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There seems to have been a lot of interest in Garratts recently so when my mate and near neighbour sent me a photo of progress on his latest 3D printing project I thought some of you might be interested.

Clive was born in South Africa and spent most of his childhood on a remote station on one of the SAR's two foot narrow gauge lines where his dad was station master. He's recently taken to scratchbuilding various 3D printed models of locos he remembers, which includes this rather fine Garratt
He's not a railway modeller so is only interested in building static models for display. Each model is constructed using original engineering drawings and so all the components are scaled down to 1/35 (his preferred scale). This is very much a work in progress but, as you can see, he's got a fine eye for detail.

He says, if anyone is interested in the .STL files he will happily share them

Rik

A fine looking beast indeed! Lots of detail included too. I imagine those who have 3D printing skills would appreciate it even more.

That valve gear is very impressive indeed.
I'd love to have a go at it but I know it would never fit my loading gauge.

The bogies and valve gear are super impressive, though I am not sure there is any floating play in the front and back bogies of the power unit. A lot easier to make it there is no play movement there, that's where I really struggled to get things right as the more movement you need the thinner the parts need to be and in plastic / resin there wasn't enough strength.

What a wonderful model. I would definitely be Interested in the STL files if he is happy to share.

Neilos83 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 9:25 am What a wonderful model. I would definitely be Interested in the STL files if he is happy to share.

I'll ask him and let you know.

Rik

He's happy to share them on the following conditions/ understandings

• The labelling is probably haphazard and the nomenclature may not be standard (E.g. The little round thing on top of the cylinder. )
• I may have had to trim things to get them to fit.
• They undertake to make a non-trivial donation to either Crohn's and Colitis UK or Cancer Research UK. I don't want to see cash or proof so I'll leave it to their conscience.
• They don't sell them to third parties. (They're free to give them away, preferably with a similar charity provision.)

PM me your email address and I'll pass it on to him

Rik

Brilliant thank you.
I've sent you a DM through your railways Facebook page, as I couldn't work out how to do it on here .
Thank you.