Modeling Union Pacific's Generator Car UPP #2066

Added riveting to the hump:

taking a closer look you see the "double-riveting" that is present on the actual hump;

The vents and circular fan grates not shown will have riveting as well around the perimeters.

next step is to print (16 hours)  as shown in a prior post above.

That's so cool. Getting excited! But maintaining my composure.

Hi @AlanRail,

This is really impressive work you are doing. I just recently got hooked on the Big Boy Tour Trains and when looking closely at the cars in a typical train there are 5 "baggage" modified cars, usually one if not two with some form of POWER for electricity to the passenger cars or to the engine itself in backup. Youi would think Lionel would have attempted cars like that for tjhosd of us wanting models closer to prototypical form Big Boy consists.

Great work - looking forward to seeing your progress.

Does it take a huge learning curve to do this printing? Wow though what you can do with that skill.

- Ken Gillig

Ken

With Chinese and other 3D resin printers being realatively cheap, these printers are more affordable now than ever.  There are FREE 3D modeling software programs available, so that's not an expense, too.

There are on-line tutorials to use these programs and printers most of which are free.

Most of my designs use 2D models made off of photos then extruded into the 3rd dimension to form a 3D model.

For example, Gunrunner John, OGR's resident electronics expert told me, not too long ago, that designing and making 3D models was "way-out-of-his wheelhouse. He bought a 3D printer, got into some 3D modeling software and look at the 3D jeeps and other things he is now making!!

He is not the only one here.

Join us!

OOPS.

Reviewing my first model, it  was way too thin in parts. So in an effort to correct I extruded out certain sections thicker.

Sometimes this works.  And other times the re-skinned model confuses the slicer program which in turn screws up the print.

I revised the model as I should have done the first time, and will re-print.