Pushing the new 3D printer today. Sometimes the stars align, not perfectly, but enough to show you the way forward.
For those who have no idea what it is I'll explain and save y'all looking back in the thread, it's a Br110 cab module, Germanys most prolific class of electric locomotive, they come in two flavours, standard cab and this, the Bugelfaltre which roughly translates to crease stemming from the ridge running down the middle of the cab.
I've wanted a Bugelfaltre for as long as I can remember and kits are non existent, I don't think there's even a RTR version, not unless you want to part with several thousand £££.
Drawing it up in CAD was a challenge but the hobby printer failed miserably and I'd all but given up of ever making one.
But, the new printer does a much better job, it's not perfect by along short, some mild warpage and I've not built in any sacrificial edges to help that and aid post clean up. One of the windscreen recesses has blown through and the left side window openings are a little rough on the top edge, not big issues as there's a thin etch with rubber beading designed to fit in the windscreen and quarter lights.
Initially I was going to just mount this on an etch frame but looking at the 1:1 photo (Hamburg in my youth spotting days) it'll be better if I add the lower section as well plus the door step recess, I'll also add the gutter strip and more details.
The door window now needs an internal recess to take the window and a design revision to stop the top edge being so rough.
So, for a rough throw it in the printer and see what happens I'm more than pleased, actually that's a bit of a gross understatement
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