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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
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      Another steam engine from the same book.

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      Elmer's Tiny No 23
      Click the link for an animated version.

      The dimes are for scale. They look thick to me but that's the thickness given on the website for the US Mint.

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      • ntxdaveN Offline
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        Must be an interesting book. πŸ˜„

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          I guess it is if you like little steam engines.

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
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            Those are great!

            Elmer's Engines book is $988 on Amazon in hardback!

            We had ModelTec mags in school for our tec/eng class. It was filled with those drawings for little engines.

            There's a engineering company in UK that makes gorgeous little engines and other bits

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            Kontax Stirling Engines

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            Kontax Stirling Engines (www.stirlingengine.co.uk)

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Thanks Rich. Fortunately I didn't have to pay that much for the book.

              Those are some beautiful Stirling engines. I modeled one about a year ago but I'd love to model one of those.


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              Jonkman Stirling Engine

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              • ntxdaveN Offline
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                Another nice/interesting one. πŸ‘

                BTW: Did you draw the coin or get it from somewhere? Interesting that it says 2025. πŸ˜„

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  Thanks.

                  @ntxdave said:

                  BTW: Did you draw the coin or get it from somewhere? Interesting that it says 2025. πŸ˜„

                  I modeled the coin myself. (I never use anyone else's models.) The face is a texture created with an image from the US Mint's website. It actually says 2023, not 2025.
                  Screenshot - 1_13_2024 , 9_36_28 AM.png

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
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                    Ooops! I should have blown it up more. 😞

                    Would you mind sharing how you did it (in other words, educate me)? I did not think an image from their web site would look that much like a 3D image. I have not done any modeling for a while so I think I am falling behind. 😞

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      @ntxdave said:

                      Would you mind sharing how you did it (in other words, educate me)?

                      I'll make a thread in the Tutorials category. FWIW, the 3D-ness is due to the way the coin was illuminated for the original photo.

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                      • ntxdaveN Offline
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                        @dave r said:

                        @ntxdave said:

                        Would you mind sharing how you did it (in other words, educate me)?

                        I'll make a thread in the Tutorials category. FWIW, the 3D-ness is due to the way the coin was illuminated for the original photo.

                        Tnanks, I will look for it. πŸ‘

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                        • Dave RD Offline
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                          Vauxhall Donkey


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                          Vauxhall Donkey section

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