I struggled to find a drawing and so was about to base it on photos when I came across a download of a Gn15 body on Shapeways for £20. I've never used Shapeways so thought I'd give it a try. The body came as one complete .stl file. No way I'd be able to import it into TinkerCAD and break it down, so I decided to try printing the whole thing at once on my resin printer (another first). I could see that it was designed for an 00 loco chassis and seemed under-scale, so I rescaled it in the slicer to ensure it would fit a 45mm chassis. At first, I was considering the HGLW, but quickly decided it would look better on my own powered chassis.
The body needed some extensive 'tweaking' to provide room for the chassis and, now I actually have a scale drawing, it is over-sized, but I think I'll get away with it.
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