Model Train Journal

I've been on the Shapeways site for the past few days running down a number of 1/2400-scale ship models. Dependent upon the designer, there's some nice stuff out there, many of which aren't covered by the mainstream casting companies such as Viking Forge, GHQ, CinC, and a few others.

While I was out there I stumbled onto this. I don't know if others here have already looked at this stuff, but it seemed it might be of interest:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/B6GGSHT2C/h-f-combine-o-scale-part-a

Healey

Slick looking model. $479.26

Don't forget to purchase the underfloor & Roof PART B Model. Another $117.88

Drive is another ~$150......

Seats to be bought from Q-car....

By the time it's painted and decaled (where do you get those?) you're pushing $800.

Yeah, I thought it seemed a bit pricey. It'll be interesting to see if the price of this kind of stuff starts to decline as printing gets more mainstream. The guy probably figures he'll never sell more than ten of these.

healey36 wrote:Yeah, I thought it seemed a bit pricey. It'll be interesting to see if the price of this kind of stuff starts to decline as printing gets more mainstream.

I've got a high school lad lined up to write articles on 3D printing, so that decline in pricing is probably not all that off,

The guy probably figures he'll never sell more than ten of these.

At that pricing, 10 may be optimistic. Then again, is 3D printing the next brass? I'd buy one for review purposes, but my budget for that action is what's in my own wallet,