I have been searching Shapeways once per week trying to see what's new in N scale 3d Printing, and If anything I want to make has been made available. I seem to be surprised at what I find, just about every day. Just like how we are going to be getting a DD35 and DD35A soon, thanks to one of our intrepid members, there are still a few shells that I would like to see, and I am sure that some of you have some as well, so I though we could have a thread to put down our ideas, just like the 3D printing group has. I love old passenger trains, so some of the top items on my wish list would fall into that category. EMD EA/EB (Various early and late versions) (Kato E5 Chassis, new fuel tank neeed) EMD E1 A&B (Kato E5 Chassis, new fuel tank neeed) EMD E2 (in addition to UP, SP had an ABB set painted in daylight, CNW AND SP owned the A's originally, and UP owned the 4 b units) (Kato E5 Chassis, new fuel tank neeed) EMD E3/E4 (Kato E5 Chassis, new fuel tank neeed) EMD E5B ALCO DL110 And some Streamlined Steam Engines CNW Class E4 Streamlined hudson CNW Class ES Streamlined Pacific ATSF 3460 Class Streamlined Hudson Blue Goose CBQ Aeolus Streamlined Hudson NYC Class J3a Streamlined Hudson NYC Commodore Vanderbilt Streamlined Hudson UP Streamlined Pacific 2906 UP Streamlined Mountain 7002 Milwaukee Road Class F7 Streamlined Hudson Southern 1380 Class Ps4 Streamlined Pacific Canadian National Streamlined 4-8-4 Confederation Grand Trunk Class U-4b 4-8-4 Streamliner SP GS-2 and GS-3 Other ones I would love to see are CNW Crandall Cab E9BA CRIP EMD AB6 EMD SDP40F (early and late, and ATSF) EMD SDP40 EMD SDP45 EMD SDF40 EMD GP30B EMD GP15T printed non slanted low nose conversion for GP7,8,9,10,11 printed 4 window wide cab for SD/GP wide cab conversions SDL39
Great ideas! I'm kitbashing a phase III GP9 right now, and its a pain! Keep the ideas coming, maybe some will notice!
Milwaukee Road Little Joe, several versions. Boxcabs, several versions. Steeplecab two versions. But chassis would be a problem here. "Adaptations" just do not look good.
I have been looking at this one for a while, and the Atlas caboose would be the last one I would use. I have made a couple of half-hearted attempts and I can assure you that it is far from easy (for an accurate model).
Just for the fantasy aspect of it, MP 7100, an AA6. Essentially an E6 with the second engine removed and replaced with a baggage compartment. Actually classified a "Motorcar" by EMC, making it the last such they produced!
Yup- the last GP9's the SP purchased and the first units to be shipped factory painted bloody nose. Enjoy, Wolf
Phase 3 GP9!! I'd like one especially for N&W passenger GP9's with fuel tank area airtanks. Other things I'd like to see are Virginian steam especially woo woo woo, MC and MCA 2-8-2's, a correct 2-8-4 shell for the Virginian although very similar to C&O Berks they had some differences, different phases of H16-44 Trainmasters, a Virginian specific 44 toner, Phase 1 F3's with single headlights, Single headlight F7's with 48 inch dynamic break fans, a C39-8, C36-7, standard cab Dash 9, hmmm what else? Virginian "battleship" gons, NS HP30r hoppers, more styles of 55 ton hoppers, NS hopper rebuilds like H11BR and H11DR's, Southern Railway Cabeese, Virginian freight cars, and a lot of stuff I can't remember! Oh wait I would REALLY like to see triple clasp trucks to fit Kato's SD40-2, U30C, and C30-7 those would make N&W models much more accurate.
