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December 7, 2019 at 2:59 pm #6296peggyrothschildParticipant
Mike Huddleston, Missouri Pacific Historical Society member, has designed a 3D kit of the 1150-1158 LCL cabooses in HO. He sent me a ‘beta’ test kit to get some feedback and here’s some photos. Mike designed the end platforms, steps, railings and ladders to be a one piece parts. Due to limitations of his 3D printer the floor, roof and carbody are two pieces but they look fine after using some Tamiya putty. The stove jacks, toilet vents and brake components are amazingly sharp. The benefits of 3D printing is the Society doesn’t have to order a large run of kits and we’ll start with 10. Due to the nature of the 3D material the thinner parts are fragile and the modeler will have to sand some ridges in the roof and carbody but they disappear with 220 and 440 Emery paper and Tamiya’s Fine gray primer. Price will be $50 to members less trucks, couplers and decals. These unique MP cabooses were in service from 1938 to 1980. We won’t have these listed in the store until the kits arrive.
[attachment=2:2xti867q]4F07546B-9892-415B-9A9B-24EE170FCFC0.jpeg[/attachment:2xti867q][attachment=1:2xti867q]CF0976E3-B901-4CB6-A997-A075595E838A.jpeg[/attachment:2xti867q][attachment=0:2xti867q]A41AA32A-1D6A-4090-A260-3913BE7704E2.jpeg[/attachment:2xti867q]December 7, 2019 at 8:30 pm #9552bargetanikaParticipantNice. Are the 4 window wood cabooses (vertical AND horizontal siding) next.
Another good idea for 3 d printing: accurate spot class conversion boilers and oil bunkers for Bachmann consolidations and similar conversion boilers for the Bachmann decapod along with the odd curved-back oil bunkers, and doghouses for both. If 10 is the minimum, I’m good for 4.
December 26, 2019 at 10:28 pm #9570peggyrothschildParticipantMike has finished the instructions for the new caboose kit and they are on Mopac.org just click on the url below. To reduce the cost of the kit the instructions will only be available on the web. Builders of the kit can print them off at home if they’d like.
http://mopac.org/images/BL_Cab_Instructions.pdf
Each kit takes 4 1/2 hours for Mike print so our initial run of these is 10 kits. To ensure all interested parties get a model we’d ask initially just order one from the company store. We’ll restock as these are sold.
A huge thanks to Mike Huddleston for designing these kits and printing these.
December 27, 2019 at 2:51 am #9572princessclyne69ParticipantThis looks very promising. Now I understand the comment about two pieces.
RG7
December 27, 2019 at 5:36 pm #9573jymrpvzdnskxnqtcParticipantwill decal set 87-301 work for these cars?
Joe
December 28, 2019 at 12:36 pm #9574peggyrothschildParticipantJoe
There’s a few photos in the MP caboose book starting on page 65 that show the small buzz saw so I’d have to say yes.December 31, 2019 at 4:01 pm #9577elsaanderson820Participantthose went by fast.
Is there a waiting list?January 1, 2020 at 6:13 pm #9578peggyrothschildParticipantNo, as each kit takes 4.5 hours to print and I’m not sure when they’ll be back in stock. Just watch the bulletin board for an announcement.
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