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Topic: Hot market for 3D printing?

Model railroaders. Everything from buildings, bridges, water tanks, people, train cars and rock formations could all be made on most 3D printers. I'll bet that eventually railroaders will have a forum where they can share and download all sorts of cool models.

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

You may be right.

It looks like folks are already putting this type of stuff on shapeways:

http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=model+railroad

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

For that market you are going to want a form1 or B9 creator.   It would be even better if you can take requests,  like making your customers own house to put into their train set.

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

IanJohnson wrote:

For that market you are going to want a form1 or B9 creator.   It would be even better if you can take requests,  like making your customers own house to put into their train set.

^ +1 I have been toying around with the idea of scanning bride and groom's and making custom wedding cake toppers for only a few hundred bucks. Also, personalized place holders, vases and other sappy crap.  I figure there has to be room in that $25K budget for some 3d printing.

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

model train sets would be easy....weddings is a whole new story.  you got picky brides and all that crap.

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

chuddly wrote:

model train sets would be easy....weddings is a whole new story.  you got picky brides and all that crap.


You must not know the same model train guys that I know. They may very well be worse than a bride.

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Re: Hot market for 3D printing?

2n2r5 wrote:
chuddly wrote:

model train sets would be easy....weddings is a whole new story.  you got picky brides and all that crap.


You must not know the same model train guys that I know. They may very well be worse than a bride.


Good point...LOL.. but the real question is why open yourself up to a market where your only buyer is satan?  ok maybe not satan....but very picky and hard to deal with?