N-scale railway station

Discussion in 'My Shapeways Order Arrived' started by KoalaCreek, Nov 7, 2008.

  1. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Hi,
    The parts for my N-scale (1:160) railway station arrived this week. It consists of 6 different parts. I just put it together with some sellotape to see what it looks like.
    So the parts have not been fully alligned yet. Will do that once I put together the final model (it will also contain some etched parts, which have been ordered).

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    Hope you guys like it ...

    Cheers,

    Jeroen

    PS: I ordered two copies of the model, so 12 parts in total. Unfortunately, I only received 10 parts. :confused
    Will contact the support guys to ensure that the missing parts will also be shipped
     
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2008
  2. joris
    joris Member
    Nice station,

    This one is based on a real train station right?

    and do email about the missing parts.

    Joris

     
  3. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Yep, it's based on an existing type of railway station ...

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    More then 20 of these station were built all over The Netherlands in the 19th century.
    There's other stuff in N-scale that i'm working on. Check my blog ("http://fab.spoors.nl/") for more details.

    Cheers,

    Jeroen

     
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2008
  4. RalphVdB
    RalphVdB Well-Known Member CS Team
    Hi Jeroen :cool:

    Does the station happen to be in Reuver (Limburg). It looks very familiar to me.
     
  5. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    ... all this interest in Dutch railway stations ... :D

    I presume you mean this one:
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    Reuver's station is a 5th class railway station, while mine is a 4th class. They have both been designed by the same architect at the same time. Th 5th class was however designed for smaller villages ...

    Cheers,

    Jeroen

     
  6. Whystler
    Whystler Member
    Hey hey,

    Great model! I hope you get your extra parts soon.

    Im seeing a brown model. What material did you use? Did you paint it?

    -Whystler
     
  7. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    It's black ... adjusted the lighting a bit to get a better view of the details on the model.

    Cheers,

    Jeroen
     
  8. RalphVdB
    RalphVdB Well-Known Member CS Team
    Hi Jeroen,

    thank you for your info. :laughing:

    I can clearly see that the are not the same, although they look alike.

    Cheers, Ralph
     
  9. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Just a small updated ... glued the parts together and spray painted them with Basic Colour from Revell.

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    Added the Euro to show the size of the model.

    Cheers,

    Jeroen

     
  10. aws357
    aws357 Member
    :D Wow it really looks great.

    :rolleyes: Anyone doing a nativity scene?

    With baby jesus waiting for the train carrying the 3 wisemen... :D

    :p With fake snow and printed christmas trees...
     
  11. mileswestern
    mileswestern Member
    Nice to see another person designing model RR items.

    What design program did you use to make your station?
     
  12. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Hi Miles,
    I use Alibre Design Xpress.

    Cheers,

    Jeroen
     
  13. 872_deleted
    872_deleted Member
    Any chance, you could show us how you did it? (thickness of the walls, how you "sliced" the model)

    -- Gert
     
  14. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Just some pictures of the (almost) finished model. The model has been sprayed with a base paint of Revell (tested Tamiya base paint on another model and tat works fine to). After which I painted it with Vallejo Acrylic paints, just my preference, the acrylics from Tamiya are also great.

    The doors and windows are made of etched brass ... in this scale they would become too thin (0.25 mm) to print.

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    Cheers,

    Jeroen
     
    Last edited: Dec 1, 2008
  15. RalphVdB
    RalphVdB Well-Known Member CS Team
    Wow Jeroen,

    i love the way the roof is painted!
     
  16. KoalaCreek
    KoalaCreek Member
    Because the guys and girls at Shapeways were looking for some pictures of painted models:

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  17. pete
    pete Shapeways Employee CEO
    Hi Jeroen,

    really nice.
    Please keep us informed of your further creative endeavors. :)

    regards,
    Peter
     
  18. bartv
    bartv Member
    Cool! I love the picture with the blueprint and the coin.

    Bart
     
  19. 619_deleted
    619_deleted Member
    This is great - I'm looking to do something similar at some point with a building I'm wokring on - I think Shapeways could end up being a great tool for architects as well as the other designers that use this service!