Narrow Gauge Powered Bogie Set

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I am designing a bogie set that is compatible with my model railway gauge, which I use for my stop motion mine trolley and mine truck. At this scale, the track gauge measures 36mm between the inside edges of the rails. These bogie sets will be used in multiple projects, but as a standalone project, they might be useful to others. The overall dimensions of a single bogie are 62mm wide, 80mm long, and 25mm high. I also have a 1:24 scale version of this bogie set available. This particular bogie set has been used in my Railbike project. I designed the details based on numerous powered bogies for railcars and diesel locomotives. My goal was to create a bogie set that looks plausible, and I wanted the arrangement to give the impression of being an electrical drive. The models included here are the Blender model. I created it in Blender 2.58, so you won't encounter any issues using this model in any 2.5+ versions of Blender. To assemble this bogie set, you will need some Ø4mm rod and an M4 nut and bolt. For the axles, I use wooden dowel, but anything will work. The axle lengths are approximately 54mm long. It's essential to install the nut in the top cross spar early in the assembly process. I recommend gluing it into the socket. No support is required during printing, as there are some break-off bits on a couple of the motor components.