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More 3D printed Irish wagons (and a J17 back-head)


Fen End Pit

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I had the opportunity over the last few weeks to model up a batch of Cavan and Leitrim four wheel vans. These started out as rather odd wagons, with an external wooden frame and a central section of roof left open to be covered with a tarpaulin. Apparently they  doubled up as both general goods vans and cattle wagons depending on weather it was cattle market day! As with all things C&L they were rebuilt over the years and the appearance in later years depended very strongly on who was in the workshop during the rebuild - it seems no two are the same.

 

I've printed these at .03mm layer resolution on my Phrozen Sonic Mini 4K, print time was about 5 hours for the 3 wagons, I could have got 4 on the plate bed if I hadn't added another little project. I think this is called getting the maximum out of one print run. I've not done any clean up on these other than to remove the support structure, the bottom etches will need a bit of tidying up with a file.

 

For reference these wagons as in 4mm scale for 3' narrow gauge and each wagon is ~ 62mm x 30mm x 32mm

 

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First up with have a van with full external framing, full length centre doors and sun roof.

 

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Next we have one with a drop down section and diagonal bracing on the centre doors.

 

 

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Finally we have a later rebuild with a lowered complete roof, planked centre doors and the original ventilation planks replaced.

 

 

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These will be delivered to the chassis workshop soon to be married with some etched chassis. This has been a fun little project and I look forward to seeing what the C&L (North Essex division) makes of them.

 

At the same time I also drew up the back-head detail for my J17, this came out pretty well only I didn't allow enough space for the rear wheels (doh!). I think I'll probably add a few more pipe runs but I'm struggling to find any pictures of J17 back-heads.

 

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I'm very impressed with the Phrozen Aqua-Grey 4K resin, it does appear to print very nicely.

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At first glance I thought these were 7mm scale!  The detailing is very nice indeed for 4mm.  The Aqua Grey resin clearly does a good job.  I thought the 'Aqua' in the name might imply a less toxic material but I see from the data sheet that it still requires careful handling.  That is the aspect that has put me off all these optical cured-resin printers.

 

One of the things I like about 3D printing is that it's usually easy to correct mistakes.  I'm sure it won't be too difficult to accommodate the rear wheels of your J17.

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