Tim, It looks really nice. I wish I could see it run. Can you post pictures of it on a track. Now I wish MTL makes HB trains... Kim
The stock loading ramp is now finished. I kitbashed the kit a little bit down so it looks more then z-scale. Regards Jürg
I guess it's time to clean up the workbench and living room before I start over again with the "Needle Eye" modules PS: Nice work everyone, I enjoy looking at your work in progress
Cool! That cattle ramp looks real nice! I could use 4 of them! I seen a bunch of them out back at the Cow Palace where we had our train show last month. -Robert
Folks, I made my motorcycle and finally I am happy with my photo etching skills. This was the third try and it came out good. Here are some Pics.. Here is the etched parts with a z scale person next to it for scale reference. I used a 300dpi printer to print this which caused the shaky edges so now I am confident I can etch what ever I can print. Ready for painting and gluing First cycle Three of them For once the motorcycles look much better in person than in pictures, I guess because of the extreme close-up it looks all messed up but with a bare eye it hurts to focus on details. Back to drawing board to make more PE stuff. Kim For larger pictures check out my website. http://www.kimsartshop.com/zscale.html [ February 26, 2006, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: kimvellore ]
Kim, great Job on the Bikes! Your right, extrem close-up pictures are not the same then bare eyes. Regards Jürg
I am beginning to think my fingers are too big. Its getting in the way of grasping of z scale parts. I can still see the parts, but keep dropping them. Oh well. The price of having long trains.
Kim, Now your into photo etching?!! Holy cow! How did you do the photo etching? Did you purchase a photo etching kit? John Bartolotto
Excellent work Kim, I see you got the dual sided etch process working! Great job, now save me a set, as those motorcycles are just my era! -Robert
Folks thank you for all the complements. To answer some of your questions John, Photo etching is quite simple once you have a reasonable setup. I used a PCB etch tank which has an aquarium heater and a bubbler at the bottom. You can get these from radio shack or any online electronic shop just google it for best price. I use Ferric Chloride for etchant. I have been trying to photo etch for a while but have been using only single sided method till now. With double sided it is tricky to get both the sides aligned but once you get a hang of it is OK. Rob, Now we can etch all the types of brake wheels or ladders you want. I am going to clean up the drawings and make small sets of bicycles and motorcycles. I need to add more types of bikes send me some pictures of bikes you want if you have some, The ones I made I googled for antique bikes and got three that was decent to PE. I'll probably try it again in a few weeks and I''ll make a set for you. -Kim
John, I used .01" and .008" brass. They both turned out to etch the same which means I can go to finer in details, I'll try some finer details this weekend. Kim
While this isn't new work for me, I had this little cottage out the other night to look at. I really want to start some new Z structures and wanted to look back on something I did that I was really proud of. Also, I wanted to experiment with my camera to try and take better shots of Z things. It's not floating, I was just too lazy to set up something more formal to shoot against, so I just put it atop a Tuperware container in my kitchen. Now to make good on my pledge to get some building done... Chris
Chris, The house looks real nice. How did you get the texture on the outside and how did you get the clean edges at the wall joints. Kim
Rebuilt the shed this week with more details added like the 2X4 seen in the roof. Kim http://www.kimsartshop.com