My latest build: A Stamp mill in HO scale for my HOn3 layout. I've made it from plans in the "Old wood and stone buildings" book. I CAD converted the drawn plans and as I have a 3D printer, I printed the timber frame, windows, doors, smoke stack and loading platform. I then covered the frame with Northeastern wood and the roof with cardboard covered with surgical tape. The stays for the smokestack are made of piano wire. The painting is acrylics on mineral spirits soaked wood...It makes it so nicely weathered. India ink washes to represent rotten wood and shadows etc. I'm almost finished with the diorama, and will show more pics of the build later.
Fellow 3D printer guy here... now THAT's what I'm talkin' about!! Excellent blend of modern tech with traditional modelling. I really like the weathered effect you achieved. Looks great!
Thanks! My take on 3D printing at home for model purposes, is that you should use it to its limits, not beyond it.... The resolution isn't really useful for compound curves and multiple small details, but to do the tedious and boring parts it is really good at. To build a complex structure like this from scratch would have taken both more time and have been more expensive than printing it. And the precision is awesome! The doors are not glued, just pressed in place......