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westernmaryland202
New Hire
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 Posted - 03/23/2012 : 9:57:59 PM
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This is something I've been working on the past few days, that a friend suggested I share.
I built a Walthers State Line Farm Supply a few months back for my club's layout, and naturally, I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I decided to add some interior details for an office in the front.
The first details I made were some potted trees:
These took me all of 10 minutes to make (almost half of which was spent finding two matching pencils...) I took the metal bits off the end of the pencils, pushed the erasers in so the top was recessed the amount I wanted it from the top, stuck in half a toothpick, and stuck on some clump foliage. I didn't bother painting the pink eraser as I figured it wouldn't matter inside the office.
Next, I had some office furniture 3D printed:
On the left is the furniture I cleaned up to use, on the right are some spare chairs straight from the printer. I deliberately did not clean up the pieces as much as I could have, as I wanted to see how strongly the layers from the printing process would be visible.
After priming, they turned out to be highly visible, and I wished that I had sanded them more:
Paint helped a good bit to hide the layers:
Then, installed in the office:
A fellow club member ran a wire for me today so I can install interior lighting, so as soon as I do that, I'll post a shot of the building with the roof on. The trees looked a little too big when placed next to the furniture and especially when inside the office, so I ended up using them elsewhere, and forgetting to get a photo of them  |
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AVRR-PA
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2012 : 06:22:16 AM
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Thanks for sharing your work. Very interesting, especially the 3-D printing.
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2012 : 08:14:55 AM
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| Thanks for sharing. I'm a fan of interior decoration - although it can really eat up modeling time. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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AntonioFP45
New Hire
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 6:15:05 PM
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Amazing work!
Could you please explain the 3D printing process? What program? Type of printer? How long does it usually take? Etc.
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Waiter, yes I'll have my Pullman Standards and Budds in clean, stainless steel flavors please! |
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brownbr
Crew Chief
USA
766 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 6:26:01 PM
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| very clever |
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sd80macs
New Hire
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 6:50:54 PM
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Here are some pics of an office I detailed a while ago using parts from Faller, Model Power, Noch, and Busch.
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closetguy
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 07/11/2012 : 9:35:04 PM
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Mark
so did you do the printing yourself or was it outsourced.?
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sd80macs
New Hire
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Posted - 07/12/2012 : 6:08:32 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by closetguy
Mark
so did you do the printing yourself or was it outsourced.?
Mike M
None of the stuff I used was printed with a 3d printer. I used parts from Model Power, Busch, Faller, Noch. I also made some stuff like the coffee machine and calanders. |
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closetguy
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 07/15/2012 : 9:36:34 PM
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Mark
Your second picture down says you had office furniture printed 3D? That usually means 3D printing? Did I read that wrong?
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closetguy
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 07/15/2012 : 9:38:14 PM
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oops, my mistake. You added your own pictures to someone else's thread.
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