Rapid Prototyping

[tv_man]

Having followed the progress on the forums where these dutch prototype models were (and are being) developed and built I can only agree that this is quite cool, but the surfaces really, really need a lot of work before they come even close to acceptable levels of graininess. The technique seems to be useful for odd-shapes (organic forms, round forms, that seem to be in vogue on modern rolling stock) as those are quite difficult to do (consistently) using brass or styrene, but for smooth surfaces traditional techniques still seem to be better. Eventually we'll probably get fully painted models out of the replicator, which will take a lot of fun of scratchbuilding with it..