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My locos

Post by wsrbloke » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:15 pm

Hi everyone, I've been meaning to post photos of my mainly 3d printed locomotives for a while so here goes.
Let me make it quite clear that they are not fine scale by any means but a representation of what I want them to be. The 4F is not completely printed as the boiler barrel is a piece of aluminium scaffold pole skimmed to represent boiler banding and the tender sides are 1.5 mm ply. The wheels are printed and fitted with metal tyres.
The 57xx is totally printed with again metal tyres
The articulated loco is loosely based on the K1. It started life as a totally different model that was partly built by a club member which I inherited when he passed on. It started with the running boards and cab so I decided to try and build something from it and ended up with the K1.
They are all controlled by the old Peter Spoerer gear which is now Fosworks.
I also have a few wagons that were printed and some scratch built in other materials.
If it wasn't for 3d printing I would never have gotten into gauge 1 as to buy what I have would have cost me a fortune.
I hope this is of interest to some of you.

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Post by musket the dog » Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:03 pm

They all look fantastic, great to see printing being used to open up another one of the specialist scales.

I'd be interested to learn more about how you made your wheels, I've often wondered if I could achieve something similar. Did you turn the tyres yourself? Are they just glued onto the wheels, or is there some method of locating them in place?

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Post by philipy » Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:08 pm

Hi Ron, some very fine workmanship there. Please keep us up to speed on future projects.
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Post by Peter Butler » Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:21 pm

The articulated K1 is a masterpiece..... I love it!
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?

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Post by wsrbloke » Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:45 pm

Hi, thanks for the great comments, makes it all worthwhile and hope it's an inspiration to others to show what they can achieve.
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Post by Andrew » Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:18 am

I like those very much! Please do let us know how future projects progress - I'd love to see pictures of your locos at the head of a train...

All the best,

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Post by wsrbloke » Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:48 pm

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Hi,
this is my little tram engine I printed along with some early printed wagons. I've added some more since then so will post them later.

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Post by Lonsdaler » Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:42 pm

These are some wonderful looking engines and rolling stock Ron. You may not consider them 'finescale', but they easily pass the 'six foot test' . It would be great to see some running.
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Post by ge_rik » Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:19 am

Wonderful! The scaling looks fine enough for me as does the quality of finish. As you say, a cost effective way of getting into G1

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Post by BertieB » Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:37 am

Wow!

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Post by wsrbloke » Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:42 pm

Hi again,
these photos are of my Sentinel shunter which is scratch built from mainly ply with printed radiators and buffer stocks and the rest of my wagons. They are all printed except the bolsters which are built of ply with printed bogies, wheels and buffer stocks.
I don't know if I can include video on here as when I tried I got an error message. Can anyone help with this as I am reluctant to post on youtube.

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Post by philipy » Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:56 pm

wsrbloke wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:42 pm
I don't know if I can include video on here as when I tried I got an error message. Can anyone help with this as I am reluctant to post on youtube.
Ron, Sorry, it's not possible to post video's direct to the Forum, it uses too much bandwith. Everyone else posts to Youtube or another picture host.
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Re: My locos

Post by wsrbloke » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:08 pm

Hi,
o.k I thought as much.
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Re: My locos

Post by wsrbloke » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:13 pm

Hi, this is my other loco, a 5" gauge Class 27 diesel sitting on our club track ready to go.

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Re: My locos

Post by Peter Butler » Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:24 pm

You have one huge printer Ron!
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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:14 am

wsrbloke wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:13 pm Hi, this is my other loco, a 5" gauge Class 27 diesel sitting on our club track ready to go.

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I'm not a wild enthusiast of diesel locos, but ........... What a beauty! Wow! She looks immaculate.

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Re: My locos

Post by Scrat » Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:15 am

That Class 27 looks good.

My 5" gauge V200 (nicknamed Taigatrommel) also has several 3d printed parts.

Headlamp housings, brake valves,...

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Length over buffers is 1.65m.
Six axle-hung motors and a 24V 300Amp controller give her enough power to pull anything.

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Post by wsrbloke » Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:30 pm

Hi,
I must apologize as I should have said at the outset that my 27 was built from a kit a few years ago when I had a bit of spare cash, not printed. It is a Bexhill models one and I am sorry to say the owner Robin Neighbour has passed away after a fight with cancer. He actually delivered the kit personally and stayed and had a cuppa with us. He was a lovely chap. It also looks as though the site has been taken down too.
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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:08 pm

Ooooohh! This is all so tempting. But I really can't justify a 5" gauge loco ....... can I?

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Re: My locos

Post by Phil.P » Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:10 pm

ge_rik wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:08 pm Ooooohh! This is all so tempting. But I really can't justify a 5" gauge loco ....... can I?

Rik
No! Of course not!!

You need to go directly to 71/4" gauge.. :twisted: :twisted: :evil: :angry5:

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