Road Chain System

[tossedman]

Has anyone seen this yet. It's a Road Chain System that drags vehicles around a track using magnets. You 3D print all of the parts, add a 360° servo and boom! Bob's your uncle and you have moving cars and buses and trucks.You can download the parts to 3D print for a small fee here. It costs €4.99 for the 3D printable files. Looks like HO scale but you should be able to resize it to any scale that you want when printing it. You may add as many vehicles as you have spaces for. The servo is hidden in a building beside the road. It's all quite clever.

 

 

Looks pretty cool!

 

Cheers eh,

 

Todd

Edited August 1, 2023 by tossedman

[cteno4]

Very cool, just like the old greyhound buss kits (was that Aurora?).

 

jeff

[Robsr]

One of the Facebook groups had a guy who made his own system similar to this using just a chain and magnets under a sheet plastic top decorated to resemble a road and other ground cover. The chain and motor systems are available online. 

[tossedman]

I think I saw that as well. Was that using bicycle chains? Another interesting way of doing it. I'd interested in seeing how this 3D printed road chain system would work with 90° corners.