DX bogie siiiides... Git yer DX bogie sides herrrre...

DB Says:

You may recall an experiment with rapid prototyping of DX bogie sides from a few months back.

And the results on the DX model itself. Much nicer than my previously modified Dash-8 sides.

One night last week I managed to find a few hours where I wasn't working late at work or working late at home, or thinking about work, or drinking heavily to avoid thinking about work. Out came the DX bogie CAD files and I managed to figure out how to make the brake gear a little less chunky (now with cylindrical cylinders and a freestanding representation of the actuating linkage) and I also managed to thin the frames to make installation easier.

Now new and improved!

A few people expressed interest in these back then, so here's your chance to own your own - each individually RP'd (i.e. NOT castings) to maintain perfect fidelity.

It cost me close to a hundred dollars and many hours of fuddling around in AutoCAD for my prototype set (4 sides) for DX 5293 - not a terribly sustainable cost for a DX fleet, but if others are keen, I can order a bulk run, and obviously the price comes down for everyone. That's how Supply and Demand works, according to my 4th form Economics training. Of course the bogie sides would only be 10 Roubles each if the Soviets had won the cold war; but then they would be upside down and in 1:190th scale and made of potato peelings.

We could get that cost down below $15 a set (4 sides including postage) if we could get expressions of interest for about 30 sets. As I plan to have a bunch of DXs, with four locos complete already, I'm in for 10-12 sets myself to get the ball rolling.

While there might be one or two spares available for later, don't count on it, as I'll have to pay for these up front, so this might be the chance of a lifetime. And don't forget that as well as snazzying up your Trackside or scratchbuilt or 1990s-Dunedin-Zinc-Etched DX, it wouldn't surprise me if we see a laser-etch-based DX available within the next year. So be in or... ... be out I suppose. What say you, savages?

Reply to this thread with your interest within the next week with # sets, and your location (for possible pooling of shipping costs).