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Yesterday, I received the first beta print of the Fort Wayne - Lima Traction Lightweight Combine.
The first and biggest surprise was the pilot, 3D printed in brass. The quality of this print done by i.materialise in Belgium is amazing! The pilot bars are only 0.5 mm thick.
This means that in the future, ANY detail of a car could be reproduced within 3D technology, and that even a second rated craftsman like me could build a first class H0 model ...
The only shadow: brass printing is expensive, with high fix costs. But a whole car kit (without motor) will remain in a reasonable prize range.
The second surprise was that I am not so bad as an engineer. All comes together: car body, frame, truck frames...
Cannibalizing a Bowser PCC, this car is mounted in less than one hour. There are just some holes who must be widened, I will perhaps fix some issues in the final version.
You can even reuse the Bowser circuit board and lighting. The car is running smooth, even through curves with a radius of 16 centimeters.
The third surprise is that I have lost the riveting when exporting the file for printing. But there are just some parameters to change, and the hard weeklong riveting work will reappear
This is very exciting. It must give you a lot of satisfaction to see another project come together. Hope you find the rivets!
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Thanks! I found the rivets, and added even some more ... ;-)
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