Here is my last train car for a while. It is the Cattle Car.
Yes, I made some cows and hay stack to put into the Livestock Car. And, the door actually opens.
Model Train
3D Print – Caboose
Even though it is the last car on a train, it is the 3rd car in my train series, the Caboose. After looking several train cars, I redesign the wheel attachment. I named the train the “Midnight Express” because the entire train will be print in black.
I place items inside the car. Table chairs, stove, sink, bench, barrels, crates, and platforms to look out the top windows to view the entire train.
The ladders are not fitting together quite right, but these are delicate.
The next car will be the passenger car. I believe the train will need a box car and a cattle car. Do I need a tank car? Were they in use when trains ran off of coal. May be a log car and a sleeper car. There many of choices.
Object Size (W, D, H): 27, 136.43, 62.51 mm
3d Print – Coal Car
This is the 2nd train car I designed in my effort to print a train. The first car was the engine. Link: Train Engine
The Coal Car was fun to design. Instead of spending hours on Tinkercad finding the right shape for the coal container (I didn’t want a box), I duplicated the same shape and just slightly increase the size until I had the height I wanted.
The joint to connect the Engine with the Coal Car actually worked. It was tested previously, but to see it function was amazing.
Object Size (W, D, H): 25, 55.97, 42 mm
3d Print – Train Engine
One of my projects in the 3D Printing world is to design and print a train; Train Engine, Coal Car, Passenger Car, Cargo Car, etc. I am not particularly into trains, but I thought it would be a fun project. I’ve based the size of the train after Gn15 Model Train scale. It specifies a train track gauge of 16.5 mm.
Only two of the cars have been completely designed and just finished printing the Train Engine, after several false starts. The train is not a copy of any one train. I used components I liked from many trains and incorporated them into the design.
A colored version of the Train Engine can be viewed on Tinkercad link: Train Engine. Minor modifications where made for a successful print of the train. The train was printed using supports (everywhere settings). The carefully removal of the supports took time.
The wheels of the train were printed separately because I wanted them to be able to spin.
I even put chairs and gauges in the car to give the train character. The grid on the platform was not part of the designed. It was remnants of the support structure. Instead of smoothing it out, I thought is provided a nice effect.
Train Engine:
Print Time: 3 hours 53 minutes
Filament: PLA – 4.11 meters 33 grams
Layer height: 0.1 mm
Shell Thickness: 0.8
Object Size (W, D, H): 33.468, 151.55, 60.503 mm
Wheels:
Print Time: 55 minutes
Filament: PLA – .45 meters 4 grams
Layer height: 0.1 mm
Shell Thickness: 0.8
Once I completed the entire train, I will make the .STL files available on youmagine.com.
Tinkercad.com deserves created for provide me the resources to create!
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