P&D F Unit detailing for CB&Q F3

Awesome! The atlas holds up really well!

 

Well success!

 

I just received an email from Atlas that they are doing some of the retooling Santiago is describing to improve their F7s and that the parts will be available for those who wish to retrofit their F2/3s.

 

And no I do not expect the parts to be free.  But...

I saw that too, excellent news!

Pilot is primed, sanded and ready for paint! I improved the bumper on the anti climber a bit and drilled the holes next to the steps.

 

The most exciting thing is that I started learning how to model 3-d objects with the help of a relative. We modeled and rendered this speed recorder with square housing for the project. I will print it this week and let you know who it turns out. The front is flat because I will add the P&D speed recorder with cable for late F units. I'm not sure if the 3D print will look as sharp as I'd like, but maybe it can give something to work from.

 

Great !!

The pilot looks fantastic; and, learning 3D printing is quite a testament to your pursuit of prototype fidelity.

Santiago unbelievable workmanship. the pilot is fantastic but the speed recorder WOW!!!

can't wait to see the printing of that part!!

Santiago, are printing 3D or do you hire it out?

 Erik, I hire it out. Not worth the investment at this point. The first print was really disappointing, all the bolt details were lost. It was made with a Maker Bolt at 100 micros of resolution. I will not use it. I found a place that has a polyjet resin printer that promises 16 microns of resolution, it's a bit pricey at 50 bucks for 10 pieces but I will try it out just to see if I can count on this technology at this time. As you can see the first print is years behind the P&D castings.

 

Finished the pilot for the lead unit!

 

That is just great!

Oh my God!

Looks fantastic. Nice to see all your work is paying off.

Santiago the anti-climber ribs in silver and red!!

WAHOO!

looks super especially now that you added the color!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet mother that looks awesome!!!

Does anyone have any film footage of these units? I'd love to see some, but I haven't been able to find any...

ok so I picked up on what Key did with the MU's for the FT's and thought it would be fun to try something similar to the best of my abilities. I also thought it would work on the air line. It's been a lot of work with tons of trials and errors but I think it looks decent.

 

Right now I'm all over the place trying things out here and there, that's just how I work. I'm having fun though. Anyway, I expect to finish the project around August. Getting there, but taking my time.

 

 

To the left is the out of the box MU's from Atlas, in the middle are the new kitbashed MU's. On the right is a discarded design for the airline. 

The definite design for the airlines...

Because i wanted to have a functioning airline, the idea was to use on screw from the Atlas coupler for strength...

 

 

 

The parts airbrushed....

 

Santiago that is just fantastic!

Your making a pilot sample for Key!

Thanks a lot, bud!

 

Incidentally I'm picking up my first Key engine in October... Remember I told you about the Milwaukee Road E6 set from brasstrains.com? Well I finally purchased it! They are holding it until October since I'm going to the States to pick it up along with my 3rd rail F7's. I can't tell you how excited I am!

Santiago

 

As I said before, EXCELLENT.

 

Here is another way to couple the MU hoses.  A man with your skills can figure out how to make them work

 

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/pro...il.asp?prod=D101-N52

 

I found this excellent pic today browsing on amazon, its from the book: Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives.

 

Looks like a late picture, but notice Burlington logo was an add-on and not painted directly as it has screws all around it.

 

I went with the ESu Lokpilot XL for the lighting functions on the unpowered leading unit. In this video I show how i set it up!

 

Cool !

Santiago, thanks, once again, for taking the time to shoot, edit, and post yet another exceptionally informative reply on your amazing project. 

Man Santiago it just keeps getting better an better!! It will be interesting to see what happens when multiple magnets are used in close proximity like on MU hoses.  I have been wondering about using them on passenger car connections?

Thank you for your words and patience guys.

I learned about Archer resin transfers and decided to use them as I was having trouble with the lost bolt detail on the 3d printed square type speed recorder. I love this transfers, they have helped me a lot. I also used their threadplate for the toe board that I made.

 

Some progress shots...

 

 

Toe board with bolt detail and thread plate waiting to be placed...

 

3d printed speed recorder with P&D late speed recorder and resin bolt detail

 

Notice the difference in texture with a 3d printed part that hasn't been sanded... Also all the smaller details are lost in the print.

 

Went back to the pilot and sanded the ends to look a bit more like the prototype

 

Also went back to the MU's. Wasn't happy w the reused atlas connectors, so I used Cal scale's 4 hose connectors. These are thinner, so I don't have to use that oversized transition piece at used first.

 

There is some film footage of these units in this video... A nice finding for the project.