Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material such as a suspension of minerals as used in ceramics or molten metal or plastic is introduced into a mould, allowed to solidify within the mould, ...
Casting - Produced from a mold, a copy of an original part that is fabricated out of molten metal, molten plastic, plaster, or polyurethane.
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Casting Process for duplicating parts.
Catenary Overhead wires for electrical locomotives.
Code Height of rail in thousandths of an inch. Code 83 rail is .083" tall.
Casting costs had to be reduced.
Manufacturing costs had to be lowered.
The kit must be easy to build and have very detailed assembly instructions.
The locomotive must operate properly and remain in top operating condition.
A casting process used to manufacture some products for model railroading, where molten metal is forced into the mold under pressure.
Diesel ...
Homecasting is the hobby of casting your own toy soldiers. The figures are made out of metal which has been melted and poured into molds. The alloys used range from blends of tin / lead / antimony to a variety of lead-free pewters.
These castings are rectangular in shape and don't offer any ceiling effect. I used them differently than the curved topped liners.
A metal casting which is bolted to a sleeper and grips the rail to hold it in place.
Chassis ...
Blowhole
A casting defect caused by trapped steam or gas.
BNIB
Abbreviation: Brand New In Box.
A large, forged casting attached to the main drive wheels of a steam engine which allows a rod to rotate in an elliptical path, thereby opening and closing the cylinder slide valves.
Electromagnet ...
An iron or steel casting which transfers the weight of a bridge to its supports. One end is normally a solid mounting while the opposite end allows for expansion and contraction.
Bright Boy
(brand name) An abrasive rubber block used to clean track.
A metal casting made to fit against the side of a rail or guard rail and to be spiked to the tie on the outside of a track or the inside of a guard rail to prevent the rail from inclining backward with the thrust of wheels.
Pony Truck The casting and wheel set or wheel sets which make up the leading wheels of most steam locomotives, intended to guide locomotives through curves and switches, and used to properly distribute the weight of the locomotive.
Centipede Tender A high capacity tender applied to some large steam locomotives, and having seven axles, with the front two axles contained in a track casting and capable of swiveling.
I've now attached the combination cylinder and pilot castings to the front of the mech. Now if you've been reading along you already know that I mentioned the telling of some stories about filing. Here goes.
Another rapid prototyping services system is urethane castings. Urethane castings take the process to be slightly higher and detailed level. It produces a more durable model of plastic mold. This model actually simulates production material.
1" wide were ACCed to the casting between the disks. The next step was to apply a wrapper. Strips of 0.010 styrene were cut as wide as the filler strips were long. A warm bath and a roll over a dowel let me fit the wrap tin place and cut it to fit.
Using only the HoB frame and step castings, I cut the long hood off a Cary S-2; built an RS-1 cab from brass sheet metal; and added a Tiger Models' short hood.
A metal alloy - primarily lead and tin, with some other elements such as antimony - commonly used for casting detail components for model railways.
Hartland (HLW) and Roundhouse/Model Die Casting (MDC) also offer rolling stock for both standard and narrow gauge. Numerous other manufacturers offer a plethora of models in many scales, eras, and degrees of fineness of detail.
Die-cast: a manufacturing process in which molten material is poured or injected into a metal mold. The molds are always metal in this process, but the material cast may be metal or plastic. There are other casting processes, ...
- You can cut a hole in the side of the mountain to provide access to the track inside the tunnel, and then cover the opening with a plaster rock casting or polyurethane rock foam cut to fit the opening.
Here I placed my rock castings so I could carve the foam around them. This will help to blend the rocks into the scenery .
Here are two overall shots after all of the foam is carved.
Eccentric Crank
A large, forged casting attached to the main drive wheels of a steam engine which allows a rod to rotate in an elliptical path, thereby opening and closing the cylinder slide valves.
The pivoting hook like casting that fits into the head of a coupler and rotates about a vertical pin to either the open position (to engage a mating coupler) or to the closed position (when fully engaged).
Knuckle Pin (Coupler) ...
In the late 1970s, Model Die Casting (Roundhouse) introduced their line of freight cars.
Life-Like Santa Fe SD45, Burlington GP40, and 0-6-0T ...
Josh Seltzer (urethane 1-piece casting with AM floor):
Budd 85' lightweight coach
Ed Loizeaux (unpainted kits, wood frame, plastic-coated cardstock sides and ends): ...
A prefabricated nozzle chimney combination comprising seven steam jets issuing fan-wise from an oblong nozzle casting to fill a long chimney outlet area. Used in Europe, Asia, and Africa; the lone U.S.
The UK version made by the English Steel Casting Co was built under license. It is a simple and reliable design but its main disadvantage is its high weight. Illustration and description here.
Frog: (US) A casting with "X" shaped grooves used in switches and crossovers.[24]
Funnel: A Thomas the Tank Engine misnomer for a chimney (UK) or smokestack (US), although it is also used in Australia (Victoria at least).
 See also: Track, Train, Standard, Section, Layout
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