2014/08/22

Additional work on the Interurban Box Motor

Some last details like frame bolts were added to the model of the C&LE Box Motor #622.

Some parts were adjusted to ensure printability.

The light blue part is the radial coupler head, designed for normalized NEM couplers. 

2014/07/04

Fort Wayne - Lima Interurban Combine #91 painted and lettered

Paul Mayer (shoreline decals) has built my Fort Wayne - Lima Combine to perfection and striped and lettered it as # 91 with the decals he made for my car.

This reminds me that I have to finish a lot of my own models, even if I would not meet this perfection.


2014/06/16

Budd RDC with Dension WIRC Wlan remote controller

HO scale RDC with traction battery, on board camera  and remote control
Not really "traction", but close...

Next step is to put all this stuff in an Interurban car.

For the earlier steps please look here and here 

Selfie shot by the on board camera

2014/05/14

Indianapolis Traction Terminal - towards printable 3D drawings


Postponed but not forgotten, the pharaonic project is on track again: this stone structures of the Indianapolis Traction Terminal are all redrawn ​​for 3D printing in H0 scale. The steel structure of the train sheet could be realized in etched brass or laser cut materials. 

But as in antiquity, it will take time...