Recent content by nvrr49


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    3d Printed Buildings

    In a word, BAD. Not near the surface quality needed. Use Shapeways for that, either FUD or FXD. The problem is the cost and size. Their new liquid resin may work too, but I have not tried it.
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    3d Printed Buildings

    HO scale gas station I designed and 3d printed on a home printer. Design and construction details can be viewed at: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2016/11/gulf-gas-station-ho-scale-3d-printed.html
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    Jordan Spreader Kitbash

    One of the Roundhouse 3-in-1 Craft Kits. More details and pictures at this link...http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2016/02/jordan-spreader-kitbash-3-tank-cars.html
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    Shapeways Items

    Gas Station details, in HO scale. More pictures and design details at this link. http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2016/01/gas-station-details-3d-printed-shapeways.html
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    Shapeways Items

    See this thread for buildings and items that were printed on a home FDM printer, http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?33414-3d-Printed-Buildings
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    Shapeways Items

    Do your own design work There are a few model railroad items on https://pinshape.com/ and some on http://www.thingiverse.com/. Files can be downloaded and printed on your home printer. For the most part, if you have a home printer, you must do the design work yourself. SketchUp is easy to...
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    Shapeways Items

    Vintage Travel Trailers More details can be seen at: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/12/travel-trailers-ho-scale-3d-printed.html
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    M3D printer, $350 plug and play printer

    OldGuyHO, I don't see the referral program on their web site. And I am not making any endorsements one way or the other, there is a learning curve, and for every 3d printer it is different.
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    M3D printer, $350 plug and play printer

    I print the blocks 12 at a time, and they take a little less than an hour. The M3D is VERY slow. Each block takes about an inch of material. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    M3D printer, $350 plug and play printer

    Here are some HO scale concrete blocks I designed and printed on the M3D. More pictures and design details can be seen at http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/10/m3d-printer-3-concrete-blocks-in-ho.html
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    Shapeways Items

    This is a revisit to my very first post here. I designed and printed some bath fixtures, but they had some issue, so I redesigned them and finally got around to reprinting them. Pictures of them painted can be seen at http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/10/bath-fixture-update-3d-printed-in-ho.html
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    Shapeways Items

    I designed the pianos in this HO scale diorama and had them printed at Shapeways. More pictures and design details can be seen at this link, http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/09/pianos-ho-scale-3d-printed-at.html
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    M3D printer, $350 plug and play printer

    The shelves against the wall in this piano store diorama were printed on the M3D. For more details on the piano store diorama, including the pianos, click on this link, http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/09/pianos-ho-scale-3d-printed-at.html
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    Shapeways Items

    Thank you, it one clicks on the link they get all the information.
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    M3D printer, $350 plug and play printer

    I have done some initial test prints, and you can see some of the results here. More at my blog, http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2015/09/m3d-printer-1-test-prints.html The red pieces were printed on the M3D.



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