The INTERURBAN MODELS marketplaces (there are three of them ...)

 Currently, there are three marketplaces to buy INTERURBAN MODELS

1/ The INTERURBAN MODELS Facebook Shop https://www.facebook.com/InterurbanModels 

- You don’t need to have a Facebook account to access! 

2/ The INTERURBAN MODELS section on Shapeways  https://www.shapeways.com/shops/interurban 

3/ The INTERURBAN MODELS section on iMaterialise  https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/designer/interurban 

Why this? Eight years ago, we started our production with two prominent 3D-Providers, iMaterialise and Shapeways. Both have their ups and downs, and the production was split on the two stores. Most of the early production, the CSL Sedan and the big wooden Combines, is located at the iMaterialise Shop. The later products are on Shapeways. Understandable, 3D providers only sell products that are made in their own factories, and no 3rd party items. Both providers ships worldwide, the shipping price is calculated when checking out. 

Two years ago, we started printing with our own machines, and selling also laser cut products; these items are on the Facebook Shop. We ship worldwide too, and as today ALL sendings arrived well, even if it took sometimes a week more than usual last months. The shipping price is calculated when checking out, before payment. Clients are protected by the PayPal Buyer protection. 

We acknowledge that this can be confusing: the HO scale CSL Sedan is available at iMaterialise, the N scale car body in the Interurban Models Facebook Shop. 

We will try to simplify this inherited structure in the future. All new items are produced in-house, and therefore will show up in the Facebook Shop, and some older ones will be changed to in-house printing and move the Facebook Shop also. Next weeks, we will establish a PDF catalogue that will listen all models and the place where to buy.

For any request, you can contact us by mail at volkmar.meier@wanadoo.fr , orders can be established by mail. 

3D-printed O-scale SnapTrack

Some free stuff for O-scalers:

• Straight street track: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4255849
• Curved street track: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4585395 

https://www.facebook.com/InterurbanModels/posts/729063004323976

Mounting the Cincinnati Wooden Combine on a Tomytec TM-21 drive

This Interurban baggage-passenger Combine was delivered in 1908 by the Cincinnati Car Co. to the Oneonta & Mohawk Valley Interurban Line in Upstate New York. Some cars were later sold to Iowa.

N scale resin printed car body with additional parts: a fine pilot, rear doorsteps and 2 dummy trolley poles. The car is designed for motorization with a Tomytec TM-21 drive (truck centers 56.6 mm).

This Tomytec drive is nearly symmetrical, but it goes better into the carbody with the flywheel in front. The flywheel is hidden under a ballast block, but still visible

The rear platform and the pilot plug into the Tomytec frame, into the small holes in front and back.

Sometimes, the two holes in the Tomytec drive are to small, due to production tolerances, do not force them in. It is better to widen the holes with a 1.5 or 1.6 mm drill, and fix the pilot and the rear steps with a dot of glue.

There are several truck frames coming with Tomytec drive, two types are going very well for this car. On the rear truck, small parts of the truck side frame must be cut away on one side, to allow free swing of trucks under the door steps







Once the frame completed, the body will snap over the drive, and you can plug the two trolley poles into the holes. You can bend the rear pole up.














Painting: The cars were originally probably painted dark green, later some were painted orange. The roof were dark grey or brown, the under body parts black.

We recommend Valejo acrylic paints.

Tomytec Drive for Cincinnati Curved Side Cars

How to adapt a Tomytec TM-TR04 drive for Cincinnati Curved Side cars ( Speedrail, Dayton & Troy, ...)

Available here: https://interurban-models.myshopify.com/collections/n-scale-interurban-cars

1/ Modify the elongation of the drive to the maximum of 49 mm truck centers

2/ Select the short platform (S) extensions from the Tomytec add-ons

3/ Glue the pilot to one platform, put a weight in the second platform

4/ Clip the platforms into the drive, motor truck on rear.

5/ Choose truck frames KS45L or Brill (none is prototypical, but you wont detect it ...)

6/ Bend the dummy trolley pole up and plug it into the hole in the roof (diameter 1.2 mm)

7/ Clip the body over the drive.

When transporting, hold your hand under the car, the drive can sometimes fall out

Protect from heat and excessive sunlight