Interior for MDC Passenger Cars
STL files for the 50' cars will be available here
These are tests that I have placed here. I am placing a group of .stl files for download after (my names for them) These are not tested in my normal way (see below)
Business Car 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Coach 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Observation Car 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Observation Car Reverse 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Combine 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Mail/Post office Car 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Advertising Car 6/2018 (STL Click Here)
Special Event 1776 car 5/2022 (STL Click Here)
If you wish to print at your Fab Lab or Maker Site, please contact me as I have not been able to test these yet due to the Covid issues at the school in Three Lakes. I have sent .stl files for a few of these to Doug Langford whose son has a 3D printer and we have some photos.
Doug has a MDC coach and 2, 1776, a special event car.
I designed a copy of the MDC circus advertising car to apply to the 1776 car by removing the storage and workspace. Here are the results.
Here isa slightly enhanced view of the 2, 1776 one coach and a 30-foot coach. Built and then printed by Doug's son, Michael Langford of Puyallup WA.
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These are prints of the plans of the MDC cars interiors planed for our club's model trains.
50 'Coach
50' Combine MDC Production
50' Business Car
An Observation car with seats facing each direction in place of the table is coming soon
50' US Mail Car
50'Ad Car
Below are custom interiors for cars printed 05/05/16 on a MakerBot. These were done for my custom cars made by cutting and splicing the short cars and are the wrong width for 50 foot production MDC or Roundhouse Overtons cars.
New drawing of the "D" version
The new "D" interiors were printed and are fitted to the cars.
Original version drawing
Set of 3 Drawings of interiors for my lengthened Model Die Casting HO Scale Overton Passenger Cars.
Setup on the 3D printer
During the printing process inside the 3D Printer
Paul Wussow shows the finished printed interiors in front of the printing system
Close-up of the interiors
The base printed on the interiors were thicker than I planned. I used my milling machine to take .020" off and fit the interior into the combine.
Interior for the Combine
Interior for the Coach
Left and right views of the business car interior.
Steven Yahr teaching Jack Zimmer about the 3D Printer in the Fab Lab
Global connections to the Worlds Fab Labs
Introducing the project to a Fab Lab in Iceland
These interiors include seating, heating, and water closet facilities. The walls and doors are detailed and there are heat shields around and under the stoves. These interiors were designed to fit the 3 Overton cars I built from plans I drew up after reading Al Turner's article in the October 1980 Model Railroader. While the cars appeared in the 50th anniversary contests of MR and also Du Page Division popular vote favorite train contests they have not been evaluated for AP. I am in the process of adding more details to the cars both inside and out.
An old photo of the combine on the layout at my old house. More to come.
Updated 7/13/22
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