I learned quite a bit about the capabilities of my less than $300 3D printer while working on the stockyard/feed lot project. So I decided to try designing & printing the passenger waiting room that will sit over the tracks. I was originally going to scratch build it from styrene (not my best talent) but felt that the 3D printer might be the right tool to accomplish this task.  The first picture shows the mockup of the building that was done last year that was used as a guide.  I also reviewed some pictures of the actual KC Union Station (not shown).

The next four pictures show the test print of the front and right side of the passenger waiting room.  It isn’t quite ready just yet as I need to fix some of the cornices, shorten the first section on the right about 3/8” and extend the third section about 7/8”.  The openings for the doors at the top of the stair ramps are correct both for the double doors that I have & the last step of the walkway. All of the window openings were designed to fit HO Grandt Line windows that I already have (#5112 for over the tracks on both the left (9 each) & right sides (9 each) and #5030 for the four windows on the front side). A picture of the doors is the last picture.  While some of the detail is not good for the doors, it is good enough for N-scale.  The doors are actually scaled from a model of Doctor Who’s Tardis.

The neat thing about designing these building parts is that once you are satisfied that the piece is correct for the right side, you can use the mirror function to create the same piece for the left side.  Anyway, I will be continuing to work on this project and post updates over the next few weeks.

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