4-8-8-4 Big Boy Locomotive
Made by Benoff, uploaded
Description
Work in progress, to get an tender soon. Thanks a lot for drawing the BigBoy, now I am able to make one in my favourite scale.
My BigBoy was scaled down to 1:20,3 or F-Scale to fit with my other (bought) Locos.
This was my first project on my first 3D printer, so there were quite some things I had to learn while printing parts for that locomotive.
Print Settings
Printer:
FlashForge Dreamer
Rafts:
Yes
Supports:
Yes
OK, I am into model Railroading, What is the inside rail to inside rail measurement of 'F' scale? I'm building in O gauge. (scale Big Boy w tender is 35+1/8 inch length and 20 lbs in Die Cast working engine) Tho I have one Train in G and I would like to scale this one to that track but it is going to be huge tho smaller than the model here.
For a thorough explanation, check out this page:
http://www.cumberlandmodelengineering.com/FScaleStandards.html
I'm modeling Fn3 on 45mm gauge with the intent to build a couple of SG models for static display...
Thanks, Checking the NMRA site for comparison, I got the difference in the gauges. I know a couple "scales" are run on G track depending on Standard or Narrow gauge prototypes. F Gauge inside rail width is 2.781 to 2.842 while G is 1.766 to 1.782. Doing the math it looks like 63.26% will do the job. My Printer is in the middle of a 2 day job but I will get started soon.