Model Railway OO Gaugemaster GM60 Trix 66602 Accessory Kit 3D print model

This is an accessory pack to go with the Gaugemaster GM60 Locomotive Wheel Cleaning Brush.Also sold by Trix for HO - Part No 66602

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Myself and many members in my model club use GM60’s to clean our locomotive wheels and we all find that ideally you need three of the GM60 in order to clean the wheels. If just use two they tend to move whilst cleaning the wheels. A couple of members within my club approached me to see if I could create a joiner on my 3D printer rather than buy a third GM60 (GM60’s are not cheap to buy).

When I started looking at this I thought it would be better to do a universal kit that can be used with any locomotive or multiple unit. Wheel formations and distances change for all sorts of rolling stock. This kit enables you to make any formation for all the locomotives and rolling stock you have. I have also created ends so your train is less likely to run off the end.

The centre joining centre comes in 20mm, 40mm, 60mm, 80mm, 100mm and 120mm lengths, I have also added guide rails on these sections in case and wheels fall within this area. The connections also use the same dovetail connector as the GM60 (the female end is designed to slide down the male end and not the other way around).

Please see photo’s for more information.

I have tested this design on a Bambu Labs A1 FDM printer and printed these in the correct orientation. The ends will need supports to be printed.

When printing on a FDM printer I recommend you use a filament like PETG or PLA+. You can use PLA but be aware of the limitations of PLA.

The examples in the pictures were printed on a Bambu Labs A1 with a 0.4mm nozzle and a layer height of 0.12mm using PETG.

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