Hello again,

after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model. The used
drawings are by Julius de Waal
(https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Allchin_1_4_scale.html). The details of
these drawings are quite good (it's 27 sheets after all!). It was fun doing
this, figuring out how to SDL all the parts.

Cheers
Ton.

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On 14/03/2024 6:40 AM, Ton wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model. The used
> drawings are by Julius de Waal
> (https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Allchin_1_4_scale.html). The details of
> these drawings are quite good (it's 27 sheets after all!). It was fun doing
> this, figuring out how to SDL all the parts.
> 
> Cheers
> Ton.

Brilliant :-)

I used drawings from the same source when I did Stephenson's Rocket:
<https://youtu.be/tJ02jEhmijk?si=Tei8Byb7sI7pNgq6>

As you say - great fun working out the shapes, and satisfying when it 
all fits together.

m@

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Op 13-3-2024 om 23:40 schreef Ton:
> Hello again,
> 
> after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model. The used
> drawings are by Julius de Waal
> (https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Allchin_1_4_scale.html). The details of
> these drawings are quite good (it's 27 sheets after all!). It was fun doing
> this, figuring out how to SDL all the parts.
> 
> Cheers
> Ton.

Congratulations! That's a great piece of work indeed. Very well done, Ton.

So... what is the next project going to be? ;-)

-- 
Thomas

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"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model. The used
> drawings are by Julius de Waal
> (https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Allchin_1_4_scale.html). The details of
> these drawings are quite good (it's 27 sheets after all!). It was fun doing
> this, figuring out how to SDL all the parts.
>
> Cheers
> Ton.

Really excellent modelling, the level of detail is fantastic!

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"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model. The used
> drawings are by Julius de Waal
> (https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Allchin_1_4_scale.html). The details of
> these drawings are quite good (it's 27 sheets after all!). It was fun doing
> this, figuring out how to SDL all the parts.
>
> Cheers
> Ton.

Wowza.
You really did find some drawing and go whole hog, didn't you?   :O

That's pretty amazing.

Cross-sectional views?

***Animation*** ?


Excellent work as always, Ton.   You have a remarkable amount of patience and
dedication!


- BE

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On 3/13/24 18:40, Ton wrote:
> after ten months I've finished my Allchin traction engine model.

So cool! Well done.

Bill P.

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Thanks everybody.

All surfaces and cylinders are from roundedge.inc. That really improves the look
a lot, much more natural.
The bolts and nuts are from Blender. I couldn't find a Povray equivalent, so I
want to create a Bolt macro, and a Nut macro. I found already that f_helix2()
creates a good looking thread. Then throw a selectable head on top and done!
Here are two more snapshots of my traction engine:

Cheers
Ton

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hi,

"Ton" <ton### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

man, yet another beautifully made model.  thanks.  you really do have "the
knack" (not to mention patience and organisation :-)).


regards, jr.

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Op 16/03/2024 om 02:35 schreef Ton:
> And another one:
> 
Musing: It must be great fun to drive such an engine! Especially 
compared to modern cars...

-- 
Thomas

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