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This technology that allows one to take any given shape, copy it onto a computer file,
and then have it carved out by a machine. What's it called? Is it available for sending
out things for replication? Do people do this for pay?
I finally got that Tyco trolley set I wanted, but I need two or four more straight sections
to match. Those pieces just never come up on ebay, you have to buy the whole set.
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 11:32:49 PM
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| 3D printing...we can get it done at our local library for a nominal fee...
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 12:37:45 PM
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Someone seriously needs to start doing this with Mantua Pacific pilots en masse. Same goes for Transformers G1 accessory parts (especially things like Megatron's add-ons and Laserbeak's head).
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 4:25:44 PM
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I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news, but for the number of pieces you need it would probably be cheaper to just buy another set or two. The public library near me has a 3D printer as well, but I don't know where you'd find a 3D scanner. You'd likely have to make a 3D model yourself and even then the print-out would be a different texture than the original. You'd also have to insert the metal rails after printing as they wouldn't be printable.
You could try googling it though. Who knows, there may be a company out there that will do it for you.
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 5:59:41 PM
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Maybe Zelda could whip me up some. This is the guy
who winds his own armatures and makes his own
wheels (out of scrap, without a lathe).
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 6:21:28 PM
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| You have to draw the part using a drawing program and save it as a special type of file. You can then send it to a company named "Shapeways" and they will 3d print it for you.
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 10:40:13 AM
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I run a train in my bay window with my wife's ceramic houses at Christmas time. I've been using N gauge because of the tight radius fitting better. However, I've been using HOn30. The point is, I've gotten parts to convert a Bachmann 0-6-0 to a neat narrow gauge loco and tender and some nice Hon30 passenger cars - all 3D printed from Shapeways. The parts were "stock" designs that someone had already designed.
They weren't cheap, but reasonably priced and I'm quite happy with the results. If you can create the files or have someone who can, it certainly sounds worth exploring!
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 11:26:02 AM
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what WE all needs or some do
Is the triple trucks from Tyco! 
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 1:07:51 PM
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Are you referring to the tender trucks from the heavyweight long-haul tenders?
Or to the Buckeye trucks from the crane car and the tri-domw tankers?
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 1:10:56 PM
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quote: the Buckeye trucks from the crane car and the tri-dome tankers?
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - March 30 2016 : 1:07:51 PM
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those 
Edited by - microbusss on March 30 2016 1:11:38 PM
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Posted - April 03 2016 : 10:47:37 PM
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I think I saw an ad from Microsoft of a 3D scanner that is commercially available, not sure about it thoug.
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Posted - April 03 2016 : 11:35:06 PM
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Interesting discussion, having taking a peek at my
NOS Tyco Straphanger set I won off Ebay, and
perhaps a little inspired by Zelda's scratch building,
it would seem most economical, and probably not
that tough, to replicate a few more needed straight
sections using some styrene sheet and a balsa
foundation.
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