Re: Type C/UP trucks
Posted by Michael York on Apr 24, 2020; 5:29pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15560.html
Here's how I do it...
Match the photo....
Trace the photo.
And then, if you wish to scale it, you select everything and make it a "component".
copy and paste the component elsewhere in the workspace (select "move" and then press the [ctrl] key so it will copy the part instead of simply move it. Add dimensions and then scale it up until the dimensions match. In this case, I used the ratio of the car's width to slightly wider than the 3' gauge to locate the plane in which the wheels are located. Then, after locating them based on the journal boxes (not perfect for the centers of the wheels, but correct for their relative spacing), I extended these points out to the plane of the car sides and extended those lines upwards. I took the board spacing from the left end and moved it down the length of the car to the end with the exposed truck.
I did get ~24" for the wheels in that photo.
For HOn3, we could do 24" wheels, but Kadee only makes 26" so we'd need a different source. My last trip to Denver, 4.5 years ago, I attempted to purchase some 24" HOn3 wheelsets or Blackstone wheelsets, but they were out of stock. This isn't an issue for On3.
In fact, I've actually experimented successfully with remounting Kadee's 24" On30 wheels onto new axles for nicely detailed metal On3 wheelsets. I used styrene tubing and brass rod to create doulble insulated shoulder axles.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15560.html
Here's how I do it...
Match the photo....
Trace the photo.
And then, if you wish to scale it, you select everything and make it a "component".
copy and paste the component elsewhere in the workspace (select "move" and then press the [ctrl] key so it will copy the part instead of simply move it. Add dimensions and then scale it up until the dimensions match. In this case, I used the ratio of the car's width to slightly wider than the 3' gauge to locate the plane in which the wheels are located. Then, after locating them based on the journal boxes (not perfect for the centers of the wheels, but correct for their relative spacing), I extended these points out to the plane of the car sides and extended those lines upwards. I took the board spacing from the left end and moved it down the length of the car to the end with the exposed truck.
I did get ~24" for the wheels in that photo.
For HOn3, we could do 24" wheels, but Kadee only makes 26" so we'd need a different source. My last trip to Denver, 4.5 years ago, I attempted to purchase some 24" HOn3 wheelsets or Blackstone wheelsets, but they were out of stock. This isn't an issue for On3.
In fact, I've actually experimented successfully with remounting Kadee's 24" On30 wheels onto new axles for nicely detailed metal On3 wheelsets. I used styrene tubing and brass rod to create doulble insulated shoulder axles.
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