Hi Roy, Look closely and you will see that this site is touting "3D Printing", which is a hi-tech process using a computer, 3d software and a special, very expensive, device known as a 3D Printer (not a printer like you may have on your desk!). As I understand it, the way it works works is the software creates a 3D computer file by taking the subject's dimensional data and slicing it (on one plane) into very thin sections only a few thousandths of an inch thick. Each one of these layers is like a single print file on your home computer. It then sends this data to the 3D printer, which "prints" one layer at a time, using an epoxy-like resin (instead of ink) to build up a solid 3 dimensional resin model of the object in the original computer file. All of this is done using layered resin instead of pouring resin into a female mold. That's why the items in the photos have a milky-white plastic look. If you look closely at some of the hi-res photos, you can almost see the fine lines caused by the layering process.
Traditional "paper" models are made from folded & glued printed cardstock processed by a 2D printer using ink or photo dyes. The results from these two types of "printing" are quite different! Regards, Bill Nielsen Oakland Park, FL --- In [email protected], Roy Inman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all; > check out this site that custom makes various models out of paper. > Available only in Z and N at this time, but they might get round to us at > some point. > Roy Inman > > ---------- > > > > > http://modeltrains.solomonwebsites.ca/3dprinting > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
