Latest model Bachmann LS Climax universal clamping rings are cracked and crumbling. Must be some kind of wrong, brittle plastic that they were made out of. Engine is NOS, new in the box, and I just brought it out of storage to modify it as Battery R/C and make it live. Of course, Bachmann does not list the part as in stock, so I guess it will have to be 3D printed.

Perhaps there are others needing this same part, and if so, that will make it better for whomever the printer may be! Wondering if they are perhaps the same as on the Shays?!?!

There are some Large Scale hobbyists who are doing 3d printing. In most cases they will need the broken part in order to reverse engineer it.

Al P. is a Finescale modeler who does 3d printing. Here is a copy of a post with his contact info:
Al is a 1:20.3 modeler and and retired CAD engineer.  Makes parts for folks, his email is [email protected] his old company address. He does great work.

The main thing is you must send him the broken part. I was going to use him to make a truck part from a USA Trains passenger car, but in the end I found the part and did not need him. If I need something else I will use him.

Good luck, Bill

Thanks Bill, you are always on top of things here and we are soooooooo lucky to have you!

I'm in touch with Al and we are double checking to see if the Shay universal clamp rings are the same, or at least functionally and dimensionally the same, as those on the Climax, as he has already made those universal parts for the LS Shay!

Hope things work out.  Keep the forum up to date as to how things go.  Bill