Great work David
What you are doing is valuable. I'll bet 80% of the McCoy Cascades need those sideframes, and most of the underfloor drives are shot. Two each were used in the Daniels GG1, many are shelf sitters and could use these parts to get the motors running again.
A funny story: I bought a JAD Hiawatha set at York a few years ago, and did not realize that the trailing truck side frames were completely gone. Bought another one recently, primarily to see if I could reproduce those parts. To my amazement - they are CUT DOWN E-2 SIDEFRAMES, just bent at a 20 degree angle and trimmed off just before the second bearing on each side to create a trailing truck sideframe. Was able to do the surgery on the STL in the slicer, and print out a left and right hand part (I also thickened up the base part, so more material to join. Came out great, so my old engine has plastic replacement sideframes.
So what's next in the project jar?
Jim
