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Modeling a Cow Catcher

Modeling
#21

So I threw this together tonight. I think it came out OK and wasn’t as tough as I thought it would be. Now it doesn’t have the right number of spokes this one only has ten and the prototype needs 14. I think the beams need to be thinner and a bit closer together. Other than that it is the right height width and length. I will give this to the instructor along with the picture and the measurements and see if they can come up with it and print one with the right number of spokes. If not I was thinking Popsicle sticks would make good spokes and could be space closer together. This is just the wood I will add a metal band around the bottom and a coupler pocket and draw bar for it. I made it out of Oak.

#22

For a cannon cocker, you’ve done well, Grasshopper.

#23

Very nice work Devon.

#24

Gee Devon, I will take two of them, just make them a tad longer.

Nice work

#25

I think longer would be better also. The one in the original post is not OEM. It looks longer. This one is built off of dimension I have of the EBT#9 Which got this after the CR&N. and the picture in the OP is not the same pilot as the builders photo. So I went with the only dimensions I have. I do prefer the longer more pointier ones. I don’t think I am going to use this one on the #4. I will use it for some other build. I will make a correct 14 spoke one and I might fudge it and make it a little longer.

#26

That looks good! It looks narrow gauge like a two footer like you say, more spokes for wider gauge. Keep the space between similiar to the stave width.

#27

I just measured a Popsicle stick and it is 10mm wide and 2mm thick. The wood I cut was 10mm wide and 3mm thick. So I think using Popsicle sticks and closer spacing will get me where I need to be.

#28

Better start licking!

I’m saving mine for the contest…

John

#29

Yeah John almost afraid to use anything right now for fear I might need it. But. . .by building pilots now and have the done by the 31 means they are in my parts bin. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-sealed.gif)

#30

I don’t know about that, Dave mentioned keeping track of recent builds… I wasn’t sure why, the Integrity of this fine bunch and all, but while confession is good for the soul. There is that creeping dread, tugging at the nape of my neck.

Oh what have I done?

Should I have vetted better? You seemed like a nice guy and all… but on Christmas Eve-next, when tales of goodness and not naughty should fill the wires, y… yo … you publish a threat?

Color me Mortified! (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)

Hey if I find a life and miss you; have a great big wonderful ol’ Christmas!

yer Bud,

John

#31

You too John

#32

I don’t have to worry, I aint done much of anything in large scale. I am still tuning up my HO fleet of cars. Somehow, I had many more cars then I thought that I had. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)

#33

All too often, the addict is the last to know, eh Dave?

Those impulse buys sure add up!

Seasoned Greetings,

John

#34

Addict? Naw, them there cars are reproducing. The same thing happens in large scale. Its kind of funny though, the only locomotives that seam to reproduce are the LGB Porters. I keep finding them, hiding in various places.

#35

Nice work Devon!

Since you were talking about 3D printing a pilot, Jerry B. suggested posting a couple pics of a 3dp pilot we collaborated on. This is a replacement pilot for an Aristo C16. Jerry had the (great) idea of putting a standard coupler in it, so we could do some double and triple heading.

After a couple attempts, here’s how it turned out.

Cliff

#36

Nice work guys

#37

Cliff,

That is great. I hope I can work with the school and get them produced. While I would normally just build my own I think it will be a fun project for the kids and if I get a a few extra pilots out of the deal well I am ahead. The more I think on it though one problem with this particular project is that this is an unusually tall locomotive, at least for anything I will model after it. I compared the pilot I made to the mogal I am building now and it would never work, way to tall. So I might work on making a shorter one (vertically) that could be used with a little shorter loco.

#38

As an alternative to a shorter pilot, I too wanted a front coupler on my C-16, but I went with parts on hand.

I used the back end of an Aristo sloped back tender, the foot boards and the handrail.

Food for thoughts…

I now return you to your thread.

John

#39

Yea, as much as I like a good pilot on my locomotives, the P&CS had foot-boards, like that on theirs. At least in the few photos I have found so far. It makes sense on the P&CS, since the locomotives were seldom turned, so they ran the line running forward and backward.