Figures and scene details

[mbinsewi]

Good morning all,  lots of snow going on right now, in SE. WI.

I've seen this group on Face Book for a while now, thought I'd pass it on.

https://www.miniprints.com/

Looks like a cool source for people and details.

I'm thinking of getting a train crew.

Have a great weekend!

Mike.

[John-NYBW]

3D printing of figures and accessories is fast becoming a cottage industry. I'm hoping one of these companies will come out with a couple of Little League baseball players in uniform to populate the baseball field I am building right now. 

[nealknows]

I saw them at the Amherst Model Train show and the stuff looks good. Too bad they don't come painted or I would have bought many different figures. Painting is not one of my forte's unless I can use a 1" paint brush?

Neal

[dknelson]

Their cinder blocks look really good and appear to be very fairly priced.  

Dave Nelson

[PC101]

I am wondering if cast metal will go by the wayside and 3D printed will take over.

I buy more 3D printed items then cast metal at train shows.

Bob, PC101

[Lone Wolf and Santa Fe]

How is the quality, specifically the texture (smoothness) of the figures compared to the standard die cast injection molding of manufacturers like Preiser or Noch? To me 3D printed objects seem very rough.

[HO-Velo]

Lone Wolf and Santa Fe

quality, specifically the texture (smoothness) of the figures compared to the standard die cast injection molding of manufacturers like Preiser

Last year I 'hired' a Mini Print switching crew and they're doing a good job.  They do have gaininess and print lines in spots, and IMO not as smooth as Preiser figures.  Removing mold lines and sprue nubs from 1:87 cast figures is a chore, but I can only imagine that getting rid of the 'print marks' and graininess would be more than a fair challenge.  

Regards, Peter

[mbinsewi]

Thanks Peter, that's what I'm looking buy.  

Mike.

[doctorwayne]

mbinsewi

 

I'm thinking of getting a train crew.

Mike.

 

I managed to get enough suitable LPBs to have at least an engineer and a fireman in all of my steam locomotives...although some of them appear to require some touch-ups...

 

 

 

 

 

 

...and I also painted some LPBs for other uses, such as riders in passenger cars and vehicles, and also as pedestrians.

This was rather time consuming, as I manage to paint only 52 of them, and have at least another 200 to be done.  I didn't pay too much attention to the variety of paints that I used, but as you can see, some of the clothing has an unrealistic shine to it...a little Dulcote should correct that.
I did manage to make some of the better-developed ladies a little more interesting, which should please some of the gents, too...

 

 

...and as you can see, not all of the figures are to the same scale.
I'd much rather paint locomotives and freight cars, as at least it can be done using an airbrush.

 

Wayne

 

 

[kasskaboose]

Call me cheap, but much prefer to spend the money on unpainted figures and tailor them accordingly.

[mbinsewi]

Thanks Wayne, not sure I understand LPB ?  Something to do with bakelite?

Mike.

[doctorwayne]

mbinsewi

Thanks Wayne, not sure I understand LPB ? Something to do with bakelite?

Well, if I recall correctly, LPB stands for Little Plastic Beings, although the B has also represented a few other words, some of them unsuitable for this forum.

Wayne

[mbinsewi]

doctorwayne

Well, if I recall correctly, LPB stands for Little Plastic Beings, although the B has also represented a few other words, some of them unsuitable for this forum.

  OK then!  Thanks Wayne, I wasn't sure, I thought maybe it was a supplier or manufacturer thet I haven't heard about yet!

Ya never know till you ask!

Mike.

 

[MisterBeasley]

I like the wide selection of birds.  When you get down to HO scale, some color is really the only thing that's going to distinguish birds, so you could populate an entire marsh with just a few models.