3D printed nuclear flask wagon OO scale

[mabbog]

I modelled and printed the kind of container used in the UK to transport nuclear waste flasks until recently. Of course they really go on dedicated wagons but I made these to fit on some Low-Macs I already had. You will need to resize the print to fit your needs. Can't guarantee the ratio of width to length to height is exactly right. First photo shows it before some weathering (the real ones are all filthy).

 

The file is on Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5380443  I include an SVG file with the decals if you want to print your own. Printed on an Elegoo Mars 2 with Elegoo resin.

 

It is very detailed but also quite fragile. Also pretty light so you probably need to attach it to your wagon in some way.

[bradfordbuffer]

On 24/05/2022 at 07:59, mabbog said:

I modelled and printed the kind of container used in the UK to transport nuclear waste flasks until recently. Of course they really go on dedicated wagons but I made these to fit on some Low-Macs I already had. You will need to resize the print to fit your needs. Can't guarantee the ratio of width to length to height is exactly right. First photo shows it before some weathering (the real ones are all filthy).

 

The file is on Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5380443  I include an SVG file with the decals if you want to print your own. Printed on an Elegoo Mars 2 with Elegoo resin.

 

It is very detailed but also quite fragile. Also pretty light so you probably need to attach it to your wagon in some way.

Hay thanks for the effort you have put into design flask and posting on thingiverse for others to enjoy....are you planning to do the flask carrier...I will defo be printing off for my 3mm scale

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[mjh]

Just to be clear, that isn't a flask, or a container.

This is the hood mechanism that goes over the flask. The triangular piece at one end is the fixed / latch end, the rest of the hood slides away so that the actual flask (that sits within - and below!) can be removed. There is a good picture here https://www.railwaygazette.com/freight/nuclear-decommissioning-authority-orders-flask-wagons/41734.article showing the hood slid right back and the flask being craned out from within.

Your model railway your rules of course, but it's not an equivalent representation of how the things work. 

[mabbog]

On 03/07/2022 at 12:48, mjh said:

Just to be clear, that isn't a flask, or a container.

This is the hood mechanism that goes over the flask. The triangular piece at one end is the fixed / latch end, the rest of the hood slides away so that the actual flask (that sits within - and below!) can be removed. There is a good picture here https://www.railwaygazette.com/freight/nuclear-decommissioning-authority-orders-flask-wagons/41734.article showing the hood slid right back and the flask being craned out from within.

Your model railway your rules of course, but it's not an equivalent representation of how the things work. 

You are quite right of course.  I used nuclear flask in the title to help people find it but the flask is actually inside the cover.