Joined: 08/01/2023(UTC) Posts: 24 Location: England, Pevensey
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Just as a way of after thought, I was toying with the idea of using a "shorty" as a power unit and putting it in to a Marklin body or even a carriage/guards van/ or other rolling stock or milling out ( Rotary tool out) an Atlas editions minitrains static model or even a VW camper as Marklin has. Just thinking for a town scene where trans /rail cars use the same sections. Any ideas welcome.
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Joined: 09/10/2015(UTC) Posts: 581 Location: England, Cambridge
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Originally Posted by: Chas  Just as a way of after thought, I was toying with the idea of using a "shorty" as a power unit and putting it in to a Marklin body or even a carriage/guards van/ or other rolling stock or milling out ( Rotary tool out) an Atlas editions minitrains static model or even a VW camper as Marklin has. Just thinking for a town scene where trans /rail cars use the same sections. Any ideas welcome. It's quite easy to extend the shorty chassis if you feel the need and you can buy Marklin style couplers as well, so it's not a bad option. Only one of the bogies is powered but one pair of the wheels is fitted with traction tyres, so haulage isn't bad, especially if you add a bit more weight. The biggest problem, in my opinion, is that the wheelbase of the bogies is quite short and the bogie sideframes quite small, so they do look a bit out of proportion with a regular 1:220 body. I have used shorty chassis with 3D printed body shells to reasonable effect so there is certainly some potential there. Here's a picture of where I got to with it  and here is a picture of the modified chassis underneath  Hope this is of help Chris
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Joined: 08/01/2023(UTC) Posts: 24 Location: England, Pevensey
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Thanks a great help. I have been looking at buying a 3D printer, I am going to investigate further.
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Joined: 09/10/2015(UTC) Posts: 581 Location: England, Cambridge
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Originally Posted by: Chas  Thanks a great help. I have been looking at buying a 3D printer, I am going to investigate further. Admittedly, my experience is about five years out of date, but I have pretty much given up with 3d printing for this kind of thing. Filament printers are too coarse to give the detail needed for Z scale and however hard I tried I couldn't clean up resin prints well enough to reveal the detail adequately and consistently. Added to that, the cured resin tends to be quite brittle and not really suitable for body shells. It's great for detailing items and even things like tunnel portals and bridges, but I could never get satisfactory results for rolling stock. Cheers Chris
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