Thanks Fred for the info .
Mike,
Just for some clarification if you don’t not already know, Manimal on Thingiverse that people have linked to in your post is Dan Hilchrist a member here as well. He is a very talented designer and is generous with his design files. I already have his brake files for his tank cars and they look pretty darn good. I see the ones on his bulkhead flat car are very similar. If those work for you I would be glad to print you some and send them to you. The only hitch in the program is that both of my printers are down at the moment. I am hoping that my main machine will be up and running by next week when I get my new parts and can get them installed.
Take a look at those links of his and then send me a PM if that is something you would like printed and we will see what we can do.
Since when did Burl start offering brass detail parts? How did I not know this?
Burl had a bunch of castings made a few years back and I think he’s just slowly selling them off. I bought a few brass parts for my Snow Dozer years ago from Burl, but I’d definitely buy more for more projects once I get back into that stage of modeling.
I just quickly drew this up in 1:29. I am having a test print done as we speak. If this works and you are interested I’d be glad to print you a few for a small fee.
It is in two pieces the wheel and the ratchet.
Thanks everyone , Devon I got ahold of Charlie Roe and ordered the pieces however I can always use some in the future so I an interested in yours too . Do you want my e-mail address ?
Here is the test print. I think it came out decent. If you are interested send me a private message with your email and we can work something out.
I know this sounds dumb but where on this page do you “private message” ?
never mind I found it
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Are you doing a more modern version ? Eather way i’m interested.
Actually it’s a great question….
If you select the 3 dots, you get some new icons. One of these is a flag, or notification icon (at least I think that’s the one-too hard to tell as I am using a tablet right now) press that and you get a nice message thanking you for being civil and you get a chance to send a message!
Or click on the picture or name of the poster. Up pops some info about them with a big MESSAGE button. It allows you to send a message in the context of that specific post.
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Sure, tell him the EASY way! 
Devon,
Hit your 3D model with a ballpeen hammer and give it some concave to it. Say no more than 6" scale in depth. Maybe even less. 
I understand exactly what your saying Craig. I did try messing with that a bit and it was turning out to be be much harder than it looked. I am going to work up a more modern style and I really do need to figure out a good way to make them concave. I agree 100%
I think I figured out how to do it. Or at least sorta.
Not perfect in my opinion but it is better than the first one.
So Mike wanted something a little more modern. I am the farthest thing from a modern brake guy. Since I do not really model anything other than steam so far. After a bit of digging and looking at more modern cars we both came up with this one that we like.
Made by Ellcon National. I like the added feature of the lever which I assume is the release and the exposed ratchet sprocket.
So far this is the hand wheel I have drawn up.
And yes Craig I took a virtual ball peen hammer to it.
Here is the ratchet and the two together
I like it
devon , check will be in the mail tomorrow.
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oops wasn’t meant to be posted here.