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Death Valley Monorail

Started by Chuck Doan, September 28, 2009, 07:44:02 AM

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lab-dad

you'll never be able to weather as realistically in 3-D computerland as you do in real life.
There wont be any texture to feel! OOps I'm not supposed to touch! damn.....

-Mj

finescalerr

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RoughboyModelworks

Quote from: finescalerr on October 30, 2009, 12:34:54 PM
Hey, I have an idea! Render the wholel model in one piece of resin with a 3-D printer, coat it in latex rubber, and I can market it as part of my plastic love accessories line! -- Name and address withheld by request
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Paul

Jerry Barnes

What a neat project! Glad I looked at it and the drawings are unbelievable!

Chuck Doan

I started playing around with another of the Epsom salt monorail locos. Basically a powered ore car. Still a lot of details to figure out. Should be easy to cobble together from sheet styrene. And a few thousand rivets. Definitely a candidate for some 3D printed parts. 









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lab-dad

Hmmmm. great!
May be you and Gordon can drag race your monorails! ;D
I see we are both revisiting unfinished business...........
Do you have a Franklin Mint Tractor to use or are you going to scratch the Fordson?
-Marty

Chuck Doan

I still have the die cast one I bought as a backup for the farm version. Gordon can scratch them, not me!

This version would allow some simple brass structural parts to support the heavy die cast tractor. Plus a LOT of metal weathering.

I think our static models will need a steep grade to start moving! DRAG race is appropriate though.


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nk

Chuck I thought you would be sick of tractors after your Fordham extravaganza...apparently not!
You may ask yourself: "Well, how did I get here?"

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Chuck Doan

Well, it has taken me two years or more to get to the point of maybe thinking about the remote possibilty of doing another, perhaps!
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Ken Hamilton

I'm as impressed with the drawing as with the design.
Great job, Chuck.
Ken Hamilton
www.wildharemodels.com
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Chuck Doan

Thanks Ken!

I did some preliminary coloring tests for the monorail track. No knots yet, but there will be. It's hard to know how to weather it; this will be a section of yard track which would have been the oldest in use, but it wouldn't have been more than five or six years old. Supposedly Douglas Fir. Not sure how green lumber would have colored in the desert. I might try something more on the grey side next.

I did try a little faux graining-still considering it. More to be done, but at least it's underway.



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finescalerr

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Chuck

Good to see you starting on this.  For just starting that piece of wood looks like it came right from a lumber yard not off your bench!!
This should be interesting to say the least.

Jerry
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
George Carlin

Chuck Doan

Thanks, now to see if I can overcome the usual summer ennui and get something done.

Dallas I did my homework on the ants:



After some of these show up, the splinters come naturally!






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