Re: Be a patron of the narrow gauge model building arts??

Posted by SteveG on Nov 01, 2021; 12:56pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Be-a-patron-of-the-narrow-gauge-model-building-arts-tp17065p17092.html

Looking at Ken Martin's excellent compilation of his C&Sng passenger car drawings, it seems there'd be some opportunities to reuse a lot of kit components across a number of cars, as the overall lengths over end-sills fall into pretty distinct clusters around 34, 40, and 42 feet, and the roofs fall into some clear groupings as well.
I was planning on bashing some of the HO MRGS roofs (with the clever separate clerestory windows) to appropriate lengths for a couple cars not otherwise available, and laser cutting sides as needed. Big problem with the sides is that to get appropriate relief of features (window frames, panes, surrounds, sheathing, chair rail, and fascia) you're talking a multi-layer sandwich of thin laser cut parts, which gets time-intensive in terms of both tooling and material. They are also not great candidates for 3D printing by themselves due to likely warping issues for both filament and resin processes, at least in my limited experience.

Steve Guty
Lakeway, TX