MGWR 3 plank open wagon .stl file

[Rob R]

Subject to moderation I have uploaded the .stl file for my MGWR 3 plank open wagon body to the resources section.

It is just the body only, you will have to source your own W irons and fittings.

The file is to 1:64 scale (S scale) and has been printed successfully in resin.

It should up/down scale ok but I have not tried that myself.

Any questions, please fire away on here or pm me.

Enjoy.

 

Edit. The moderation has just approved. Thank You!!

 

 

[Westcorkrailway]

15 minutes ago, Rob R said:

Subject to moderation I have uploaded the .stl file for my MGWR 3 plank open wagon body to the resources section.

It is just the body only, you will have to source your own W irons and fittings.

The file is to 1:64 scale (S scale) and has been printed successfully in resin.

It should up/down scale ok but I have not tried that myself.

Any questions, please fire away on here or pm me.

Enjoy.

 

Edit. The moderation has just approved. Thank You!!

 

 

That would be a nice resource on here. I’d gladly upload some of the stuff I have made as 3MF files if anyone wants. Think a selection of stuff free for anyone to print would be a revolutionary game changer for Irish modelling, particularly in the niche Pre-CIE stuff! 

[Flying Snail]

3 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

That would be a nice resource on here. I’d gladly upload some of the stuff I have made as 3MF files if anyone wants. Think a selection of stuff free for anyone to print would be a revolutionary game changer for Irish modelling, particularly in the niche Pre-CIE stuff! 

Yes, I think you're absolutely right - it would really open up opportunities for those interested in the Irish scene

[Rob R]

The way I look at is that if anyone started to print my files and flogging the prints as their own:-

a, it would be good for the Irish modelling scene as a whole

B. they are very unlikely to get rich from it 

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[Flying Snail]

Given that it's such a niche scene, I think its also very likely that someone passing off another person's design as their own would be identified fairly quickly.

When I talk about opportunities - I'm really talking about individuals wanting to develop their own Irish layouts or use examples like @Rob R's MGWR wagon to learn CAD. I love reverse engineering things and understanding how they work, or why the designer made the choices they did. So my plan is to have a play with your design, use it to understand and learn from your approach to designing a wagon, then have a go at my own models.

 

[Rob R]

Start with components, (planks, end posts, nuts and bolts) to build up a library of bits.

For a simple open wagon, just draw a quarter of it and save some time.

Feel free to ask, no such thing as a dumb question. Loads of youtube tutorials for all the cad programs. Watch, learn, play. If you can, watch on one screen, pause and play cad on another.

It is very time consuming, very frustrating but very rewarding.

Printing on the other hand is a black art........

Rob

[Westcorkrailway]

36 minutes ago, Rob R said:

Start with components, (planks, end posts, nuts and bolts) to build up a library of bits.

For a simple open wagon, just draw a quarter of it and save some time.

Feel free to ask, no such thing as a dumb question. Loads of youtube tutorials for all the cad programs. Watch, learn, play. If you can, watch on one screen, pause and play cad on another.

It is very time consuming, very frustrating but very rewarding.

Printing on the other hand is a black art........

Rob

Learning CAD will make you want to chop your head off with a rusty hatchet, but it’s incredibly worthwhile skill. (and I’m in my early 20s, I’m supposed to be good with computers) 

 

I still have no idea how to print stuff. I just send a 3MF file to a friend of mine! 

[Rob R]

First thing to buy when you start printing is a MUCH bigger bin.

[Rob R]

Here are 3 MGWR opens, resin printed on my Elegoo Mars 2 pro, using a water washable resin (can't remember which), assembled and painted by Paul Greene and sat on the slowly progressing Broomebridge Junction.

[Mol_PMB]

16 minutes ago, Rob R said:

First thing to buy when you start printing is a MUCH bigger bin.

Of course the proponents of additive manufacture will talk about it being a much more efficient use of material because you don't end up with the bin full of swarf that a machining process would produce. No, you get a bin full of rejects instead! And most of these materials can't be recycled. But it's still a transformative technology now that it can be done at a domestic scale.

[Rob R]

A bin full of swarf can be recycled.

One of my college projects was costing a simple brass turning and it was cheaper to buy solid round bar and drill it out, selling on the extra swarf, than it was to buy thick walled round tube.

A full bin in the 3dp/modelling room is a good incentive to get it right (next time).

Paul (PMB), track bases going into the snail mail this afternoon.

R

[Mol_PMB]

Wonderful - many thanks!

[Broithe]

We had some big machines,  finishing 100-ton forgings. so there was quite a bit of swarf - on a Thursday night, you needed to be aware of the swarf train sneaking up on you, pulled by the yellow loco here - which someone had made a nameplate for - Tonka.

[Broadstone]

I salute Rob for taking this step and making his excellent design available for all. Rob has designed several British standard - gauge wagons in S for S Scale Model Railway Society members and they are generally held to be the best designed and printed within the Society. I was delighted when Rob said he was going to produce this MGWR 3 planker and it has turned out very, very well!

I'm sorry to say that my wagons are not finished yet. I need to letter them but am first going to tone down the satin black I have used to a dark grey. After lettering they will be weathered down - these were working wagons afterall that spent their life outside and being worked hard. I hope to hear of more of Robs wagons built in other scales.