REBUILDING THE RIVER, WALKWAY & THE COURTYARD.
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- REBUILDING THE RIVER, WALKWAY & THE COURTYARD.
Lots of work on this section, but it is complete. Whilst there are many 3d printed parts, the river area and Millennium walk have had a complete rebuild due to the over-all shape of the river and this led to the walkway not looking right, we don’t get it right every time, lol. Take a look how the area was transformed. Enjoy!l
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Fantastic detail in this area John. I’m sure I’ve said it before but I so admire your patience. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me. Roy.
Thanks Roy, glad you like it. The mill is now complete and is in position. Does need ‘fitting’ but this will wait until the water pour.
Looking good. You got a lot done this week 😮
Dear John, love the details you’ve added. Absolutely agree on the ‘rerouting’ of the river. That piece of cutoff greenery is indeed right on spot! Very interesting how you made a new version of the footbridge. Definitely am curious for the version of the exposed foundations and the adjacent buildings to the mill. Awesome project. Cheerio
Hi Vincent thank you. The new walkway was two pieces of strip plasticard, glued to a 3d printed curve. Many support brackets were individually glued on. Left to set. The the wire handrail was glued to the top of each support two at a time. On site STSpeak I glued pillars for the walkway to sit on. All glued in place. The buildings will be made in a similar way to the main mill buildings that will be in a video around No4-5 in the Torr Vale mill series
The walkway does look better now with the curve, and the rest of the scene is just brilliant. Great work.......cheers James 🙂👍
Thanks James, glad you like it.
@piccadillymodelrailways I did, it was obviously a lot of work. But the end results are well worth it 👌 🙂👍
Yes, this mill is an enormous undertaking, but doing small sections one at a time makes it much lighter work. Gratefully I did have a day off work too this week so I was able to crack on.
@piccadillymodelrailways I'm looking forward to the next instalment 🙂👍
Excellent work 👍
Awesome job mate 😎😎😎👍👍👍👍
Hi John, well this is turning into an epic build. Obviously modelling in N Gauge myself i understand how fiddly it can be but that fire escape looked a bit mind blowing. The new walkway is really good and I think the fine twisted wire for the railing has worked well.
Looking forward to more next week, cheers John, John
Thanks John, yes definitely an epic build and still loads to do. Bit by bit. Glad I found the wire such a better result
John. Some great work. I really like the new walkway, a vast improvement. I know I couldn't ever hope to achieve results like this, but I think the fire escape stairway is not up to your usual standard, and if you don't redo it you will regret it later. Pete.
I’m sorry you don’t like the steps, please understand these railings are only a few millimetres tall and there is next no-where to grip them tweezers. It was almost impossible to get them to grip. The camera angle was perhaps not so flattering but now they are in I’m happy, they look fine to me when I view the layout.
@@piccadillymodelrailways John. The camera is always cruel. I understand completely. Keep up the good work on the layout. It's very inspiring . Pete.
Good Evening John its been really enjoyable watching this build.
Really love the 3D printing the steps look so good i personally like the pattern on them.
Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you, much appreciated. So glad you enjoyed it. Still a fair way to go yet though.
Fantastic job John! Really fills up the space well and adds a real texture to that part of the layout 😎
What an achievement, John. Your patience will become legendary!
lol, well it’s certainly taking a lot of it on this build. Just think this unit is about 2’ x 1.5’ it’s taking more effort to do this than Dinting and the viaduct put together lol. I’m over 1/2 way yay.
Hi John! I love how you're not afraid to take apart your hard work, and do it all again! It's definitely paid off here! The bridge looks fantastic with its new curve, and the metal wire handrails! The repurposed bank / mound also looks excellent and was a great way of speeding up construction! More details around the mill building too! This build has definitely kept you and your 3D printer busy! Finally, the river bed looks really good, and I can't wait to see how it all looks when filled with "water"! All the best, Ian.
Thanks Ian, just realised which video you were commentjng on. Just finished the mill today, although I want to do some more to the river bed, then di the pour. Im going to wait to late spring / summer as the curing temp for the resin is quite high.
The new line of the walkway looks much better John, as does the line of the river and its banks. I didn't envy you trying to fix all those walkway supports. I know what you mean that thin things can be a devil to get to fix even with superglue. You've made a very good job of the courtyard and its trolley seats. Looking forward to seeing the next section completed. Stephen
Thanks Stephen, the joys of modelling in N gauge and the things we do for pleasure, lol
Excellent John 👌. The walkway looks much better with the more sweeping curve. This is turning out to be a bit of an epic build but once done it will look superb on the layout. Cheers Euan
Thanks Euan, it is definitely an epic build, there are sooooo many aspects to it, think I’m beyond half way now. lol.
Remind me I’m nearly finished in July, when I get around to making the other buildings lol.
**STUNNED** That's about all I can say John. Watching you work is like watching Doc Brown work on his demonstration models in Back to the Future: "Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it." Well, you do both and still usually apologise. Not this time though. I think this has been the first time that I have seen you very very happy (let alone relieved!) at how the model has gone, and so you should! It's so easy to forget what scale you are building in, such is the preciseness of your work. How are you going to top this? lol. Keep up the excellent work mate and happy modelling 😊
Thank you Mav, glad you like it. Who knows what the future holds. My aim is to initially complete the layout.
Having started to follow this channel not long before you started the mill project, I’ve been amazed at how your mill complex has come together, it really captures the flavour of the original… I could even imagine a very tiny photographer walking through to create the 360° pics they have on their website.
Ahhhh thank you, I appreciate that and glad you are enjoying it.
That looks pretty impressive to me John, Job done. You must have the patience of a saint doing those steps and the walkway , it would be beyond me. I struggled making a bridge for my layout, it took me about 2 months to build. In the end I made templates which made the job easier and held the bits in place while the glue dried. Chris
Bless you, I’m not gonna lie it was tricky and very frustrating especially when parts had bonded and also stuck to the tweezers, but I think the secret is one small step at a time, that way you can succeed with more basic models and the more intricate, the process isn’t different.
Very nice modelling John. That bridge is a piece of art, not mention the fire escape. Your 3D printer sure earns it's keep. Arthur
It certainly does, making parts achievable that would be impossible to create.
Quite pleased? You should be ecstatic over the sheer amount of work that you have completed in a short space of time and the finished article is just truly awesome. Well done and huge kudos to you for doing this to the nth degree … many (like me) would have bodged a few bits along the way I tell you!
Regards
Steve
Lol, thx Steve, yes I supposed there was a lot done, hardly started this week. See what I can manage tomorrow, time will tell.
Great modelling throughout, think you're right about the green beams around the stage - temporary roof/cover to protect from the elements. Chris
Thank you.
just a thought John when you do the water have you thought about the resin that you cure with uv light i saw a you tube video that they used it on and worked very well sorry cant remember which channel it was on
Hi Trev, I have heard of you and looks good, but already got the resin, but I’ll wait until at least Spring before doing that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi John, more good work. You have probably been asked thus before but what 3D printer do you use and what type of filament. Thanks Peter.
Hi, thank you for your question. Currently Im using a Creality Ender 3 v2 which has been modded to direct drive with CR touch. The filament is Eyrone matt, which comes in a variety of colours. I tend to use grey or black but have just got some white which maybe easier to prime. You may have heard me mention about a 2nd printer which will be a Creality Ender 3 v3 KE using Klipper which is a wireless technology. There is an SE version but this still uses Marlin, its is definely better than the v2 printer as it comes with all the upgrades already fitted.
Although the v2 is still available and is quite cheap these days, I recommend buying something more recent. Maybe watch a few youtube videos on FDM or resin printers, then suggested printers in your chosen format ( FDM / FILAMENT or resin). For me resin has a lot of preparation and clean up after the print. FDM all the way for me.
Please say if I can help further.
@@piccadillymodelrailways . Thanks John, I had the use of a friends Flashforge Adventure Pro printer fo4 a few weeks recnltly. I have been looking at the Creality Ender 3 v3.
What design software do you prefer.
Cheers Peter.
I use Tinkercad, then Cura, but… I’m currently discovering Creality cloud. Oh and whole new world. Totally different to my current method.
You mentioned the Ender 3 v3, there are two versions SE light version, you will want the KE, it is around £80-100 more though
Looks "peachy"! as the Americans say!
lol, is that good or bad?
@@piccadillymodelrailways very good!👍🤣
Epic build series John. A big 👍 up.