Model Railway Large Steel Pilings Filament and Resin 3D print model

Steel Pilings are used for all sorts of things these days from railway embankments to shoring up ground for buildings. I have found people selling printed versions online but never seem to find versions with all the seams included, these sets of designs also have seams.

This is a large pilling version that in real life is 1.4m wide x 0.5m deep per pilling, in OO scale 18mm wide x 6.6mm deep.

I have produced various designs to download in lengths of 90mm (5 pilling) and 180mm (10 pilling) I have also produced designs in various heights, heights including 20mm, 40mm, and 60mm. The thickness of the piling has had to be exaggerated to make them printable on most printers. When printing vertically on a FDM printer I would recommend you use a brim.

Designed at OO Gauge, 1/76.2 Scale. for HO print at 87%, 1/87 Scale. for O UK print at 175%, 1/43.3 Scale. for O International print at 158%, 1/48 Scale. for N gauge print at 51.49%, 1/148 scale. (Caution: I have not printed this model in N gauge so can’t guarantee its printability)

The examples in the pictures were printed on an AnyCubic Proton 3D resin printer and a Bambu Labs A1 FDM Filament printer. As per normal with my designs, there is a balance between accuracy and printability, hopefully not affecting the look of the model too much.

I recommend 3DLAC Spray to help secure the print to the print bed whilst printing (FDM), it also helps release the print after printing has finished. https://amzn.to/4cxPybm (Amazon)

The main resins I use for printing can be found with my affiliated links below. I use AnyCubic Water Washable Resin for most of my items but use AnyCubic ABS Like Resin for anything that needs to be stronger and tougher.

AnyCubic ABS like Resin https://amzn.to/3yRjgu4 (Amazon) AnyCubic Water Washable Resin https://amzn.to/3T3MgFY (Amazon)

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