Nate Miller
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'Reimagined' Firehouse Playset - PART 13 - Garage Doors
🕑 Added 2024-02-18 23:29:27 +0000 UTCThe firehouse garage doors took a little longer than I would have liked but they are finally here... and I have two options available....
Option 1 is a "Roll Up" style door like what you would see in today's real-world firehouse (and the Playmobil set). In real life, the rollup garage doors are more practical for arched entry way. When open, they provide full clearance for the Ectomobile with a roofrack or gunner chair.
With Option 2, I needed to get a little creative. I wanted the iconic swing-out barn doors but when dealing with an archway, the door height can only ever be the height where the arch begins. This leaves an area above the doors that closes off the archway. To preserve the desired Ectomobile clearance, I designed the top portion to be a "rollup" section and sit along the same track as Option 1. I ended up being quite happy with this solution.
BOTH options are interchangeable with a common track system. Feel free to try them both out and see what you like for your build.
Here are some diagrams to help...
Garage Frame + Track
The garage door frame/track is a little tedious to assemble. Have some superglue handy and maybe some mini-clips.
After assembly, I tack-glued it to the front entry wall and ceiling with hot glue in case I wanted to reposition things later.
Option 1 - Rollup Doors
The rollup door is broken into 6 sections that snap together. You can then slide them into the track. From there, you can manually raise or lower these doors.
Note: After snapping the doors together, I recommend moving the hinge joint around a bit to loosing things up and make the rollup action smoother.
Option 2 - Barn Doors
The barn doors can attach into the same track system for option 1. Two barn door hinges can be inserted into the vertical portion of the track. A 2-piece rollup section is then set into the track at the top. The assembly of the top section is identical to Option 1.
Comments
Brian Smith
Right now I'm doing it at 130%
Patrick Brown
Question what size brass rod do I need I haven't seen anything on that unless I missed it
K Cordell
I love the way you did this. I'm hoping to print at least the garage area as diorama for the Haslab Ecto-1. Any idea how much I'll need to scale it up?
Nate Miller
I think I see what you mean - it looks like the top corner of the front-facing surface mesh wasn't perfectly planar - it created an extra step. I corrected it and re-uploaded the files here.
Nate Miller
What/Where are you seeing it? I printed mine with the interior side facing down.
Vinz
The barn doors have some weird geometry when I slice it in OrcaSlicer, it also shows up in the print on both doors.
Vinz
Gotta love the solutions you came up with! I half expected some external hinges like the Kenner Firehouse, as that would resolve the arch height issue, but this is way more elegant!
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