Mine Truck v3

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I decided to create a few more mine trucks using my earlier design. I went ahead and did this, but soon found myself getting bored with assembling the buffer bits together and also the extra time required to glue the side assemblies together. So I redesigned it to be easier to assemble and generally quicker to build. While this design looks similar, it is actually somewhat different. The front buffers are now a single print. The side panels are also a single print. This means that there is a little bit more fall off around some of the overhung parts on the buffers, but this is minimal. Like the previous version, this is just the chassis. Decks and whatever else is going to be mounted on it are simply scratch built. There are some other very cool model railway bits and pieces on Thingiverse that may lend themselves quite nicely to being adapted to go on this chassis. The overall dimensions are 65mm wide x 120mm long x 32mm tall. The track gauge is about 38mm. The wheels have reasonably wide flanges and so can ride on rails up to about 40mm between rail centrelines. Things you will need in addition to the printed bits: * 2 x Ø4mm rods of some sort for the axles. These are cut to 55mm long. I used dowel. * Glue. I use an epoxy glue, but anything without too much flexibility will work. Have Fun **Update 3rd Feb 2019** If you're looking for tracks to display it on, then have a look at these parametric track models. You'll just need to set the track gauge to 36mm and sleeper length to 58mm to be compatible with this model. * Standard Straight Track https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3400628 * Standard Curve Track https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3400642 * OS-Railway Straight Track https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3400784 * OS-Railway Curved Track https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3400779