@rplst8 posted:This is where I'm at. Early tank car prototypes are not often accurately modeled in O. They're usually part of traditional 3-rail sets, with gargantuan brake wheels and molded in details that are not crisp.
So I'm interested, but $500 is steep for a single piece of rolling stock that might stick out like a sore thumb, and won't be something I could afford a lot of.
100%, and this is coming from someone who is a 3-railer.
Maybe the industrial 3D printing world will save us with a nice middle ground?
At some point, the resolution will be fine enough to do these kind of projects and the materials will be more durable. I've seen some nicely done 3D prints in smaller scales and have some 3D printed parts, but [at this point] they can be fragile. There are currently 3D metal printers out there, but you don't even want to THINK about what those must cost.
