1:24 Scale Powered Bogie Set

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I have in mind a project to create a **monster** based on the *Maisto* die cast model *Ford Mustang*. I am planning to mount it on some railway bogies. The *Maisto* model scale is 1:24. I used this scale and the *Standard Rail* gauge to set the size of the bogies. At this scale, the standard gauge track is 60mm between the inside edges of the rails. I still have a lot more work to do on that particular project, but I felt the bogie set alone would be a useful model for others. The overall dimensions of a single bogie are; 85mm wide, 80mm long, and 25mm high. The details were designed based on a large number of powered bogies for railcars and diesel locomotives. I wanted to create a bogie set that looked as realistic as possible. I was also keen for the arrangement to give the impression of being an electrical drive system. The models here include the *Blender* model, which I created in *Blender 2.58*. Therefore, you will find there are no problems with using this model in any of the 2.5+ versions of Blender. To complete the project, you will need some extra things, including; * Some Ø4mm rod of a suitable material. * An M4 nut and bolt. For the axles, I used wooden dowel, but anything else can be substituted. The axle lengths are about 78mm long. There are also two small stubs of 10-12mm long. I designed in a hinging arrangement of the arms connecting the sub-frame to the axles. This means some distortion in printing the side panels can be tolerated when assembling. You may prefer to ignore the small dowel stubs and hinge arrangement. The nut needs to be installed in the top cross spar early in the assembly process. I would suggest gluing it into the socket. No support is required, as there are some break-off bits on a couple of the motor components. The filenames include the number of times you will need to print each bit.