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    Ho scale hood sides

    Test Guys, I ran these tests last night with just a 3MM and 1.5MM cutters. I also drilled out the drain holes with a #83 drill. This is not a final sample, I broke my smaller cutters the other day and replacements are on the way to run the tool path's that do the fine detail and clean...
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    Ho scale hood sides

    the above is some of the CAM for the SD40-2 sides, the geometry sets up the boundaries for surface detail, the top image shows the first roughing pass
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    Ho scale hood sides

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    Ho scale hood sides

    I have the radiator roof sections in the CNC. On the road until tomorrow, might do a trade show in Toronto for mould supplies but that said, the roof sections will be done Friday/Saturday and then the sides put on the table for the SD40-2 series. I am working on the CAM for the sides tonight...
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    Ho scale hood sides

    Guys, A new project we've got in production are hood sides for EMD/GMDD locomotives. Here are test samples for the SD38/40/45-2 Clean Air Room roof. This is a 3D milled styrene project. The roof section will have the correct radius, drilled holes, and all plate detail, features including...
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    New Hood Sides

    the GP38, GP39, GP40, SD38, SD39, and SD40 variations will be released after this series is completed.
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    New Hood Sides

    Guys, Going into production this week with our Datron M7HP are these 3D machined hood sides. They are 0.040" Styrene with pockets to accept either Cannon or Railflyer components. They include the roof sections for both the clean air room and radiator. All bolt, weld seams, and plate...
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    Railflyer Updates

    the wiring passed this week, the Datron needed a bunch of modifications to pass the ESA evaluation but they are now done, playing phone tag with the inspector to get it passed. we'll be cutting metal again this week.
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    Railflyer Updates

    wiring is done, it was a very long week getting it all finished. inspection again tomorrow, hopefully energizing Thursday.
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    Railflyer Updates

    because of some awesome support today, the designer fees for the new PCB's are more than half paid off. a good weekend is all that stands between having the physical hardware in hand - so I can show you how it works and release the drive. all the PCB components will work in every locomotive we...
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    Railflyer Updates

    Paint Do not forget about our paint. It is an acrylic resin which gives the finish of a lacquer but the ease of water clean-up. Use Windex for thinning. The paint is concentrated so a little goes a long way. 17 colours are in stock, 9 more are ready to ship once things return to normal...
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    Railflyer Updates

    what's going on - part 1 What’s Going On We’re scheduling an inspection for our shop wiring next week. This will put our Datron M7HP, Air Dryer/Compressor, and Vacuum System in full productivity after a false start last July. We had the equipment delivered and installed by Datron...
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    Railflyer Updates

    WiFi based throttles work by sending a signal to a PC, to the command station, then to the locomotive through the rails. it really isn't completely wireless, you still need to wire your track to make it work. with us, you don't need a PC, Command Station, Booster, Juicer, track wiring, and...
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    Railflyer Updates

    Guys, I survived my first trip after being off flying for 9 months. Here is some video, I am a Pilot in Command of a Falcon 20F-5. Take-off from MRPV (Pavos, Costa Rica) to SEGU (Guayaquil, Ecuador) http://youtu.be/mPprMXxkc-4 Landing in Cochabamba, Bolivia, last Monday...
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    Railflyer Updates

    Paint Images Guys, Our first MADE IN CANADA injection mould design is done. With this contractor (he did our GMDD Wide Cab), we are being aided through the first few mould designs while we learn the design aspects. We are able to modify this design for new products using the two part...
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    Railflyer Updates

    GenSet, If there is an outstanding order, it is best to send an email with your name and order number so we can looking into it because I have no idea who you are. Like Tim said, sign your name to your posts, it makes it easier for us to know who you are. Guys, We got some major progress...
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    Railflyer Updates

    Guys is like this, we're going to have the shop rewired this weekend which means the installation problems with the CNC will be over (hopefully) and we're cutting "MADE IN CANADA" injection mould tooling and once we hit another $34,000 in deposits, we're also doing "MADE IN CANADA" micro...
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    Railflyer Updates

    just wanted to add, I had this facebook conversation a few days ago, you can see it if you want to expand some of the comments. like many here blasting us the past year, David admitted we did no wrong by him. while everything has been a cluster the past year, mostly due to sales dropping...
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    Railflyer Updates

    I approved this layout today, the 3D files so we can start tool path set up will be done tonight. Between the part design and actual finish of the injection mould tooling will be about three weeks. The issue with our type of business model is this: We have to pay for the product before we...
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    Railflyer Updates

    Guys, OK - we lost moulds related to PREORDERS we posted in 2010-2011, not all but enough that we cannot release them yet. We lost money on this tooling after it was abandoned when the suppliers either went dark or refused to correct mistakes. We have never CANCELLED these projects...




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