yes. Ya should. It'd be cool if ya did.

And now some garden #modelrailroad news. I have taken over as designer of my local garden #trains club newsletter. I am going to start writing up a monthly column that tracks new #3dprint releases and further tips for 3D printing garden-scale trains. You can find more info of our org here bagrs.org

It's been a while since I've posted #modeltrain stuff so here's some beautiful weathering by Stinger Arthaus. I love this level of weather precisely because it's so painfully easy to overdo it and thus requires such tremendous skill to balance a "realistic" application instead of just too much.

Good news as I often model a 1941 era Sacramento Northern in G scale. That includes modifying a lot of existing 3D model designs into SN motive power and rolling stock. Hall Scott Interurbans, B1 cabs, GE steeples, even several caboose models. Lot of failed prints, lot of trial and error. It's fun.

I think I'm going to get a larger format resin printer (Elegoo Saturn Ultra 16k) and do some aggressive tests with ABS-like resins. I wanna see if I can get that level of detail and durability. That or I'll just do the usual ASA on the Bambu P1S and stick to smaller parts to be resin.

Now that I'm gainfully employed again, that is absolutely on the docket! I just gotta organize my shop and clear a ton of foilage.

Yep! and it makes so many pieces a lot easier to print. I'm already modifying the core step components to be capable of fitting detail parts like rotating fans and a model of the diesel motor itself.

👀 It'd be one more motivation to finish my outdoor layout (after i dig it out of all the weeds after a year of involuntary neglect)

well yea, that colorway looks objectively better. It's just that I like schemes that look weird. I don't know why. My entire art background gets chucked out the window for weird green hues and bad color pairings.

EMD GP9 Stepfile-Print | 3D Print Model Model available for download in Stereolithography format. Visit CGTrader and browse more than 1 million 3D models, including 3D print and real-time assets

anywhere and everywhere, there's never one spot. Usually start with a meta search on yeggi, then image searches on google for wildcards. This model is on CGTrader. www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-mod...

Fine #train foamers, you win. I don't even MODEL transition era, but this GP9 #3dprint model is trivial to convert to a GP7 and I am obsessed with how ugly the green/orange colors of the WP are for Sacramento Northern. So you win, diesel #modelrailroad nerds. My 1941 layout is cooked,chat.

Using some of my failed #3Dprint build to test vinyl lettering that I drew and cut using a Siser Juliet. It's a little rough to apply it but that's why I'm practicing on my junk projects. #modeltrains

Part of the reason I'm going "all-in" on 3D printing is the cost savings when you expand a layout. Upfront tool costs are higher but each subsequent locomotive or rolling stock gets cheaper to build than the last. Some G scale layouts are well over $10k and I can match their rosters for 1/8th that.

Same. Jfc same.

I don't like how My 9 Games clearly reveals my age:

Yea couplers and wheels are the last frontier for reliable 3D prints cause that cost is too much! The set I tried with carbon fiber filament just weren't strong enough. Gotta try again this summer.

It looks real but it's "only" a #modelrailroad! Once again the Bishoptown Subdivision garden railroad shows that outdoor 1:29 scale #trains look stellar in natural sunlight. Expert weathering and attention to details go far for realism.

When they dropping the Epstein GG1?

Correct!

Best part of 3D printing trains? You sometimes get updates to the models! #modelrailroad modeler Simon Wright updated his truck design for his recent D&RGW combine, while Chris Murray is working on a 6-wheel Buckeye that he'll be releasing soon on Thingiverse! These are both fantastic models!

Seeing a completed SP SD9 #3dprint made by our garden railroad club president is so encouraging. There aren't many 1:29 scale releases these days + with a #modeltrain market that focuses on the most expensive models, printing becomes a necessity for budget builds. www.thingiverse.com/thing:7287868

Yeah, I love rewatching that ep too. Anytime I'm stumped about a process with scratch building, I start here and work down my list of log jams. Being able to replay parts and figure out wtf I'm doing wrong with technique is also huge. Sometimes even figuring out I'm using a inferior paint or masking

The Hardest MINIATURE I've Ever Built - Golden Arch McDonald's Diorama (WORKING LIGHTS) YouTube video by Smol World Workshop

Everytime this dude posts I learn like 40 new techniques. Absolutely mind blowing work, with paint and finishing tips that can make any #modeltrain layout prosper. I can't stress enough how important YouTube is to making hobbies more accessible. Long gone are the days of grainy b&w photos.

I love when I see examples of 3D printed #modelrailroad structures especially when they were originally at a different scale. This locomotive shed started as an HO scale model, and comfortably scaled up to 1:29 G scale!

Yea I got enchanted by the 40th and Shafter yard. I really looking at local history by visiting various former locations. I just gotta build this yard. It's so wild that the Bay Area had effective Interurban transit in 1940. People often don't know how long electric lines existed out here.

Sweet! That's the railroad I'm modeling for my garden railroad!

The end of the Key system and the Sacramento Northern's passenger service is my villain arc. It is exactly why I have a garden railroad. I am building #modeltrains 100% out of spite.

The past ten years of consumer level 3D printing have been astonishing. It's why I'm so excited for G scale modeling despite it's niche position in #modelrailroad culture.

Uhm where did you get that dare fanny pack? #askingforafriend #imthefriend

That's so good. Captured that era of illustration perfectly.