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- Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: International Brotherhood of Livesteamers site - wheels and common components
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34344
Re: International Brotherhood of Livesteamers site - wheels and common components
Hi, sounds like a great project, I especially like the use of git and FreeCAD. I'm very interested in the traction motors and pantographs, what scale are you working in? Have you considered creating a project on GitHub to get the ball rolling and then later IBLS could potentially fork it or link to ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:17 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Where can I find plans for a speeder?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2734
Re: Where can I find plans for a speeder?
There was an article in Modeltec magazine, I want to say in the '80s with drawings. I don't know where you might find it now though. You might be thinking of the Modeltec August 1984 issue, it has a nice picture of a speeder on the front page titled "Build this FAIRMONT SECTION CAR". You ...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:53 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: New steel wheels being offered
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16723
Re: New steel wheels being offered
Interesting, I've also been trying to print out some wheels and should give that a try. The fillets in Rhino are OK for simple things, buy trying to re-create shapes like castings with complex curves seems impossible. I've also had to bring my models into third party programs for the fillet work. Th...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:45 am
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: New steel wheels being offered
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16723
Re: New steel wheels being offered
Looks nice! Do you get a better surface finish with that orientation?
Also great to see the Moi/NURBS work, do you know if MoI is any better at handling fillets than Rhino?
Also great to see the Moi/NURBS work, do you know if MoI is any better at handling fillets than Rhino?
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:14 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Diesel Locomotive Drawing List
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10576
Re: Diesel Locomotive Drawing List
Hi, Here are a couple more: ALCO RS-3 Mainline Modeler August 1984 EMD F-3 A&B Model Railroader Diesel Plan Package (rare) FT A&B Model Railroader Diesel Plan Package (rare) GE 44-Ton Model Railroader May 1955 There is also of course the Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 2 - Diesel Locomoti...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Got an "old tyme" loco on 3 1/2" gauge? You need these!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6649
Re: Got an "old tyme" loco on 3 1/2" gauge? You need these!
Nice CAD model! How do you like working with MoI?
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:09 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: SP NG Diesel #1 (GE 50T) - Triennial or Bust
- Replies: 229
- Views: 113585
Re: SP NG Diesel #1 (GE 50T) - Triennial or Bust
Hi, I'm not sure sure if you are still looking for photo references but I just saw this nice side view come up in one of the ebay sellers I follow: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacific-Narrow-Gauge-Diesel-Loco-1-Original-Slide-Southern-Pacific-SP/202256098025?hash=item2f176722e9:g:lKYAAOSwvP9ap...
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: All Things CAD and CAM
- Topic: Fusion 360 file for 5” wheels
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14527
Re: Fusion 360 file for 5” wheels
Hi,
I’m not sure this has exactly what you are looking for, but there are a number of Fusion 360 drawings of wheel profiles on the IBLS website:
http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?tit ... l_Standard
I’m not sure this has exactly what you are looking for, but there are a number of Fusion 360 drawings of wheel profiles on the IBLS website:
http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?tit ... l_Standard