A request for those who "CAD" and use Shapeways

Primavw Mar 10, 2015

  1. Primavw

    Primavw TrainBoard Member

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    I will admit, I have never used CAD and have only a mild interest in learning how. I'm hoping someone with knowledge can create a part, which I'm sure would sell, and would also help many of us out.

    My request: A modern Anti-climber with the ditchlights (cast or printed) as part of the unit. The anti-climber would have the top welled out so that the stock handrail assemblies of a Kato for instance would settle nicely into the part and look stock.

    I cannot express how much I HATE adding ditchlights to my locos, even though I feel it is one detail I CANNOT ignore. I have transplanted anti-climbers from one shell to another, and found they glue into place and are much more robust than just the tiny ditchlight housings available on shapeways.

    Take a Dash 9 for instance:
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    The ditch lights actually appear to be mounted just forward of the handrails, on the anti-climber. The only solution I have come up with for my locos is to glue them to the walkway. Anyone with experience with a Kato walkway knows just about nothing sticks to them.

    Anyway, I'm done ranting.
     

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