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Irish Interlude - a 3d printer Cavan and Leitrim coal wagon


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So Phil asked 'Could your gadgetry print wagon bodies' and attached a photograph of a Cavan and Leitrim 3' gauge 4-plank coal wagon and a 2D drawing he'd made. Well I couldn't let that challenge go could I? Over the course of the festive season we have bounce various images and drawing back and forth as I hopefully got closer to the prototype. Photographs are somewhat elusive, I don't think many people who got to travel on the C&L bothered taking pictures of mundane old coal wagons. This one is an unusual prototype with a pair of hinged doors on each side - quite how the middle section of the side stayed up is a bit of a mystery, there is some metal bracing on the inside and outside but it all looks a bit sketchy to me.

 

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The wagons is about 60mm x 30mm in 4mm scale and I added some internal support to help prevent any warping of the sides.

I took some advice from RMweb about print orientation and support and the first results came out pretty well. There is a slight diagonal line on one end which will disappear with a little sanding and paint.

 

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Once the support structure was removed the body sits square on the deck and I think should paint up quite nicely. I think I might slightly reduce the length of the bolts, I didn't know how they would come out and I might slightly increase the depth of the gap in the planks to make it more visible.

 

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The body is designed to fit onto an etched chassis which includes the solebars. There is a recess in the buffer beams on the inside to accept this.

 

All in all a rather fun little project.

 

Now, about this weird van with a tarpaulin roof.....

 

David

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The diagonal line in the 4 wagons I've designed ALWAYS turns out on one side.  I've tried every orientation under the sun and it's futile.  

 

Is why currently they are a Shapeways only item.

 

 

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