This is a direct fit for the USA Trains GP38-2. It slides over the long hood and is fastened with the same screws as the standard cab. You will need to cut the 2 sections indicated.
The biggest challenge in making a nice model with FDM printing is getting rid of the layer lines to enable a smooth finish. This is far easier to do when the surfaces are flat with no raised details.
I've been developing a method of construction using a combination of FDM and SLA resin parts. The basic shell of the cab in 3 parts for ease of smoothing. Once that is smooth then the resin detail parts (that don't need to be smoothed) are added.
FDM printed parts: Main Cab, Roof, Rear, Crew door, Gaskets and Snow shields.
SLA printed parts: Light, Battery Doors, Number Boards, Nose doors, Bell, Antenna, and Sand hatches.
Grabs are formed from 17Ga steel wire.
Crew door hinges and drip edge made from strip polystyrene.
Hinges - Evergreen Scale Models #118 .015 x .188" and #8404 HO Scale 4x4
Drip edge - Evergreen Scale Models #149 .040 x .250"
Windows are cut from 1"x3" Microscope slides
NOTE: MY NEWEST SHARED DESIGNS ARE ON PRINTABLES
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| Antenna.stl | 106.8KB | |
| Battery_Door.stl | 516.3KB | |
| Bell.stl | 249.9KB | |
| Crew_Door.stl | 29.4KB | |
| Gaskets_Left.stl | 387.1KB | |
| Gaskets_Right.stl | 387.2KB | |
| Light.stl | 46.4KB | |
| Nose_Doors.stl | 111.8KB | |
| Number_Boards.stl | 538.8KB | |
| Sand_Hatch.stl | 56.4KB | |
| Snow_Sheild_Left.stl | 561.2KB | |
| Snow_Sheild_Right.stl | 570.2KB | |
| Wide_Cab_Main.stl | 279.5KB | |
| Wide_Cab_Rear.stl | 38.6KB | |
| Wide_Cab_Roof.stl | 49.6KB |
