>Dear Susan, You were going to build, or were building something, remember? I had a lot of the information i retained but my hard drive crashed and I lost it all! Was it not 1" or 1-1/2" scale American loco, a pacific or hudson? You were concerned as to how you were going to get it down from your attic workshop when it was finished. Your ongoing progress reports were very interesting with a lot of humour! The research you had done was inspirational, (just as the work you have done on the Cricket) - it made me decide that such a venture for me was in some fantasy land that I could never attain!!
I will be seeing Michael O'Rourke shortly, I'll show him your CAD and ask him to modify my Cricket accordingly - that is unlikely as he has retired, so I shall send it to you for the mods!!! With full confidence in you and your ability. Geoff. >Dear All, > >Um, at this rate I am actually going to have to build something! > >>> Some additional information and basic drawings now added to my Byers web >>> page. >>> >>> http://www.susan-parker.co.uk/susan-byers-industrial-locomotive-project.htm >> >> Hi Susan, Many thanks for the update. Any chance of a CAD for 1:20.3, >> the 'correct' scale for a 3 footer on 45mm? >> >> Best >> Sam E > >Hi Sam, > >Okay, a Gauge 1 + Gauge 3 version now up. > >This looks a nice size, not too many 49/1024ths etc. > >> ------------------------------ >> >> Thanks so much Susan! When you started the CAD drawings, did you start >> with the frame dimensions, or the cylinders? >> >> Terry Griner > >Hi Terry, > >To date I have used TurboCAD (when I started this project in August 2003 >it was version 9, now I am on version 12) and the program can import >images as backgrounds that one can then draw on top of. I used the low >resolution GIF files from the geared steam website. > >Now that I have the better drawings and the picture I will probably >restart from scratch and make anew as a fully parametric 3D drawing from >the get-go with Alibre Pro which has sheet metal facilities. > >All this takes time however and there is much to be said for just >heading up to my workshop and actually trying to make something from >what I already have, rather than just making fancy pictures! > >Best wishes, >Susan. >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
