A Google search will turn up lots of links; here is one that looks very 
promising,the 3D scanner is probably cheaper than buying the Solid Works 
software need to work with the resulting files:

http://www.nextengine.com/

Pieter E. Roos


--- On Fri, 10/28/11, Jamie Bothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bud,
>     Someone told me that our local community
> college has a course in laser cutting.  After
> completion you can go back and use the laser for later
> projects.  Might be worth inquiring.  I saw a 3D
> scanner in action at Robert Morris University near
> Pittsburg.  I don't think their's was portable, but you
> could scan Rapido's HO FA4.
> Jamie Bothwell
> Bethlehem, PA
> 
> On Oct 27, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bud Rindfleisch wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Stan, Now this is really something! Ya can't get
> anymore accurate than 3D scanning an actual locomotive! Let
> somebody tell them the nose contours aren't right! <G>
> Hopefully the price of 3D scanners for modeler use will come
> down in the future, then the possibilities in S will be
> endless.
> > Bud Rindfleisch
> > 



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