1/35th scale modelling

[LesTindall]

As one who models in 1/35th scale (chosen due to the detail parts obtainable from the military modelling fraternity) I feel sure more are moving to this scale. However (as shown in some of the posts on this site) many are frustrated by the lack of non-military products, like myself having to trawl the web-sites to find stuff that can be modified.  If any of the producers out there are interested there is a LARGE number of us who like the scale but want more NON military stuff. One kit manufacturer over here in the UK has issued narrow gauge "critters" in that scale - can we have more from the others please   Comments?   

[marc_reusser]

Link/Site/Pics?

[narrowgauger]

narrow gauge critters.

you can always try The Model Works Australia (themodelworks@ozemail.com.au) who specialise in 1:35 industrial diesels.  They also have a full range of on-board battery radio control installations.

Currently for sale is the LKM Ns2f industrial diesel to 1:35 scale, ready-to-run either as standard 12v DC or full on-board radio control.

you might also try Hesketh Scale models who have a range of locomotive & rolling stock kits in 1:35 scale

have fun
BernardS

[shropshire lad]

narrow gauge critters.

you can always try The Model Works Australia (themodelworks@ozemail.com.au) who specialise in 1:35 industrial diesels.  They also have a full range of on-board battery radio control installations.

Currently for sale is the LKM Ns2f industrial diesel to 1:35 scale, ready-to-run either as standard 12v DC or full on-board radio control.

you might also try Hesketh Scale models who have a range of locomotive & rolling stock kits in 1:35 scale

have fun
BernardS

That is good to know, Bernard . Are there any pictures of all these wonderful products that us newbies can see ? I have been thinking about trying my hand at 1/35th scale modelling but haven't had much success in finding decent locomotives and rolling stock . It sounds like you are selling just the sort of thing I am looking for .

   What I would really like to see is a small steam loco , maybe French , possibly a Decauville , definitely radio controlled running around my layout that I haven't built yet . Ahh , one can but dream .

   Ns2f ?  I'll have mine just in primer . Thanks .

        Nick

     

[Hauk]

That is good to know, Bernard . Are there any pictures of all these wonderful products that us newbies can see ? I have been thinking about trying my hand at 1/35th scale modelling but haven't had much success in finding decent locomotives and rolling stock . It sounds like you are selling just the sort of thing I am looking for .
     

Google is your friend:

http://themodelworksaustralia-com.webs.com/

http://www.heskethscalemodels.com/

[finescalerr]

I think you are hoping for the impossible, Les. Back in the mid-'90s, Gary Raymond (the metal wheel manufacturer) and I, along with a few others, tried very hard to establish 1:32 as a commercial scale. The idea was to develop exact 1:32 "AAR" standards for track and wheels, encourage the manufacture of some small logging and industrial locos and rolling stock, and direct more attention to such high quality standard gauge models as collectors bought.

Logic and reason failed. First Aristo-Craft and then USA Trains chose 1:29 scale on Gauge 1 track (an idiotic combination) because the size was "closer to LGB". The moronic "garden railroaders" eagerly gobbled up 1:29 because it was relatively cheap. The concept of 1:32 narrow gauge utterly escaped the grasp of their feeble and juvenile minds.

Worse, when the NMRA drafted Gary and me to create large scale standards, they torpedoed all of our meticulous work and began quibbling. To this day there is no real NMRA standard for any large scale. I quit the NMRA in disgust. Gary, after twenty-two years, still struggles to push something through.

I will suggest to you what I have suggested to everybody who ever broached the idea of modeling in 1:32 or 1:35: BUILD IT YOURSELF. That is what the hobby is about -- not buying ready made parts or models. Nobody ever listens to that suggestion because it requires too much effort. And they are still waiting for somebody to produce a 1:32 scale plastic GP9 or two cylinder narrow gauge Shay ....

Russ

[LesTindall]

The one thing about building it yourself is the satisfaction (which comes after the cursing and swearing and the trying to find that small piece you dropped on the carpet, the part you spent hours making then available on the internet and so on)

...though a 1/35th 1st World War 2ft gauge Baldwin or Also 4-6-0 kit would be nice!!!

Les 

[Franck Tavernier]

Don't forget too narrow gauge 1:32 scale...

http://www.james-art.com/collections.php?id=7

David Provan too produce kit in 1:32 scale, but I don't find his web site address...

Franck

[LesTindall]

A friend of mine has suggested Shapeways 3D printing.  Just taken a look at their web site under 1/35th scale narrow gauge and found some interesting stuff available ready "printed" - both steam and diesel. This maybe is the answer.

Les

[finescalerr]

Do you think it would be possible for Shapeways to output models in other scales to 1:35 without introducing problems? If so you would have a much wider selection. -- Russ

[eTraxx]

IMO the problem with the models from Shapeways is that FUD provides fine enough details but is brittle. WSF is strong enough but has a coarse texture. There is FD which I haven't had anything printed in yet but has less detail than FUD.

I had this bridge shoe printed in both FUD and WSF.

Here it is in FUD. Nice .. but like I said brittle. Think of something between clear styrene and week old cake frosting


WSF is much stronger. You could probably stand on one of these without damaging them. The problem is the texture. That could probably be got around by primer and sanding for something like a locomotive body.

[Gordon Ferguson]

Russ, I have several bits from Shapeways in different scales from originally advertised.

In all cases you need to go through the owner/designer, who you can contact via Shapeways site . In most cases they have been happy to help, it's not a lot to ask really as the drawings are in CAD or similar so rescaling is not difficult or time consuming. Have had the occasional issue where if their original work is already at say minimal wall thickness and I want to reduce the scale then there is more work involved ....... But all you can do is ask ?

[Chuck Doan]

Scaling up is usually no problem. I have made 1/16th parts from 1/48th and 1/2" stuff just by applying a scale to the model. On occasion I will tinker with the bigger part and make something thinner again. But as Gordon said scaling down can be a problem if the already thin edges get thinner.

[finescalerr]

Thanks, guys. I considered wall thickness and, in some cases, reducing the diameter of an already scale part as being potential problems. The good news is the most popular scales often tend to be smaller than those many of us prefer so scaling up become feasible. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

<snip> I, along with a few others, tried very hard to establish 1:32 as a commercial scale. ........to this day there is no real NMRA standard for any large scale. I quit the NMRA in disgust. Gary, after twenty-two years, still struggles to push something through.

Russ

Anyone could have forseen why this was destined to fail....
A.)  You were dealing with model railroaders (quibbling and narrow minded, and without fore-sight.
B.)  You were doing 1/32 scale. ......So you were sacrificing a market full of comercially viable bits, kits and pieces that could be adapted from an already popular scale,....for the sake of allowing a bunch of lazy railroad guys to use commercially available flex track...not to mention precluding any of the current 1/35 plastic kit and bit mfrs from potentially showing interest in making kits or bits that would cross over to RR use.