Craig
I can print these up at any time, I have a couple of printers.
What I learned is that the sideframes are actually cut off and bent portions of the McCoy E2 Cascade loco!, so took a 3D model that graciously shared by a member of this forum and digitally cut, bent and sliced the part then printed in one piece. Worked out very nice. And yes, it's a plastic part. Makes it easy to drill and fasten to the sheet metal truck frame. Painted, you can't tell, except I made my part thicker than the original. One of the issues I had with one of my Hiawatha engines was that the side rod was too long and would bang into the end of the 'steam chest' bracket under the casting. Had to do some surgery there. I'll bet some part from a McCoy steamer was modified for those too. Side rods can probably be filed out, wasn't sure if they had a different center distance.
Jim
