3D Model S-Tog!

PavløvA_YT's Modelling 

I have begun modelling an S-Tog!

 Well... I say "begun", but I have almost finished the model. All that I need to do is the front end. This has, as you may have guessed, been nearly impossible for me...

Given that this is my first time using Fusion360, this was a good effort... I just need someone with actual skill to draw the front end, because it is torturous! I would do anything else as preference!

Also, note that for my first model, I picked something... decidedly round. Fusion, like all 3D modelling software, works better in squares. And here I am, doing a rounded hexagon, with a detailled roof! I should have drawn a train from Sydney, they're all boxes with 45 degree roofs!

"Order form" -- really just an Expression of Interest (at the moment) is below:

1:87 scale DSB Litra SA/SE Order Form

 Anyway, features of this train are:

-Detailled roof, body side, and articulation

-Electric motor (either brushless or 5/7 pole skew-wound motor) in front carriage, driving 2 axles

-Single axle bogies (2 bogies on P1, 1 on P2, P3, P4)

-Potentially DCC, if enough people request it

-Scharfenberg couplers on front end of motor car, knuckle coupler on rear end of P4, drawbars everywhere else

 -3D printed bodyshells (although may be CNC milled!)

 -Bogies will possibly have a pendular tilt system as there is space in the floor for weights.

-Can run in multiple, up to 4 units (16 cars), minimum operation of 2 units Litra SA, 1 unit Litra SE.

-Lights indicating direction of travel

-Note that this model will not have a detailed interior.

Current photos: 

P1 -- as of now missing roof equipment and a front end. Will have scharfenberg couplers on front and drawbar at rear. This carriage will hold the electric motor that moves the train. In a later version, the floor and body will become separate parts; to enable easy install of a motor.

P2 -- completed, has mounting space for a pantograph and a detailled roof, and also has drawbar couplings at both ends.

P3 - Same as P2 but without the pantograph. Has drawbar couplings at both ends.

P4 (Litra SA only) -- these lack a drawbar coupling at the back, they will have a knuckle coupler system to join to other P4 back ends, making a full 8-car train. When 2 Litra SA are coupled to form an 8-car train, the trains' PCB will treat the 8-car unit as one train. Does not work for Litra SE.

 

A Litra SE version of P4, called P4a, is the only real differentiating factor between Litra SA and Litra SE sets. P4a has a driving cab, and still possesses only one axle. 

 

Arrangements:

Litra SA: P1-P2-P3-P4-P4-P3-P2-P1

Litra SE: P1-P2-P3-P4a

 

UPDATE: A friend (kind of a friend...) has given the S Tog a front... I will make all 4 cars tomorrow and post more photos

New front... its good enough. Given how painful F360 is to use, it is a top-tier effort.