On 3 Dec 2019, at 19:17, Paul Martin <groups2@...> wrote:
?So I got a whizzy high end 3D printer I wanted to build some 0-14 track
........... I wonder if.....
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Here we have a yard length of 0-14 flex track with ME code 70 weathered rail.
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Here it is a bit closer.
Well it works and its flexible. Before you ask I haven't tried to find out what its minimum radius is. Its not modelled on any particular railways track, I didnt even measure a sleeper I just made something up. The joining idea between each sleeper was copied from the San Juan 0n3 flex track I have. Somehow the single hinge/join down the middle seems more appealing than the alternate either side you usually see. It's shallow enough that its covered by the ballast.
Having proved the basic idea I may develop the CAD around some specific sleepers. I quite fancy the South African pressed steel type used on the WHR but whilst basically a channel section the squashed end is challenging my CAD skills
Will this become a product. I dont know. It would probably need a resin change on my printer as this is printed in bog standard grey resin which is quite brittle and it would probably be quite expensive. It would depend where the line between convenience and cost was reckoned to be. If it were sold it may well be in the form of sleeper strip and rail because I don't have the temperament for threading sleepers on to rail. One yard was enough.
