Very hard to cut, but if you score around them with a cut off wheel they will snap off. https://photos.app.goo.gl/9egB8rdosuWXfVHF8
Just here to say lead is more dense than tungsten putty or powdered tungsten. Pure tungsten without any other alloy in it is heavier, but very...
Why scale down N scale templates when FT provides them for Z scale? https://handlaidtrack.com/wp-content/uploads/tt-z-t-6.pdf?v=7516fd43adaa...
How much does removing the barrel gears change the gear ratio?
That is awesome! and so tiny!
Scott, Could have put holes into the model. In fact I would have put the holes right next to a flange with a nut just like a real grab. But this...
I don't think you need to start over. I was just showing why I guessed they were stack dampeners. I could still be wrong. And all boxcabs were...
Look at the stack covers and linkage: https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/loco/erie0401lbC.jpg https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/loco/erie403.jpg...
I *think* the wire is a rod that controls dampeners in each stack simultaneously.
I *think* those 2 boxes on the ends are sand filler hatches. http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/errhs.html Also the demonstrator model had...
Two shortys joined together: https://www.arrts-arrchives.com/ENG403.html
This is an N scale boxcab I was working on incase someone wants to resize them to Z scale. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5903494
If you need any parts I did a boxcab in N scale on a 44T chassis. Never really finished it, but it would be easy to scale down to Z and hit print....
They used express trucks because they were ran in express passenger trains. This is also why the milk cars had end buffers and steam lines.
I haven't used Shapeways in a long time. But for the stuff I print at home. I just run it under hot water. Bend it a tiny bit over what I need and...
I bet that is not the first time someone used a UV light inside a hotel room ; )
That building turned out great!
This guy does some cool stuff with steppers https://www.youtube.com/user/diorama111
I have a Sonic Mini 4K with 35 micron pixels. I made this HOn30 railbus with it. Once you have the 3D model you can resize it. So I tried one in N...
Man that is awesome!