Thanks, Jim - I hadn't even thought of looking on Shapeways. The same builder
that did the Trinity gons also has equipment cabins (bungalows) in two
different sizes. I just contacted him to see if he will be making the S scale
Trinity available fo purchase.
Ken Ford
Aurora, IL
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Jim & Cheryl Martin <themartins@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys.
>
> Getting what one wants is one of the challenges and pleasures of this scale
> but
> I feel for the modern modellers who are too few in number to create critical
> mass for mass produced modern cars. This is supposed to be a builders scale,
> so
> scratch building modern cars out of styrene, or making masters for flat cast
> resin components may yield more results than waiting for a manufacturer to
> produce it. Modern equipment at least has few rivets and weld lines can be
> had
> from Archer decals.
>
> Modellers in other scales, HO, N, Z and even T are designing their own motive
> power and rolling stock for 3-D printing through Shapeways ( shapeways.com) in
> the Netherlands. Just for fun I scrolled through their 73 pages of railroad
> items and found the following: a 64-foot mechanical reefer; a whale belly
> tank
> car; Trinity 53 foot gon; a mill gon, a NS high side gon; and a number of
> modern
> hopper car designs. In motive power, someone has created a GP-38 body kit, a
> BQ
> 23-7 whatever that is, and a Fairmont speeder static model.
>
> Other items that caught my interest, although not modern, are Fox trucks, a
> D-8
> Caterpiller tractor, a Scenic Cruiser bus, Leslie rotary snowplough, and
> machine
> shop tools. It's also worth looking in Shapeways' vehicles catalogue for such
> things as late 40s IH trucks and 1:64 sprint cars.
>
> Nearly all of what I've mentioned is listed in other scales, but the guy who
> runs Shapeways has told us (S Scale Workshop) that anything listed can be
> printed out in S scale. Worst case scenario you have to do some extra
> detailing, and add ladders, brake gear, trucks, couplers, paint and decals,
> but
> hey, it beats starting from scratch.
>
> We ordered some double archbar truck frames in S from Shapeways and they're
> quite presentable, although not too free rolling.
>
> Just some thoughts that might be worth exploring. In fact I'm sure there are
> some computer savvy guys on this list who could be capable of creating their
> own
> files for cars that they want.
>
> Cheers
> Jim martin
>
>
>
>
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