Right-O'-Way

I just wasn't happy with some of the details on the parts we're doing for Sarah Griessenböck's latest UP Project. Changed some orientations & other little tweaks and I think these will work. As usual the longer parts, like the truck's side frames curve a little. Nature of the beast when working with 3D prints in castable resin. An easy fix after casting. There are two sets of journal retainer plates. The thinner version was our first attempt and I didn't think they'd fully cast because of how thin they are. Turns out I was mistaken. They cast just fine but are too short. We thickened and lengthened them so now they are the proper length but little thick for our liking. I'll probably split the difference thickness wise & try again. I like the latest version of the turrets & other bits. The driver castings now have the correct hole for their axles but I'm not happy with the castings. I'll have more cast up. Final machining to be done later. On their way to Austria shortly for final approval. In this batch of castings are some narrow gauge trucks created by Doug MacLeod (I call him Yoda). The man is a living legend.

Welp, another trip to the foundry. Picked up some parts for Sarah's UP something or other, more code 100 turnout parts, test shots for some modelers in the UK, or somewhere around there. I even picked up some of the squished bells for Matthew's Nathan horns. While I was there, I dropped of more prints to be cast. A lot of tweaking on some of Sarah's smaller parts. An example would be the turrets. What you see in the photos will be scraped because the new prints are much nicer. The new resin I tried out worked really well (the parts for the English folks). four times as expensive but worth it for small, detailed items. All in all, an expensive day. Sarah's stacks look pretty good. They were done with the normal resin.

Today was kind of a fun day. Got to pick up some castings we've been working on for a while. Let's see, three different sets of rods for the Glacier Park Models SP 0-6-0, 2-8-0, & 2-8-2. Sarah drew them for us and it's taken more than a few tries to get the proper length for each. Multiple shrinkage issues but we now have them dialed in. Rough castings all but that's to be expected and a little cleanup is always required. We also cast some of her new brake wheels, brake housings, and a couple of her horns. All just experiments that look very promising. We also did a test run of two types of injectors. English prototypes, I believe. Not sure who drew them but the friend I'm doing them for hired somebody that obviously knows what they're doing. Lastly, just some of my Right-O'-Way 1:1 gear cases. I love it when little things like these parts turnout okay.