All,
After seeing a 3-D printing seminar at the Railway Prototype Meet in Lisle IL recently I decided to try my hand at making a part that I could use for modeling. I made a spiral end for a USRA clone gons and it turned out well. See attached. I uploaded it to the Shapeways store so you can get your own at:
http://www.shapeways.com/product/VFHH88RYT/monon-spiral-gondola-end?li=search-results-1&optionId=58203408If anyone needs a different scale I can probably(?) do it. I'm going to try one of the Hutchins gon ends next.
Regards,
Mike Aufderheide