Mossys 3D Models

Andy

Isn't Shapeways very expensive these days?

 

Paul

It's 52ft (364mm) over headstocks, either of the two body/chassis halves above would fit with a small degree of angling in two directions, run times at a guess 10-12 hours, like wise the roof would equally fit again with a 1012 hour run time. Yes the seats would be useful for my big Jim 4 wheelers, I might print a couple off to see what the fit is like, but I am still battling to draw the quadrants for Andy's project. Frankly everything I have tried has been an abject failure, so he may need to end up painting the quadrants and just using transfers for the lettering. I am in the middle of one final go.

 

Paul

One could go off smarty pants with M3 Max's, aren't they just show offs toys. If (very big if) I were to print it, I would print the chassis/body as a single print, upside down as a pimpley bottom texture to the internal floor wouldn't matter, obviously in 2 halves. That would make the volume needed for the body print roughly 62mm wide, 58mm high and 182mm long, while the roof volume would be 60mm wide. 16mm high and 182mm long. 4 prints each of about 10 hours or more plus all the bits and pieces probably another 4-5 hour run. Body print volume about 85ml per print.

 

Andy,

Surely the primary purpose of a forum like this isn't to do a "Look at me aren't I wonderful" but the free exchange of help, support and advice, which it provides by the bucket full. I know my way around pageplus, or at least thought I did, so offering to have a go for you was the obvious thing to do. I think I have chewed my way through close to a 100 pages of help text so far, but if I crack it, it may come in useful in the future. I don't think a straight on shot would help thanks, it's basically creating the black frame that's the problem, once that's done the rest would be the proverbial p-o-p.

 

Hi Paul,

I'm seriously impressed that you got so close, sadly I can't afford or have a lot of use for an M3 Max. If the chassis was printed separately that would save 6mm which would allow for a sensible lift but add 15 hours or so to the total print time. Just as an aside the 3 models of what became know as the B Set which I drew a couple of years ago and are 49ft long (343mm) would fit easily. A B set plus loco or an autocar plus BTP loco or 2 autocars top and tailed autocars with a BTP were common use formations of the NER and continued being standard formations into LNER days.

 

I think my forgetory is taking over from my memory. I knew I had modelled queen posts needed for the not to be printed, but couldn't think where, anyway after a bit of furtaling around I found them, in an obvious place, my 49ft chassis project, surprise surprise there was also a second design in the same folder - fox heavy bogie, I had to have a look and yep a model of a Fox bogie. After a bit of rummaging about I realised it has 8' 6" centres while the NER version has 8' centres, but a couple of hours work and we now have one side of a fox bogie with 8' centres. Perfect.

 

Paul

I think I will give it a go as it stands, but if necessary I will give your idea a go. I just need to figure out how to mount it and if it could be compensated.

 

I have fished out the assembly notes/diagrams for the D&S version and replicated Danny Pinnock's design just in resin, I think it will work, anyway my sewing is crap I'd have a right job attaching those snap ons to chassis and bogie. .