Great thread! I am an exception to the rule as I have all three devices available to me. What's the 3rd you say, it's CNC milling. I have MakerBot, a FS40 laser, and a 48x96 ShopBot CNC. NONE of them can do all of the things you have been talking about easily. I do my walls with CNC, I sometimes do my doors and windows with the laser, and of course the smaller parts are 3d. I seem to use the 3d mostly for large quantities of the same part. Having said that I just recently 3d printed an entire ON30 hopper car? It Took forever but that time was less than driving to my local hobby shop (120 miles) to buy one! With the prices of desktop cnc machines coming down, its a tool we just might be seeing more of in the model shops. Russ
ON30 stock car done on CNC
3D printed ON30 hopper
Pieces cnc cut for Chama Coal tower - O scale
The tower model - O scale
3d printed goodies