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  1. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    They really nailed the "urban weathering." Like, *really* nailed it. Some teenager is going to be mad when they realize that someone stole their tag.
  2. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    I've never heard of anyone getting into a hot water over it - and that includes a few actual businesses making custom stationary with fallen flag railroads on it. (And besides, if anyone wants to come for me, it'll be the feds because I'm a little too silly for their rules.) And yeah, that...
  3. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    So I finally did an "artistic" print with my new resin printer. (In this case, it's being made into the base of a small lamp for a friend.) I won't be modeling a pile of skulls on my railroad - yet. Maybe for Halloween. As for the recommendation of printing barrels (and other items) - I'm...
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    20 Foot Bulk Chemical Tank

    Nice. You should print extras and sell them on eBay. (That's how I rationalize my activities to the wife.)
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    Herintreden in On30

    Welkom op het forum. Nederland - mijn moeder vertelt nog steeds verhalen over hoe leuk ze het daar vond. Mijn grootvader zat in het leger en bracht er na de oorlog tijd door. Schakelaars helemaal zelf bouwen, dat is indrukwekkend. Het is al moeilijk genoeg om een werkende schakelaar op ware...
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    What are you buying this Month?

    I want to buy a UV printer so bad, but that's such a niche piece of equipment that I can't rationalize it. Look into what they can do and you'll be amazed. The custom-made metal is pretty cool. Do they stamp it, or lost investment cast? I've made some custom builder's and number plates int the...
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    What are you buying this Month?

    So I fired up the new resin printer. Man, printing in resin is a PAIN. Much more difficult that FDM 3D printers. That said, the quality is remarkable. It looks as good as factory injection-molded components. I printed some items in HO scale, rather than my normal G and On30 - they looked "meh"...
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    What are you buying this Month?

    How do you plan on re-doing the lettering? Press-on cut vinyl, transfer sheets? I picked up a few unlettered engines and I'm curious how most people do it.
  9. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    Will do. It's on my list of things to do. Right now I'm just on eBay - It's been tough just keeping up with the few basic designs I have. Once I'm comfortably ahead, I'm definitely going to set up some sort of store. (Mainly because it'll save me on sales tax - right now I'm paying taxes on raw...
  10. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    Oh, that's going to be easy - I already have a lot of those models from my day-job. My profile picture is a cutaway valve I printed for work.
  11. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    Decided to scan the baby and 3D print a 50% scale version of her to send with the thank you cards for everyone who gave us baby stuff.
  12. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    Well, boys, I fired up the 3D scanner. It's going to be a vicious learning curve - for as good as the hardware seems, the software is atrocious and they don't have a user guide. I scanned the front coupler of SP-745, which we are about to start restoring back to operation. Sadly, being New...
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    Model Power E7 help

    I haven't done it with model trains (yet), but I have had luck 3D printing working gears. This includes rather high-stress applications such as a kids go-cart where the stock Nylon gear stripped out and I 3D printed new ones out of ABS, Nylon, and carbon fiber reinforced Nylon. I plan on...
  14. J_Mangle

    What are you buying this Month?

    I definitely need to pick your brain. I've got a new Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra 9k sitting in a box by my feet right now. You know, the baby brother to the one you have. I won't have the opportunity to play with it until next week, however. I'm experienced with FDM 3D printing, but this is my first...
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    Tips to make way better industrial buildings! Cool drone video

    Makes me want to buy a high quality drone. I bought a hilariously cheap one, like $30, and I was amazed how well it worked. (I needed to inspect the roof of a fire-damaged building for an engineering report - I didn't feel safe climbing on it, so drone it was.) I'm lucky - I live in the...
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