The rotary coupler: Since it's a semi-working dummy and detail below .3 mm is not required it should be feasible in the more durable 3D materials....
Yep, I'm the one with the trucks, oodles of them. send me your contact info offline and I'll send you some. There are descriptions on Shapeways...
If your MS Word is part of the MS Office suite, check into using PowerPoint. Like Publisher it has an "insert wordart" fuction (the tilted 'A' at...
Hmm, steel underfloors, long bodies, cast steel trucks. Only thing remotely pre1910 would be parts of the caboose body. However it's probably not...
Sven, if you shift up to the mid 1870s you'll find many of the western railroads already started. CP, SP, Virginia & Truckee and the early...
There are a few sources for 19th century figures. In plastic Model Power makes a set they call Steam Era People, p/n 1343, that includes two...
I've made tenders, but not round ones. Fortunately whalebacks have a single curved section so should be fairly easy to design with a simple free...
That's interesting. Last I'd heard MMM mentioned was when they initially offered their 3D print service about 6 years ago. I'd assumed they'd gone...
Sally, Congratulations on finishing the layout and posting photos! You've inspired me to get out to the Hobby Lobby and buy some more tie wood for...
Shawn, Those wheels are definitely the Atlas MT replacement metal wheels. They came semi-blackened (still shiny like dark chrome) and were early...
