3D printing for the Dapol N Gauge Terrier Chassis
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The other day I was browsing the blogs seeking inspiration and stumbled across SNCF Stephen's excellent litte 3D printed Drasine project. This got me thinking about a small is beautiful approach to N gauge modelling. After all, 3D printing costs depend purely on cubic centimeters of 'stuff' used rather than complexity....
...so a small, fiddly model seems to offer the best value!
A while ago I bought three Dapol Terriers with an eye to using the chassis for some unspecific project, at some stage.
My thinking for using them will leave one as Dapol intended (it seems rude not to!), with a little detailling while another of them will become:
http://www.flickr.co...157616968231861
Great Western Railway 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive no. 813
(formerly Port Talbot & Docks Railway no. 26) http://www.gwr813.org/
Tonight I set to work with a disassembled Terrier (I tried running the superstructure-less chassis and adhesion is a predictable problem, the printed new bodyshell will need some voids for lead shot!) and began work using Google Sketchup. I have found myself progressing with suprising speed:
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