The New 3D Printing Thread

The first design I put together (Emily of the Thomas range) which is similar to a rail bus was a long first 3d project for me as I'm new to the 3d tools out there.

When I saw your designs for HO models they seemed perfect for porting to plarail and giving my friends some new bodies to use on common chassis such as the Thomas ones. Adapting them to plarail, was not so easy in order to fit them onto those existing chassis and they are not perfect, but there again they were never meant to be as durability is key over accuracy bearing in mind the target audience for these. They also have to live with the quirks of the original chassis they are modelled to fit onto.

I have to say thanks to your originals, they have inspired me since to produce new designs from the ground up as they gave me some ideas on how to manipulate basic shapes to produce the final designs I have in mind. I'm just finishing off a new one now which will soon be revealed which is a brand new design from scratch. It's a shame the original 3d thread was accidentally deleted during a forum cleanup as you would have seen the origin of your designs were mentioned :-)