Plymouth 2 1/2 ton at 1/13.7 scale

[franckcombe]

My Friend Bill Martinsen build a Plymouth 2 1/2 tons at 1/13.7 scale. He has always the flair to find good model with a strong character. His model inspires me a lot. Bill Martinsen kindly send me datas and photos of the models.

I choose to build it with my friend Jean-Pierre Duval two Plymouths (one for each) because we have complementary competencies and we find fun to build it in common. We decided to build them in 3D and 2d with CNC machine in order to gain time and eventually to share it with other modelers. Jean-Pierre Duval is a talentuous modeler in 3D / 2D, he has already built a lot of locos at various scales.

This is the model from advertising



This is the true model



This is the version made by Jean-Pierre Duval





For those who are interesting to do the plymouth, they can order the various parts on theses links

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[railohio]

Hey, I've sat in that real one!

[franckcombe]

Hey, I've sat in that real one!

You are lucky, if you have any photos I will be interested.

[FCIN]

Franck;

Here are three photos I took of the little 2.5 ton Plymouth in Marion on June 12, 2013. Hope they are of some use:             The little Plymouth's, Whitcomb's, etc. have always interested me and I have a couple of large scale brass models of them myself. They usually run around the Christmas tree hauling a string of dump cars full of M&M's

[franckcombe]

Thanks a lot for the pictures.

Jean-Pierre draws a general view of the loco and in a near future will post a complete and detail drawing for the locos

The link for the drawing is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://jpduval.free.fr/Plymouth-2T5/Plymouth-2T5.PDF">http://jpduval.free.fr/Plymouth-2T5/Plymouth-2T5.PDF</a><!-- m -->

You can also visit his web site specialized in live stream garden loco <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://jpduval.free.fr/">http://jpduval.free.fr/</a><!-- m --> (the web site is in french but you may find many interesting drawings)

[franckcombe]

We had received the printing







We are satisfied by the quality.

[franckcombe]

Jean-Pierre has updated the drawings at scale for the chassis;

Here the link http://jpduval.free.fr/Plymouth-2T5/Plymouth-2T5.PDF

[Kev1340]

That is a neat prototype! The castings look to have come out very well, no doubt due to the quality of the 3D drawings

I shall enjoy watching your progress with this project.

Cheers,

Kev

[franckcombe]

The project advances : the cnc parts are glued together.

[modelsof1900]

We had received the printing







We are satisfied by the quality.

Franck, what is this for material? FUD? Can you write a few more explanations about handling and processing, please?

I have worked with printed pole pockets and I'm not very satisfied.



The material is hard and extremely brittle. Because I have the pole pokets glued on a background so the parts are well usable.
All in all I would say that FUD is not the best material for the fine model building.

[franckcombe]

We had received the printing







We are satisfied by the quality.

Franck, what is this for material? FUD? Can you write a few more explanations about handling and processing, please?

I have worked with printed pole pockets and I'm not very satisfied.





The material is hard and extremely brittle. Because I have the pole pokets glued on a background so the parts are well usable.
All in all I would say that FUD is not the best material for the fine model building.

I'm sorry but I don't understand what is your real question ? What do you mean by FUD ? Please may you re phrase it, my English is a little rusty ?

[modelsof1900]

Franck, sorry for missunderstanding.
FUD = Frosted Ultra Detail - that is a special name for that resin that Shapeways used for its 3D-printed parts. And this resin is a hard and very brittle material.
I think, that you will not be printed by Shapeways? And so you will recive also an other matarial for your parts? How can you work with this?
My interest is to receive small and free-standing super detailing parts for cars and steam engines, which are no longer available as brass parts. And so these 3D-printed parts should not break and sliver at the first touch and they should be workable with normal metal tools, like drilling, filing, grinding.
Please write about your experiences in handling and processing with your 3D-printed parts. Thanks.

[franckcombe]

Franck, sorry for missunderstanding.
FUD = Frosted Ultra Detail - that is a special name for that resin that Shapeways used for its 3D-printed parts. And this resin is a hard and very brittle material.
I think, that you will not be printed by Shapeways? And so you will recive also an other matarial for your parts? How can you work with this?
My interest is to receive small and free-standing super detailing parts for cars and steam engines, which are no longer available as brass parts. And so these 3D-printed parts should not break and sliver at the first touch and they should be workable with normal metal tools, like drilling, filing, grinding.
Please write about your experiences in handling and processing with your 3D-printed parts. Thanks.

We printed from shapeways. The pieces are quite strong for printed, I agree it's not brass.

The chassis plus the hood

[franckcombe]

Here the 2 versions of the motorization with the correct bolt and nuts on the chassis.

[e-paw]

looks good , What type of glue are you using on the printed parts?