Free Building Template - For Your Evaluation

Great news everyone! With the great results I've received in computer aided scratch building, I'm happy to announce an evaluation template is ready for distribution! This will be a free template to those who are willing to provide feedback on their experience with the building process, instructions, and overall satisfaction. If this proves successful, you can expect a wide variety of scratch building templates to follow!

If you're interested, please send me a PM and we'll get the ball rolling! This is written as an N scale template but can easily be adapted for all scales.

This is the model I offer, for your evaluation.


And step 4 of the instructions.


Cheers,
-Mark Watson

 

Mark,

The exploded views did not come across in the files I received. They are necessary.

 

Well thats not good. I sent you a new email with the instructions. Let me know if they are still absent.

 

Actually they did come across on pages 3 & 4. Mark and I have talked about the fact that I did not expect pages 3 & 4, so I did not look for them. It looked like the instructions ended at page 2. Yep, there's a slider bar on the right of the screen that says I'm only half way through. But I didn't notice that. Yep, I'm dumber the stump outside my back door. But it does go to show that a big "MORE" at the bottom of page 2 might be more essential than the builder knows. After years of supervising instruction manuals, I've learned that you can't assume anything.

I'm looking forward to cutting out the kit and assembling it.

 

First criticism, Mark.

HO is 184% of N, not 200%. That's 160/87. Most computers today can scale it correctly.

 

A Few Questions

Hope this isn't off topic, but...

What kind of file is this? Don't I have to have a certain type of application to see it? Is it just a PDF line drawing and then I re-size as necessary? You just use this drawing as a template?

Thanks.

 

Ah, of course. "Half O" does not mean "Twice N" Mark. Thanks again Pete.

 

Yep, that's basically how it works. The template and its instructions are in the form of 2 PDF documents. The template is an arrangement of polygonal parts that when assembled create the model. When printed out at 100% (based on N scale), no measuring is necessary as you can just cut along the lines for perfect scale pieces. The template is intended as a guide for cutting styrene sheets.

The instructions are a separate PDF document so that you don't have to waste ink by printing them (unless of course you want to), or go in and specify which page numbers to print for the templates.

For the time being, I'm distributing this free template by PM/e-mail request only, as the intentions are to recieve feedback in order to provide a whole line templates further down the road.

 

I'll try it. Mark check your PM.

 

Hi everyone,

I'm beginning to receive a lot of great feedback on this product. Thank you!

Would anyone who has completed this assembly care to share some pictures of your results?

 

Hello everyone,

I just posted a copy of the two PDF documents containing the template and instructions to my website. Yes, that means you can now download the N Scale Mill FREE (which is scalable from Z to G)

All I ask in return is to share pictures of your finish construction.

(right-click and 'save as' to keep this one safe on your hard drive)

N_Scale_Mill_Template.pdf

N_Scale_Mill_Instructions.pdf

It's also safe to assume more templates are close to a release. :drool:

 

Stumbled upon this old one today. Thought I'd dig it up and give it a refresher.

 

Nice looking structure. How large is the footprint in HO?

 

Pretty cool. Awesome idea.

 

I made one of these, it was a fun little project. I passed it along to one of the members of my N Trak group for finishing, I should ask if he every got it done...

 

I stumbled upon this thread though a google search. I can not wait to get started on this project. I know this thread is kind of old, but I feel it needs bump so new members can take a look and build this project. I like what I have seen so far, I will make sure to post a picture once complete.

 

Sent a PM yesterday, sorry, somehow I missed the second page of this post. OOPS Gonna give it a shot using foamcore for the basic building with metal siding on top.....Mike

 

OK foamcore isn't going to work, ( for me) just a bit too thick. Gonna give good ol cardboard a try, after I buy more X-acto blades ....Mike