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Nice work

Cheers,

Kev

Here's images of HO LAJ & ATSF ALCO S-2/4 stacks that Shapeways thru David Cutting of Cutting Edge Scale Models is doing for me. No one does LAJ ALCO models but will use shells painted in Santa Fe blue & decal w/ Microscale ATSF white zebra stripe decals. Since the LAJ zebras are about 1/2 the size of the ATSF ones will use the N scale set (60-11611). The LAJ stacks are 3' tall including the base on the model..
None of the current Santa Fe ALCO models available have the correct stack. The Santa Fe stacks are rectangular & 3' tall.

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Here are some HO scale bath fixtures that I had printed at shapeways.com.


More details can be seen at this link, along with some other items.
http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/10/shape...uff-8.html

impressive detail.

Now, if you're putting your house on your layout, you should get them to be recursive and print out an HO-scale replica of yor layout

Love the tooling!

HO scale Chainsaws, 3d printed at Shapeways. Also available in O and S scale on Shapeways website.

Design details and more pictures can be seen at: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/05/chain...inted.html

I like the truck cab and the wood lathe.

Here is a vintage tire shop I designed in HO scale. Most of the details were printed at Shapeways. More pictures and design and construction details can be seen at: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/09/tire-...tails.html

I have designed the tools for a machine shop and printed them at Shapeways. These are HO, but they are available in S and O scale too. A few pictures are below, but there are over 15 tools. For more pictures and design details, see the blog links below.

http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/05/machi...metal.html

http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/05/machi...large.html

http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/05/machi...rface.html

If only didn't cost $250 to print a passenger car body shell, then I might enjoy 3D printing a little more.

The one thing i would like to make is replacement bushings for the new proto Amfleet cars. The metal ones kinda grind and slow the cars down, while I understand that the black or white strong and flexible is very slippery against metal axles (was was demonstrated on a 3D model with trucks printed in that material). Just gotta make a square with a hole in it, easy enough!

Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:If only didn't cost $250 to print a passenger car body shell, then I might enjoy 3D printing a little more.

Same here! And I need 10 cars!

Matt

Yes, the price on large highly detailed items can get our of hand rather quickly. For structures, a home FDM printer will work for many of them, but for cars and engines, one needs the detail available on a VERY expensive printer. I only use Shapeways for details and HO vehicles. Even the vehicles can get expensive, and I will be posting about several of them later this year.

Here are some details I did at the request on Facebook, way too modern for my era of modeling. Jaws-of-Life in HO scale. For more pictures and design details, click on this link: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/06/jaws-...scale.html

I really like the the machine shop fixtures!
I've been at that Shapeways store. Several times!
As soon as I can afford it, I'm getting that "Tire Shop"...
Fantastic, era-spanning equipment!

Carmine,
Owner, Creator, CEO & Bottle Washer...
The Pacific Belt RR, in HO Scale
Since 1975!

I design this piano store diorama, and 3d printed the details. The pianos were printed at Shapeways, and the shelves along the wall were printed on a home printer. More pictures and design details can be seen at: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/09/piano...ed-at.html