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Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 7 – Tick Tock!
Would like to see a lot more detail in what exactly is needed for three D printing. What software is available for converting photos to shapeway capable three D files, limits of three D printing versus O, HO and N scale, etc.
That station looks great David. Will you be painting in the feather details on the wings? Noticed that you had a solid floor inside, will the station be lighted inside? Thanks.
An interesting application of 3D printing capability. Lacking that capability, I suspect I would have gone to the craft store to look for tiny angel wing earings or those metal pieces which are used by the people into “steam punk” decoration of their clothes (or – gulp – skin), and sure enough a Google Images search for miniature cherub wings shows some potential examples that could come close to the look of the real depot.
Continued great work on the station. I guess may only real question would be to wonder why Ben didn’t layer the wing detail as multiple parts that get added to the front of the clock/wing assembly. Do you really lose that much detail in printing out the pieces with a 3D printer?
George,
I had played around with fine relief detail on the Winston-Salem Southbound freight house project. In that case it was brick detail on the windows. The results were spotty at best. It’s understandable, I was really pushing the detail tolerances for the Frosted Ultra Detail material. Also, the material can pick up a bit of texture in the printing that can hide the detail.
Because of that result, I decided to skip the feathers, and instead I added the detail at the bottom of the clock, as you can see on this version:
in a future video blog you will find out how that version came to be.
Thanks for the question,
Benjamin Lake
Associate Editor
Model Railroader Video Plus
Hi David, great work on the Madison depot for Chuck’s railroad. Whilst a kit bash/scratchbuild like this usually ends way more costly than a kit, it is tremendously rewarding to see the finished product and know you have produced a unique structure. Looking forward to seeing it finished and installed.
Merv Sharp - New Zealand