Custom Ertl Collection: Alfred the Holden B12 

Oh? how so might I ask?

Well it gives me on unlucky tug vibes

Hello my friend

@Polyg0n5 yes

Weird

Indeed

Heheh nice! And there are certainly more coming someday this month.

​@@22Tesla I see at the background in some of your videos of some ttte inspired road vehicles that appear in your videos but don't appear in your shapeways store like that red lorry and little black current pick up truck why don't you also add those into your shapeways store too ?🇬🇧

@@hamishcameron1082 black pickup truck? Doesn't sound familiar

@@22Tesla did I say balck current pick up truck sorry I meant red pick up truck 🇬🇧

Ahhh I see. Just following the name he was given

It’s alright, we all make mistakes.

I think it's fair to just label all of the B12's as Holden designs, Gresley really only made adjustments to the pre-existing design for the B12/3.

Well yes but actually no. The frames, motion and wheel sets are the only things that are identical with the B12/3’s. The B12/1’s had Belpaire fireboxes, bigger domes, Ramsbottom safety valves and decorative GER frames. The B12/2’s had no decorative frames and a round-top firebox with Ross-pop safety valves (but the dome remains a similar size). Both of the Holden designed B12/1 and B12/2 variants also have identical smokeboxes. The Gresley designed B12/3’s had a different design of smokebox and LNER standard diagram 25A boiler.

@@daylightman8459 You make a valid argument, but at the end of the day, the core design of the locomotive was by Holden, not Gresley. He made improvements to the design, yes, but in saying that, it would be like claiming the Raven A2's that were modified by Gresley should be called Gresley A2's instead. X'D

Thank you! I shall! Just wait, more are on the way

This is AMAZING 😍💡👍 Your a Genius 👌😉👍 It looks like a official product fresh out of the box🎁 You should do Crovan, Mallard, and Diesel 10 with moving claw😁

@@ImaginationRailerEbay Hehehe I could. I'll see what I can do. You should see some official box art work I've designed, just like the original ERTL boxes with the character card on the back XD

Will that be shown? You mean THE official boxing and card?! With discription?

@@ImaginationRailerEbay HEhehe well, my own custom official boxing and card, description included.

Heheh thanks!

dirty percy

Glad my model helps fill that niche :)

@@22Tesla update I have a printer, I was just wondering if the files where public so I can print my own

@@TheLazyTrain_ Well the Ertl files are not public, but I'll think about it. Depends what kind of printer you got. I have some files up on thingiverse but thats all for now

Aww shucks. This one should be more sturdy if you tried to get one XD

I’m sure it will XD

HEhehe thanks!

HEhehe tis my hope that others shall desire it.

Thank you kindly

@@22Tesla You're very welcome ^^

Glad I could help! It took me some time to figure how I would do things like the wheels and it's served me well as I've used it for other ERTL trains and once road vehicle mod the be free wheeling like Hotwheels cars.

@@22Tesla nice

Awww thank you! HEhehe on the CFR engines, I'm way ahead of you. I've designed versions of them that you can snap some N-scale wheels into the bottom and make them them roll onn N-scale track as dummy units, same with the coaches. I've designed ALL the CFR engines, differing rear window details that match the Snowden engines exactly. I've even made Ertl-ish styled Snowden diesel engines. All those models just need the bottom base for Ertl wheels. As to the other ideas, I'll see what I can do. Pip and Emma are actually on the list already.

@@22Tesla Nice. Given both Sir Handel and Falcon forms were released, maybe you can also do Stuart. This time, obviously, with Stuart's regular funnel. Don't forget Fred (You can do both the diesel and the orange TWR coal car) if you want, in addition to Ivo Hugh on the list.

@@ThomasandDBZ2010 Ah yeah for sure! Hmmmm what difference does Sir Handle have different from his Falcon form beyond paint/name plate? Since the Ertl model doesn't capture his steamroller wheels too wheel. Ah yeah, can't forget Fred either. Hmmm might design him to be closely scaled to Scruffy or something.

@@22Tesla In addition to Pip and Emma, would you consider their eyes and mouths similar to how they looked in SI3D 2012?

@@ThomasandDBZ2010 How do you mean? Like the model of the that just has their RWS faces?

I'm glad you like it! And I use Blender to make them. Slowly day by day I'm learning a little more about how to use it.

Heheh that was me trying to HIDE a mistake. XD I forgot to reverse the decals for the cab on the right side of the train so I didn't put any one that side. I flipped the footage of the left side to make it appear as the right ide. Apparently this trick wasn't too good cause you found it out XD

Hmmmmm..... Maybe, not sure

Heheh when I got the time, I can.

Ah... so you saw that. XD Well I accidentally made my transfers all face the same way cause I'm stupid so if I had put the transfers on bot sides, then the lines would have been wrong, so I just flipped the video to make it look like it was correct on both sides, since one side has no decals on it XD

@@22Tesla lol 😂 and its ok besides that small mishap everyting else is good

Hmmm... well to start you need to create an account. This will allow you to import models that you will sell. Once you have some models imported then you can begin to set up a store. When setting up a store, one thing that you'll need is a bank account to attach it to, that way your mark up sales can be sent there. A lot of this information can be found on Shapeways but that's how I would start. Everything else that follows is something you'll need to experiment with, like changing the mark up price of your models that you are selling. Because material price differes between materials, you'll need to be aware of how much you are charging for your items since sometimes marking the price at twice the amount will mean a price customers won't pay for. Like anything with any business, you'll need to balance between making a profit and keeping it affordable. Promoting your models will certainly help you get noticed, it depends where and how you do that. I promote here on RU-vid, Twitter and DeviantArt where I can get noticed so that's something else you'll need to do on your own. And the more promoting you can do on free plateforms, the better. Saves money Hope that helps. If you have any other questions, I can help were I can but most of the help I assume you'll find on Shapeways will be more useful and informative.

@@22Tesla thx a lot! That really helps!

Hmmmm I could. Let me guess: Adam, Colin, and Lily W&S or something else?

your on point

Well it would be on Ertl rolling stock already so no need to get couplings.

I don't really like that either. If the tender was separate, it would be easier to push around corners Not to mention it would look more aesthetically pleasing

Hmmm you mean like our stationary traction engine, or small shunting engine? We actually have already sold them, I think we still have an old 7 1/2 inch gauge steam engine. The other rolling stock we still have.

The shunting engine, thanks for responding.

Hmmm I might... that could take a while to make since time to paint and such, but I could make a complete Alfred. I'll need to work on a price first. It would cost a bit more than just getting a kit, but I could totally do that if you were interested

Ok, I will get back to you on that

A very small pipe cutting thing. I don't know the exact term, but it's basically rotating cutting wheel made for cutting pipe like brass and copper and such

@@22Tesla I see well we brought one of your products from midnight valley workshop and it didn't contain any bras pipes and pins 🇬🇧

@@22Tesla can people easily get those things I dont know how to use them 🇬🇧

@@hamishcameron1082 yeah, those are the extra bits that you need to complete the model that I don't provide sadly. Very sorry about that

@@hamishcameron1082 I'm sure you can, I got mine at a hobby store.

HEhehe yeah, that's only because I mirrored the left side footage to stand in for the right side, cause when I made the decals I stupidly only made them facing the left side for the left side of the engine. The cab details would have been facing the wrong way so I didn't put decals on the cab's right side. I did the mirrored video trick to hide that fact

Hehe, yeah, ERTL was always close to HO in that it could ride in between HO tracks. A few ERTL films have made use of that fact to use realistic track in the films.

Someday I will. I have others in the works.

@@22Tesla like ERTL Molly🇬🇧

Noted! And I can do that certainly. I'd prime them, but I don't want to fill the fine details by accident.

@@22Tesla it'll be fine, there aren't that too many details here to begin with. And if it does, you can scribe the details in. Sometimes I'd say it makes details clearer to pick out.