easier than having heaps of individuals
@Train Waiting John got Customer of the Year Award for all the LMS stock he purchased

May 1973 Railway Modeller 'Railway of the Month', 'Kussnachterseebahn', 8ft x 4 ft 6 in in H0. Ideal for a 'four by three' (both -ish) project in 'N'.

All the very best.

John

Thanks Mick, and thanks to you too John.

I shall be taking my time over this and intend to keep a fair amount of items to allow me to 'keep my hand in' as they say. The idea of a small layout, like Poppingham, is what I have in mind (though it will never match the beautiful eccentricity and style of your colourful creation, John). So at the moment I am trying to decide what to keep and what to move on. I am indeed trying to bear in mind I could end up being the reverse alchemist and turn  my gold into lead, but there is a lot that needs to go to help provide for other things of a more pressing nature.

I shall take your advice Mick and list items in lots where I can. For now I'm just pleased that I have started the ball rolling - or should that be 'trains departing'?

"Things appear to be made of lead when one sells them and made of gold when buying" - I like that so true! I agree with John's advice but it sounds like you may yet build something that suits.

Tim

Quote from: daffy on Yesterday at 03:17:46 PMAfter many years of planning, researching and collecting track and trains, buildings and scenics, odds and ends and all manner of other bits and bobs that would enable me to build an N Gauge model of my own little corner of Switzerland (where total reality would be bypassed in honour of a collation of memories), I have reached the sad conclusion that the 'proper' layout I had planned will now never be built.

[...] I'm keeping some - the items that I treasure most. So some Swiss trains will still run in my little corner of Lincolnshire. Just not as I had planned.

Please think this might actually be for the best. We sort of rebuilt this house in 2008 with a garage-sized train set room. Plan was for '0', '00' and US-outline 'N' in the room.

Forward to 2026. Two 'three by two' (nominal) SuperSilly 'N' gauge layouts. All completely unforced - I simply realised the big layouts weren't giving me much pleasure.

But these little ones are such fun!

Now, back in 1973 or so, there was an absolutely fabulous Swiss layout in Railway Modeller which wasn't very big. An 'N' gauge version of that might be jolly agreeable. I'll look up the 'Digital Archive' and get the reference.

Please take care not to dispose of anything now that you might want later. Things appear to be made of lead when one sells them and made of gold when buying.

All of this waffle goes to show that, in my experience at least, 'proper' layouts can be a bore and improper ones are such fun. Later this evening, I'll sit with Poppingham, glass of Chateau Kangaroo in hand, and watch, transfixed, as my tiny trains run round 'N' round the 'train-setty' layout. Which, of course, contains my own coarse-modelled 'collation of memories' [brilliant phrase, by the way!].





'N' Gauge is Such Fun!

With all good wishes.

John

Thanks Chris - good idea.