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The Bridges at the Tulsa Union Depot - Part 2: Road Surface Journals/Blogs
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Super User 753 posts jmt99atsf Super User 753 posts
jmt99atsf

 

This is a continuation of the work on the bridges that are both sides of the Tulsa (aka Elizabeth City on my layout) Union Depot. This station is on the upper level of the center peninsula on my layout.

This time I am working on the road surface of the bridges adding some of the sidewalks and road striping (using Highways N Byways graphics). The road surface (110mm wide X 24" long) is cut from a 2mm thick ABS sheet. The sidewalks are cut from 2mm thick foam sheets (I get them from Joanne Fabrics).

Remember that all of the bridge sub-structure is 3d printed to include the concrete railings using an XYZPrinting daVinci 1.0 Pro. The 3d designs were all created using Tinkercad. I also use the Simplify3D slicing software to communicate the design to the 3d printer

Modeling the ATSF Paradigm Division in N-Scale 

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filip timmerman Super User 1,380 posts
filip timmerman

In metric

Hi John,

A nice project you're working on.

Easy to follow since you give the measurements in metric.

looking forward to see the bridge in place.

Bon courage!

Filip
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GNNPNUT Frequent poster 508 posts
GNNPNUT

Great 3D printed projects

It is encouraging to see all of the great projects that you have 3D printed for your railroad.  Great job!

Regards,

Jerry

 

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jmt99atsf Super User 753 posts
jmt99atsf

N Scale & Metric

Hi Filip,

Most of what I have to do in N Scale requires using metric measurements especially when designing/printing in 3d so it just made sense to continue to use metric for most everything.

I am currently waiting on some lights for the bridges to arrive by mail so I can install them before I glue down the bridge decks.

John
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jmt99atsf Super User 753 posts
jmt99atsf

N Scale 3d Projects

Hi Jerry,

Thank you for your comments.

Most of the 3d projects that I have created (using my two FDM printers) were not commercially available or would have been cost effective to purchase kits and kitbash them into what I wanted.  For example, my 5-1/2 ft by 6 inch 18 gate stock feed lot was printed, painted, and mounted for less than $20. It would have cost over $400 to buy sufficient commercial kits to kitbash the same thing. 

John 
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