I thought I would dress up the lowly Lionel 200 series PW Alco. I made an interior for them. Held in place by the light base, window and shell. This is being submitted to the OGR 3D sight. Full details will be there. It will include the .step file if you want to modify.
This is for the frame with the vertically mounted light. If horizontal light it wont work. You would have to change the light or modify. Also if there is a horn It wont work.
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Great idea, I love it! But in looking at the 2nd photo- would it be at risk of melting due to heat from the bulb? I have no personal experience with 3D printing nor any knowledge of how heat-resistant the finished products are. Thanks!
Heat build up could be a problem. I recommend LED bulb replacements for both styles. That is in the detailed instructions. The interiors will reduce the cooling air and concentrate the heat in one area. The plastic bodys and the 3d material are roughly similar for heat resistance. I worry about the body melting when the heat is concentrated with incandescents. I am using LED bulbs on all my PW engines now.
@VHubbard posted:I thought I would dress up the lowly Lionel 200 series PW Alco. I made an interior for them. Held in place by the light base, window and shell. This is being submitted to the OGR 3D sight. Full details will be there. It will include the .step file if you want to modify.
This is for the frame with the vertically mounted light. If horizontal light it wont work. You would have to change the light or modify. Also if there is a horn It wont work.
very nice
This is awesome! I did a similar thing for my 0-6-0T. They a shiny flexible insert in there and it just looked terrible. I printed something solid out of black filament. It isn't detailed but it sure looked better than the high gloss mess they had.
Great little project, 3D printing is really changing our hobby, especially for detailing like this.
A generic interior for cab diesels,,,,, steamers, What a great idea. You might wear out your printer keeping up with orders. j
What kind of filament are you using? You have such clean prints!
@BillYo414 posted:What kind of filament are you using? You have such clean prints!
I am using .3mm steps, draft mode and Prusament PLA. .4mm nozzle. Running in Quality mode will help the smoothness of the walls.
I see @VHubbard. I have been running in 0.1mm layer heights. I wonder if that's actually hurting me.
What slicer do you use? I don't have a quality mode in Slic3r. Maybe I should change haha
@Ted S posted:Great idea, I love it! But in looking at the 2nd photo- would it be at risk of melting due to heat from the bulb? I have no personal experience with 3D printing nor any knowledge of how heat-resistant the finished products are. Thanks!
You can always line that light socket cavity with Aluminum Foil to act as a heat sink as well as a reflector.
@BillYo414 posted:I see @VHubbard. I have been running in 0.1mm layer heights. I wonder if that's actually hurting me.
What slicer do you use? I don't have a quality mode in Slic3r. Maybe I should change haha
I use the Prusa Slicer. 2.5.2 is current release. I believe it is free for all users. There are many profiles for off the shelf 3d printers. I am using Prusa Slicer 2.6 beta. It should be in production pretty soon. It adds organic supports along with exporting new .stl files after subtracting one .stl from another in the slicer. Making a new .stl after subtraction is one of my submitted enhancements. 
You need a small, .2mm nozzle for .1mm slices. .15mm height is the smallest I would go with a .4mm nozzle. I find .3mm height works for many things. I go smaller when I want a better finnish or fine details. For the face on my tank engine .15mm height was used. Larger heights made the face look like a topographical map.
Good deal. I appreciate the extra info too! I do find I get better results sometimes by going up in resolution. That's counterintuitive for me but I'm not concerned about it. I do find myself with topographical maps on occasion though.
I think I'll give the Prusa Slicer a whirl when I get some free time!
They are all up on the OGR 3D Project catalog now. My pictures show unpainted. Paint can be added for better detail if desired.
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