Here’s the first of a number of posts on a problem that has vexed me for a long time. Namely how to uncouple scale couplers in a hands off, invisible way. The little video below shows that a) I’m no Peter Jackson, and b) I’m well on the way to having the problem sorted. …
If you are reading this and are a regular visitor to New Zealand Finescale you’ll have already noticed that the website has undergone something of a revamp. Apart from the completely different look, the major change has been implementing online shopping. Not only is the shop new, but we’ve also tried to list things which…
As foreshadowed in the last post, I was struggling with the temptation to do a horse, and like Mark Twain proved unable to resist it. There’s not too much to say about it really other than to remember that it is less than 25mm at the shoulder, so the paint job looks better at less…
Here’s a little diversion, prompted by an email from Mark Andrews of Marks Model Works asking ‘Can you print this?’ My initial reaction was ‘No’ but after having a closer look I was thinking ‘Maybe’ and sure enough it turned out OK. The shafts on the model are 0.6 mm square maximum, so this is…
In the last few weeks I’ve started to make serious progress on the W. The following photos are somewhat hastily posed. I’m still waiting for dome and other castings, the smokebox door is blutacked in place and the cab roof is just placed. The eagle -eyed will spot other deliberate mistakes, but the purpose here…
While drawing up some buildings for current projects, Haydn and I embarked on this little 1:64 dunny as a test piece. The floor is about 15mm square. It is printed at 25 micron in X and Y with 20 micron layers. It was printed this way to simplify painting. Careful inspection will show that the…
