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Vekoma MK1101, pretty happy with this layout. Very intense, gotta do terrain and supports. Thinking about building an STC and a Family Boomerang to go along with it.

ThatFlyerGuy1 posted on September 7th, 2022

Nice! Always been unsure on how to connect the crossties to the spine - it always looks wrong whenever I do it

I would suggest a reference plane and sketch for each crosstie individually. I've tried different methods of patterning features/bodies but haven't found one that doesn't eventually fall of the rails; literally in this case. If you're working in an assembly, you can use the same crosstie copy/pasted into each cutout; that is what I've done in the pic I posted. You'll still need a plane for each cutout to the the correct orientation and will end up lining the crosstie up when it's mated in the assembly.

Am using SolidWorks by the way. I imagine you could use a similar methodology in other 3D CAD software though.

The intention WAS to keep this under wraps for as long as possible, however I couldn't help myself...

Introducing, the latest in a long line of dead-end projects of mine. Let's see how far I get with this! Custom dispatch audio, air gates (the shoji doors), textures AND drop-down floor... Any suggestions?

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