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High Definition 3D Color Printer - Mimaki Color Printer
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qmp211
Greetings,
This revolutionary 3D printing process came to my attention when I received an email illustrating high resolution airplane cockpit instrument panel detail sets. They are stunning. Here are some links to engage your creative juices. Randy Danniel Red Fox https://www.rfstudio.hu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMQh7sXcuns Quinta Studio 1/48 Tomcat https://spruebrothers.com/qtsqd48048-1-48-quinta-studio-interior-3d-decal-f-14a-tomcat-tam-kit/ Truck interior https://spruebrothers.com/qtsqd35023-1-35-quinta-studio-interior-3d-decal-typhoon-vdv-mng-kit/ Shapeways adds Mimaki to their arsenal https://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/41513-high-definition-full-color-3d-print-in-ten-million-colors.html https://www.shapeways.com/materials/high-definition-full-color Mimaki 3D Color Photopolymer Printer links - 10 million colors https://blog.twindom.com/blog/mimaki-full-color-3d-printer-for-3d-printed-figurines |
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C J Wyatt
Print out the car, the paint scheme, lettering, and weathering all at the same time? Would that take the fun out of building models?
The operators might love it, having that kind of realism available to them at a relatively low cost. |
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Scott H. Haycock
Hi CJ,
When I got into this hobby in the 1960s, it was more of a model builder's hobby. These days it seems like a RTR hobby. Other than resin, and companies like Tichy and Accurail, kits are becoming rare.
It boils down to; are you a Model Railroader, or a Railroad Modeler?
Scott Haycock
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lrkdbn
I definitely count myself a model builder-I deplore the trend toward RTR , but some of these newer technologies such as 3D printing and resin casting do make up for a lot of the loss of the old line model kit manufacturers. But where is the entry level niche that used to be filled by Athearn and MDC? How much new blood is coming into the hobby either as railroad modelers or as model railroaders? A lot of good modeling was done with those basic and inexpensive kits and semi kits and it WAS affordable, which current RTR is often not.
Larry King |
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We still have Accurail. Yep, everything costs more now. I started out buying flextrack at 75 US cents for a three foot piece. That was brass rail on fiber ties. Sounds cheap but minimum wage was $1.25 so an hour wouldn't buy two pieces. I'm not crying for those days to come back. Chuck Peck I definitely count myself a model builder-I deplore the trend toward RTR , but some of these newer technologies such as 3D printing and resin casting do make up for a lot of the loss of the old line model kit manufacturers. But where is the entry level niche that used to be filled by Athearn and MDC? How much new blood is coming into the hobby either as railroad modelers or as model railroaders? A lot of good modeling was done with those basic and inexpensive kits and semi kits and it WAS affordable, which current RTR is often not. |
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Kenneth Montero
Larry,
Accurail and Bowser kits fill the niche vacated by Athearn and Roundhouse (Model Die Casting). Tichy has a few of their more detailed kits as pre-painted kits. Adjusted for inflation and for improved quality, their prices are not out of line with what Athearn and MDC would now be charging for comparable kits.
Alas, there are no comparable passenger car kits.
Ken Montero
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Athearn offered their Daylight coach as a kit, but quickly appeared to realize the return on completely accurate passenger cars with one owner wasn't going to succeed, so they cut their losses, and moved on. On 12/12/2021 10:48 PM, Kenneth Montero
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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