Great. I am planning to do a series of videos showing how Inkscape can be used for scratch building, from simple things like making window frames, to realistic sloping roads, and eventually to full builds. My plan is to release one of these a month or so. If you have any specific area of interest, please let me know.
Chandwell N Gauge Layout, I have Inkscape for doing vinyl cutting for clothing printing to convert images to right format. Also looking at doing Anyrail series to start my channel going.
@@Chandwell just watched your latest vid. I really love all the content you produce. So inspiring! I need to work on the precision of my model-making and it's great to see you in action and learn. Top stuff!
It's a beautiful bridge. I can't help but feel that it was constructed in the most difficult and time-consuming way possible, but who can argue with the results? Part of me is just wishing you had access to a 3D printer so you could have made each span in 10 minutes instead of 45. Another part of me is going "wait, I want to see where he's going with this in hard mode..." Had to go back and start working my way through the build in order, I already know just how crazy your builds get. Chandwell is a true labour of love.
Thank you! The endless and repetitive cutting is one of the things I love most about what I do. It’s therapeutic and leads to the most enormous sense of achievement when at the end o can say, I made that. Out of a cereal box and a knife. I just don’t think I’d get the same enjoyment from the hobby if I used a 3D printer. I like the slightly wobbly cut lines. The blemishes of my mistakes. It’s what makes Chandwell look the way it does. It’s all an expression of my creativity and hand-work. I think I am in the minority with this and there is no doubt a 3D printed layout looks neater and of a higher fidelity, but it’s the way I love it! Michael
I'm in awe of the patience and skill of many model railway RUclipsrs but your scratch-built bridge is absolutely incredible. You're clearly very proud of what you have created and rightly so. It's stunning. Very well done and thank you for sharing, Ian
Thank you very much! Yes, I am really proud of how this bridge turned out, but equally surprised and grateful that it turned out the way it did! It is just over 12 months since I visited the prototype to take pictures of it, so it took 11 months of musing to come up with the design. I initially thought it would not be possible and that I would need to get some laser-cut components.
You have surpassed anyone that I have seen doing scratch building. I’m a N gauger and I do a lot of building and I hand lay my turnouts using Fast Tracks jigs. You do
Awesome to see how you went about his build. Although I don't model in card. You have to think similarly to building in plastics, adding all the level of details bit by bit.. Oh.. and the cutting!!!! Great work. Craig.
I join the comment by Ian Leyburn. Your skills and fine video representations of your work are inspiring. Many thanks for sharing ! I've learned a lot. Greetings from France, Phil
When I first saw the bridge on another video ( when you did the water) I thought it was a commercially made bridge. I wondered if it was brass or plastic. After seeing how you built it , I'm more impressed. A true work of art.
Than you Gaz! You may have found them by now, but there is a playlist of Inkscape-specific videos on my channel here: ruclips.net/p/PL_zJxqOqiTyefmgOeZnLtQ8kaNMMyGiQR Enjoy! --Michael.
what a great peace of work the bridge looks amazing outstanding work kooks fabulous really enjoyed watching you work this project fabulous modeling all the best al 🙋🏻♂️😄👍👍👍
Thank you Al - really encouraged by your comments! Keep watching for the next video - the completion of the viaduct, and a new look to my videos to match my new channel style.
Sorry like many other's don't know your name!, just watched the vlog's on the bridge / viaducts, great. I moved onto a narrow boat 40' x 6'10''(outside diminutions) from a 3 three bed house, so I guessed my pervious O gauge might not fit, so have down scaled to N scale TMD layout (due to I don't require wagons or coaches self shunting (ie, if the waters become choppy ) on a board around 32" x 12". This fits into a plastic xmas paper storage box , when moving the boat.
That sounds incredible. To have a layout while living on a boat is perfect for N Gauge. My name is Michael and thank you for watching my channel! -Michael
Thank you! Cheers! Only one section left, and the viaduct is complete. The completion of the viaduct will be my next video, accompanied with some new title graphics to match the rest of my channel too! :)
Wow ! That is absolutely superb. Just shows what can be done in card. Messrs Metcalfe should employ you as a designer for their kits. Ard you open to taking commission work. My bridges look palpably pathetic when viewed against this bridge. Great piece of construction and well documented in the video. Cheers Euan
Wow, thank you for your kind words. I've got a bit much on with my own layout to be doing commission work (for now!!) but please keep watching for more buildings on Chandwell. I am always amazed by what can be achieved using only card. With good quality inkjet printers these days, the possibilities are endless. I've always been a bit rubbish with a paint brush, so this is the ideal medium for me.
I am amazed at what you have created. I've dabbled in Inkscape - running up windows to print onto acetate, etc, and there are lots of videos on how to use it on You Tube, but absolutely NOTHING on using it to create model buildings. Perhaps you can start a series on Inkscape for model railways? I think you'd be onto a winner. Oh, and you have a new subscriber. Again, a fabulous job.
Thank you Paul, I am pleased you like it; and thank you for subscribing. I may do some videos on Inkscape. I was never sure if anyone would be interested. It is a fabulous application and you can do so much with it. 👍
The part where you gave the impression of an I beam really interested me, you said it was easy to do but skipped over it. Would really welcome a tutorial on haw to do that.
Chandwell N Gauge Layout Are you ballasting the bridge? Does the real one have ballast or just timbers running the length of the bridge under the sleepers?
Yes I have ballasted the bridge. I am not sure what the real one has as I have not been able to get to it. However, from Google Earth, it looks like it is ballasted. There is no difference to the trackbed as it crosses the bridge.
Chandwell N Gauge Layout That’s good then. A lot of old iron/steel bridges don’t have ballast to keep the weight down. It’s not something easily noticed as a passenger, but it’s a pain to walk along the track as the rails are about two feet above the bridge deck level.
The raw butress layers look like cast concrete before they are finished. or 5 layers of paper can become very dramatic almost without even intending it.
Just catching up with your videos, love this bridge it is brilliant, I have made a few scratch built bridges myself but I do not have your patience at my age. My piece resistance is my Monkey bridge off the East lancashire railway on the old Bury to Manchester line, now used on the M/cr metro tram system. It is very satisfying building your own, your arches and the bridges are brilliant.
Glad you like them! Thank you! I've just looked up Monkey Bridge - that looks like a brilliant bridge to model. Thank you for watching, and commenting! --Michael.
Hi. Using Inkscape, is it possible to be accurate when drawing shapes eg can you type in exactly what size you want things. For example, if i wanted a square 50mm x 75mm I could dimension it as these figures so i know when its printed out, it will be mm perfect? Thanks
It certainly is. You can get accuracy to 1000th of a mm if you really need to! Draw a rectangle of any size. Select it. And there are boxes on the top toolbar into which you can type dimensions.
@@Chandwell absolutely brilliant. It was me that asked about the Cricut yesterday, and am considering getting one for this kind of projects, using Inkscape to drawer it all out and the cricut to cut it out. What type of card do you use? I bought some 300gsm white smooth card today from hobbcraft in the hope it is suitable, it was the thickest they did
I kept the part that shows the designing in Inkscape really short. Would you like to see more of that kind of thing? Please let me know.
Yes please, I would like to know about inkscape and a not short tutorial. Thanks
Thank you Mike. I will see what I can do at some time.
Yes, would be very interested in seeing Inkscape design
Great. I am planning to do a series of videos showing how Inkscape can be used for scratch building, from simple things like making window frames, to realistic sloping roads, and eventually to full builds. My plan is to release one of these a month or so. If you have any specific area of interest, please let me know.
Chandwell N Gauge Layout, I have Inkscape for doing vinyl cutting for clothing printing to convert images to right format. Also looking at doing Anyrail series to start my channel going.
A stunning example of papercraft... puts plastic models to shame.
Exceptionally well done 👏
Thank you very much again!
I'm working my way through your videos from the start, and the build in this episode is absolutely outstanding. Unbelievable, mate.
Oh wow! Thank you. Enjoy the videos. If you are only here, then there are many, many more to come, and I hope you enjoy them!
@@Chandwell just watched your latest vid. I really love all the content you produce. So inspiring! I need to work on the precision of my model-making and it's great to see you in action and learn. Top stuff!
It's a beautiful bridge. I can't help but feel that it was constructed in the most difficult and time-consuming way possible, but who can argue with the results? Part of me is just wishing you had access to a 3D printer so you could have made each span in 10 minutes instead of 45. Another part of me is going "wait, I want to see where he's going with this in hard mode..."
Had to go back and start working my way through the build in order, I already know just how crazy your builds get. Chandwell is a true labour of love.
Thank you! The endless and repetitive cutting is one of the things I love most about what I do. It’s therapeutic and leads to the most enormous sense of achievement when at the end o can say, I made that. Out of a cereal box and a knife. I just don’t think I’d get the same enjoyment from the hobby if I used a 3D printer. I like the slightly wobbly cut lines. The blemishes of my mistakes. It’s what makes Chandwell look the way it does. It’s all an expression of my creativity and hand-work. I think I am in the minority with this and there is no doubt a 3D printed layout looks neater and of a higher fidelity, but it’s the way I love it! Michael
I'm in awe of the patience and skill of many model railway RUclipsrs but your scratch-built bridge is absolutely incredible. You're clearly very proud of what you have created and rightly so. It's stunning. Very well done and thank you for sharing, Ian
Thank you very much! Yes, I am really proud of how this bridge turned out, but equally surprised and grateful that it turned out the way it did! It is just over 12 months since I visited the prototype to take pictures of it, so it took 11 months of musing to come up with the design. I initially thought it would not be possible and that I would need to get some laser-cut components.
Wow - another triumph!
Thank you Paul!
You have surpassed anyone that I have seen doing scratch building. I’m a N gauger and I do a lot of building and I hand lay my turnouts using Fast Tracks jigs. You do
Thank you very much indeed Otto! --Michael
That's amazing. Those arch beams really do look three-dimensional.
Thank you Daniel. I was really surprised by how good they ended up looking. --Michael
Awesome to see how you went about his build. Although I don't model in card. You have to think similarly to building in plastics, adding all the level of details bit by bit.. Oh.. and the cutting!!!! Great work. Craig.
Very true! Thank you for watching!
You must be so proud of that, it's incredibly realistic.
Hi Simon. Yes, I am over the moon with how it has come out. Really happy with it. :)
The bridge is fantastic! Incredible cardboard engineering and so realistic. Amazing!
Thank you very much! I am pleased you like it - I am really happy how it turned out.
I join the comment by Ian Leyburn. Your skills and fine video representations of your work are inspiring. Many thanks for sharing ! I've learned a lot. Greetings from France, Phil
Merci, Phil! Thank you for your kind feedback. Michael.
When I first saw the bridge on another video ( when you did the water) I thought it was a commercially made bridge. I wondered if it was brass or plastic.
After seeing how you built it , I'm more impressed. A true work of art.
Thank you, Bob. That is very kind of you to say so! All the best, Michael
Good video, nice 👍👍🙋🏻♂️
Greetings from Germany Gert
NGauge
Thank you Gert.
Absolutely stunning. Well done. Would love to see vid on Inkscape designing please
Than you Gaz! You may have found them by now, but there is a playlist of Inkscape-specific videos on my channel here: ruclips.net/p/PL_zJxqOqiTyefmgOeZnLtQ8kaNMMyGiQR Enjoy! --Michael.
@@Chandwell Hi Michael. Yes I have found them thanks. Very informative. Cheers
what a great peace of work the bridge looks amazing outstanding work kooks fabulous really enjoyed watching you work this project fabulous modeling all the best al 🙋🏻♂️😄👍👍👍
Thank you Al - really encouraged by your comments! Keep watching for the next video - the completion of the viaduct, and a new look to my videos to match my new channel style.
Sorry like many other's don't know your name!, just watched the vlog's on the bridge / viaducts, great. I moved onto a narrow boat 40' x 6'10''(outside diminutions) from a 3 three bed house, so I guessed my pervious O gauge might not fit, so have down scaled to N scale TMD layout (due to I don't require wagons or coaches self shunting (ie, if the waters become choppy ) on a board around 32" x 12". This fits into a plastic xmas paper storage box , when moving the boat.
That sounds incredible. To have a layout while living on a boat is perfect for N Gauge. My name is Michael and thank you for watching my channel! -Michael
That is one fantastic build. Great technique. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thank you! Cheers! Only one section left, and the viaduct is complete. The completion of the viaduct will be my next video, accompanied with some new title graphics to match the rest of my channel too! :)
As it started to come together, I was like... wow... along with... and it's in n gauge... looks amazing!!!
Thank you! Yes, it was small and fiddly to do in N scale, but it's turned out really well. I am very pleased with how it came together.
Fantastic bridge, really enjoyed watching the build. Cheers Geoff
Thank you Geoff I really enjoyed building this one.
Brilliant as always, you have the patience of a saint.
Regards Chris
Ha ha!! Thank you Chris. Yes, it was an ordeal, that build! 😂 Michael.
Wow ! That is absolutely superb. Just shows what can be done in card. Messrs Metcalfe should employ you as a designer for their kits. Ard you open to taking commission work. My bridges look palpably pathetic when viewed against this bridge. Great piece of construction and well documented in the video. Cheers Euan
Wow, thank you for your kind words. I've got a bit much on with my own layout to be doing commission work (for now!!) but please keep watching for more buildings on Chandwell. I am always amazed by what can be achieved using only card. With good quality inkjet printers these days, the possibilities are endless. I've always been a bit rubbish with a paint brush, so this is the ideal medium for me.
@@Chandwell hope you don't mind but I promoted your channel on FMR live stream last night - so you might pick up a few more subs. Euan
Great job, it looks really good. very fiddly work. really enjoyed your update.
Thank you!
Your an amazing modeller well done
Thanks Andy!
Awesome job! Your attention to detail made for a great end result.
Thank you! I’m pleased with how it turned out. 👍
I am amazed at what you have created. I've dabbled in Inkscape - running up windows to print onto acetate, etc, and there are lots of videos on how to use it on You Tube, but absolutely NOTHING on using it to create model buildings. Perhaps you can start a series on Inkscape for model railways? I think you'd be onto a winner. Oh, and you have a new subscriber. Again, a fabulous job.
Thank you Paul, I am pleased you like it; and thank you for subscribing. I may do some videos on Inkscape. I was never sure if anyone would be interested. It is a fabulous application and you can do so much with it. 👍
This looks amazing!
Thank you! I’m pleased (and surprised) by how well it turned out.
Brilliant. Looking forward to your inkscape tutorials. New subscriber here,
Thank you Jim! Let me know if There’s anything specific you want to see in Inkscape.
The part where you gave the impression of an I beam really interested me, you said it was easy to do but skipped over it. Would really welcome a tutorial on haw to do that.
I will give an example of this in my February monthly update video which should be ready by next Sunday, if that will help...?
Looks incredible, well worth the number of hours it must have taken.
Thank you!
Chandwell N Gauge Layout Are you ballasting the bridge? Does the real one have ballast or just timbers running the length of the bridge under the sleepers?
Yes I have ballasted the bridge. I am not sure what the real one has as I have not been able to get to it. However, from Google Earth, it looks like it is ballasted. There is no difference to the trackbed as it crosses the bridge.
Chandwell N Gauge Layout That’s good then. A lot of old iron/steel bridges don’t have ballast to keep the weight down. It’s not something easily noticed as a passenger, but it’s a pain to walk along the track as the rails are about two feet above the bridge deck level.
I love me some Letroset. You should do kickstarter and sell your building designs.
Hmmm…. That’s an interesting idea actually!
@@Chandwell A good way to fund CHANDWELL. Its a proven business model
How about holding the marker pen with a small jeweller's vice & dragging the edge of the paper strips across the tip of the marker?
That is a brilliant idea! Thank you. I will try that next time. 👌🏻👍🏻
The raw butress layers look like cast concrete before they are finished. or 5 layers of paper can become very dramatic almost without even intending it.
Yeah, good point!
Just catching up with your videos, love this bridge it is brilliant, I have made a few scratch built bridges myself but I do not have your patience at my age. My piece resistance is my Monkey bridge off the East lancashire railway on the old Bury to Manchester line, now used on the M/cr metro tram system. It is very satisfying building your own, your arches and the bridges are brilliant.
Glad you like them! Thank you! I've just looked up Monkey Bridge - that looks like a brilliant bridge to model. Thank you for watching, and commenting! --Michael.
Hi. Using Inkscape, is it possible to be accurate when drawing shapes eg can you type in exactly what size you want things.
For example, if i wanted a square 50mm x 75mm I could dimension it as these figures so i know when its printed out, it will be mm perfect?
Thanks
It certainly is. You can get accuracy to 1000th of a mm if you really need to! Draw a rectangle of any size. Select it. And there are boxes on the top toolbar into which you can type dimensions.
@@Chandwell absolutely brilliant.
It was me that asked about the Cricut yesterday, and am considering getting one for this kind of projects, using Inkscape to drawer it all out and the cricut to cut it out.
What type of card do you use? I bought some 300gsm white smooth card today from hobbcraft in the hope it is suitable, it was the thickest they did
I use glue stick as one of the bazillion ways to laminate detail onto card stock. How well is the bond holding up over time? Does it seperate?
Not separated yet. I have a card building laminated with glue stick in the garage. It's pushing 10 years old and is still stuck together properly.