MGWR 7 ton van

[Mol_PMB]

Very nice - I am tempted by a 4mm scale one when you go into production

Because you have printed it flat, the layer lines on the horizontal planks don't look out of place - they could be wood grain.

If it were mine I'd lightly sand the outer faces of the vertical timber ribs to remove the layer lines where they run across the grain. Only a few minutes work, hopefully.

[Rob R]

Beware, there are a million and one more variables to play with in FDM printing than resin - you still need a bigger bin.....

1 minute ago, Mol_PMB said:

Very nice - I am tempted by a 4mm scale one when you go into production

Because you have printed it flat, the layer lines on the horizontal planks don't look out of place - they could be wood grain.

If it were mine I'd lightly sand the outer faces of the vertical timber ribs to remove the layer lines where they run across the grain. Only a few minutes work, hopefully.

Unpainted,  you can't see the layer lines in the flesh.

Lets see what it looks like with a coat of paint.

Might print a 4mm one tomorrow.

 

[jhb171achill]

I'd definitely be interested in one of those in 00 scale!

[Maitland]

The layer lines give it a bit of a wood effect. But at some point the buffer holes vanished. I'll fix that in Github.

Flying Snail, I'd lay off that diesel wine. Even Co-op screwtop tastes better.

 

V0.3 with buffer holes now in Github.

Edited 15 hours ago by Maitland

[Rob R]

10 minutes ago, Maitland said:

 But at some point the buffer holes vanished. I'll fix that in Github.

Doh!

I didn't spot that!

[Colonel]

Looks fantastic, so well done that man who did the artwork. However, as it seems with all 3D printing, the issue is time, so if we all want Rob to do a few, I suspect there might be a long wait.

 On the other hand, how much is a 3D printer and if the process of home printing is becoming a realistic proposition, are we about to cross a Rubicon in modelling where what we do in future is not buy kits to make models that are unlikely to be mass produced, but buy files to print them ourselves?

 The issue will then be how popular a model might be, because the more it is, the more a larger manufacturer might step on the toes of the file artist, leading to legal issues about rights of production.

 Nevertheless, when prints can look as good as this AND be readily adaptable to other scales, then exciting times are ahead.

 

[Maitland]

Be patient, I'm waiting on a (4mm scale) resin print on a slowboat from China. I'll post photos when that's ready, but the design is evolving, it's in debug stage at the moment (see above). I think for most people who only want a small number occasionally, outsourcing is likely the best option. 

[Rob R]

The first stage is drawing the CAD. 

Well, not just drawing, it needs designing to suit the production process. It is time consuming but satisfying and can be done by anyone with a half decent pc or laptop. Accurate prototype information helps a lot, there are loads of cad files out there, not always the freebies, that look nothing like the real thing.

Having done the CAD you can always contract out the printing - there will always be a club or forum member willing to test it out for you.

As for a bigger manufacturer pushing in, it is likely that the home produced 3d print will have already saturated the market and just how many Cork and Macroom cattle trucks do we need anyway?

[Rob R]

After a quick squirt of primer.

I am starting a new thread "Irish Railways 3d printing" so we don't clutter up this thread with other stuff.

7 ton van on hold until the file gains some buffer holes.