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The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Donald9Douglas10Oliver11mp - 09-04-2024 About 9 months ago I decided to start work on a rake of GNR coaches, mainly to run with the upcoming Rapido Stirling single. My Initial plan featured a pair of 4 wheel coaches and a rake of 5 6 wheel coaches. Since then I have done significantly more research and realized that just making a base rake of 6 6 wheelers would be best. As of today I have gone through multiple drafts of the chassis and body design and I am at a point were I am happy with the overall design. When it came time to design the chassis I split all the coaches into 3 different chassis types: A, B & C Type A will not be used in this rake of 6 but I do plan to make a coach for it at a later date So far I have managed to form a slightly dodgy list of 23 different diagrams and out of those I've settled on the following 6: Dia. 301 BPZ (full brake) -Type B chassis Dia. 34A BTZ (4 comp. brake 3rd) -Type C chassis Dia. 245 TZ (5 comp. 3rd) -Type B chassis Dia. 156 CZ (5 comp. composite 1st/3rd) -Type B chassis Dia.164C CLZ (4 comp lavatory composite (shared) 1st/3rd w/ luggage compartment) -Type C chassis Dia. ??? FLZ (4 comp. dual-lavatory 1st) -Type C chassis So far I only have the CADs for the full brake and lav. comp., but they'll do (Note that I will add some more detail on the roof and that none of the wire parts have been modeled) Ends: Full brake: Lav. comp. RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Donald9Douglas10Oliver11mp - 09-20-2024 Update #1 20 September 2024 All of the sides have been designed and printed and I could not be happier... The money I spent on the .2 mm nozzle was definitely worth it! RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Super - 09-20-2024 The sides look fantastic D9D...excellent 👍 RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Donald9Douglas10Oliver11mp - 10-13-2024 After an enormous amount of pain I've finally finished the updated CAD for the 3rd class compartments, now did I need to add this much detail... NO! but is it impressive... yes! and I had a lot of fun which is what really matters! RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Super - 10-13-2024 The compartments look fantastic DDO 👍 RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - chrisjo - 10-13-2024 Can you remind us what printer you are using? RE: The GNR Howlden flat roof coach project - Donald9Douglas10Oliver11mp - 10-13-2024 I'm using the mingda magician X but with a .2 mm nozzle, rather than the usual .4 mm, although I'm not certain if the mesh pieces are going to print.. It has surprised me in the past, like with the clarity of the vents above the doors.. I've found that I have to use a raft for these prints and with the .2 mm nozzle the top of the raft is quite slippery so the first layer is often a bit of a mess... Currently I haven't found a solution but I 'll keep trying