bulleidboy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:10 pm
Have you looked at 3D printers? Hornby used to sell the Humbrol printer - appears to have disappeared from the shop, but Rails of Sheffield have it, considerably cheaper.
I’ve started to look. Two basic types of printer - the Humbrol version melts plastic filament and lays it down in layers which tends to be better for larger, coarser prints (as far as I can make out). The other type uses a photosensitive resin to build up layers - these are the ones used by Modelu etc for fine detailed prints - that’s the type I am looking at.
I’ve been playing with some CAD software on the PC to see if I get on with it - it’s a bit like a gorilla trying to play a piano at present! Ideally i’d Like to be able to photograph an object then import the image to draw around - probably much better and easier ways to do it but that is the way my analogue mind is working at the moment.
Now if only I could find a way to convert a simple photo (jpeg) into an STL file.
I think I have reached the point where a little (minuscule) bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.