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I have a passion for industrial steam and have had a Tenshodo Spud Mechanism in my spares box from a tram kit for ages so I looked for a project. It was to be a planet diesel but then I found this on Shapeways......

 

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My son,who used 3D printing alot was disappointed that I did not order the super fine detailed print but I think that it matches the quality of anything I would have made myself so I am not too worried about a little sanding.It looks like buffers and handrails are all that is needed and taming the spud with DCC.

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That's nice, but I never found the Spuds to behave very well on DCC.

 

Perhaps it all depends on the chip you use - I'd be interested to know how it works out for you.

 

I would have thought that as spuds and chips are basically the same thing there wouldn't be any problems!

 

Mike.

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Looking forward to seeing the progress on this...

Me too,the Shapeways delivery system appearstttotbe"strap the item to a glacier and wait for it to arrive at it's destination. I could post a pic now but a bare Tenshodo Spud is not too inspiring! lol

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Me too,the Shapeways delivery system appearstttotbe"strap the item to a glacier and wait for it to arrive at it's destination. I could post a pic now but a bare Tenshodo Spud is not too inspiring! lol

 

Did it ever arrive? Would like to see any progress.

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Hi Simon, I appreciate that this thread is now over 11 months old but I was also thinking about purchasing the sentinel. Did yours ever arrive ? If it did , would you recommend the finer printing against the standard.

Thanks  Allan

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Just followed up on this and visited the Shapeways page where it is stated that the finish is not very good - but no mention of a super fine detailed print.  A lot less expensive than an etched kit but does it make up well?

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