03-21-2013, 06:54 PM
Pictures! Our camera has been fixed. And just in time, as the revised On3 truck arrived...along with the first HOn3 truck and an experimental box.
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On the left is the HOn3 truck, the right is the On3 truck. The frame on the On3 truck is about 1-5/16" long, the HOn3 is half that.
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You can just barely make out the star on the journal lid of the On3 truck. They are both exquisite.
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This is the experimental box. A set of scale HO grab irons (scale 1" diameter), a set of oversized On3 grab irons (scale 1.15" diameter), a thin wall, and a set of angle irons of various thicknesses (used as framing on OR&L steel boxcars).
Even in HO scale, you can print the grab irons in place. Probably not the best move for cars used in op-sessions, but it is easier to replace a few here and there as they break than to make and install brass ones. They are fairly flexible. Unfortunately, HOn3 boxcars would run around $50 each, and On3 boxcars upwards of $160, so I'll probably need to produce them in resin...which means that the grabs will have to be installed separately.
In the future, the prices will come down and my resin techniques can be sent to join the buggy whips...
The On3 truck is quite free-rolling. They HOn3 truck required a few tweaks which I'm incorporating into the for-sale version. I'm planning to upload them to Shapeways and offer them for sale in the next few days.
On the left is the HOn3 truck, the right is the On3 truck. The frame on the On3 truck is about 1-5/16" long, the HOn3 is half that.
You can just barely make out the star on the journal lid of the On3 truck. They are both exquisite.
This is the experimental box. A set of scale HO grab irons (scale 1" diameter), a set of oversized On3 grab irons (scale 1.15" diameter), a thin wall, and a set of angle irons of various thicknesses (used as framing on OR&L steel boxcars).
Even in HO scale, you can print the grab irons in place. Probably not the best move for cars used in op-sessions, but it is easier to replace a few here and there as they break than to make and install brass ones. They are fairly flexible. Unfortunately, HOn3 boxcars would run around $50 each, and On3 boxcars upwards of $160, so I'll probably need to produce them in resin...which means that the grabs will have to be installed separately.
In the future, the prices will come down and my resin techniques can be sent to join the buggy whips...The On3 truck is quite free-rolling. They HOn3 truck required a few tweaks which I'm incorporating into the for-sale version. I'm planning to upload them to Shapeways and offer them for sale in the next few days.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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