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Post by harborbelt70 on Feb 9, 2024 16:57:32 GMT
Yeahhhh, Not doing that! But thank for the info. One last thing - you mention getting Union Station car sides and they also sell additional parts like chassis details, "core kits" and passenger car roofs. I am just thinking that if a car roof of the necessary length is available it might be possible to fabricate a "hump" section to go on it. Photos of the prototype are certainly clear enough to show how this is constructed even if there are no precise dimensions. I am thinking seriously about this possibility, although the cost in time spent in drawing, cutting and assembling the parts would not be small.
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Post by jayhawk500 on Feb 12, 2024 18:35:46 GMT
I have a member on the other site willing to produce me the hump using his 3D printer. I just need to get the measurements, or try to convince the person making the HO car to allow me to use his files, or lastly build it from scratch. This, I dont want to do. For the Union Station parts, I'm in contact with Mark and he's helping me out as well. Thanks Chris
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Post by jayhawk500 on Apr 9, 2024 16:49:28 GMT
If anyone is still interested, please see the attached link to where I am in the process of this build. I have an OGRR member helping me with the 3D printing of the Hump. I have a feeling this will be a very time consuming process since it'll require printing the Hump in two pieces due to the size of the printer. ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/modeling-union-pacific-s-generator-car-upp-2066Until next time...
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 10, 2024 6:10:35 GMT
If anyone is still interested, please see the attached link to where I am in the process of this build. I have an OGRR member helping me with the 3D printing of the Hump. I have a feeling this will be a very time consuming process since it'll require printing the Hump in two pieces due to the size of the printer. ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/modeling-union-pacific-s-generator-car-upp-2066Until next time... Well, I am definitely still interested to the point that I have embarked on a project similar to yours although you are ahead of me in terms of car construction. I decided not to attempt to model the interior of the #2066 Power Car as I could not find any accurate representation of the diesel(s) inside it and the other parts of the interior are not particularly of interest to me in terms of what could be seen through the car windows. You can see what I have posted about this and the trials and tribulations of working with large 3D printed parts in the Side Shot Saturday Thread.
If you have sourced the same parts that I have from Union Station Products then you have probably already seen the attachment that came with them, which I have used to check measurements I had scaled from various photos of the Power Car. I have decided not to use 3D printing for the humpback structure, which is in fact constructed out of sheet metal and my version will primarily be based on sheet ABS. I may have an update on this in the next couple of weeks. I have worked out that the humpback is somewhat more than 44 feet long and have decided to take 11 inches or slightly more as the O scale equivalent. That of course is rather more than half the length of the car body. I saw your post on OGR and did not follow AlanRail's diagram measurements but if the structure is being printed in two parts that may explain his approach.
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