Giving the Formlabs Plus One printer a test drive.

[Lemosteam]

Children- need more children!

Most offerings are terrible.  Took me a while and what I think is a lot of money to get only half of the children I needed for the Polar Express build. I still have two cars to fill!  good luck trying to fiand any in a sitting position to fill all of the MT heavyweights!

It's like some Orwellian novel about keeping N Scale children out of sight until they are full grown adults!

[victor miranda]

cut them off at the knees

[Lemosteam]

cut them off at the knees

Now that just Orwellian morbid Victor.   

[railnerd]

Here's another set of thoughts from my friend with the Form1… After a lot of success with the printer, he has considered whether or not it is viable to offer 3D printed versions of actual folks.

http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2014/11/3d-printings-killer-app-printing-tons.html

There are folks that have done this at MakerFaires, too.

[peteski]

Children- need more children!

Most offerings are terrible.  Took me a while and what I think is a lot of money to get only half of the children I needed for the Polar Express build. I still have two cars to fill!  good luck trying to fiand any in a sitting position to fill all of the MT heavyweights!

It's like some Orwellian novel about keeping N Scale children out of sight until they are full grown adults!

Between all the German figure manufacturers (Preiser, Merten, Noch, and maybe even Woodland Scenics in U.S.) there are quite a few sets with children and teens. Playground sets, walking with parents, etc.  But they are pricey and not many seated children.  Cutting the lower part of the figure (child and adult) to make it into a seating figure is really a valid option (especially since N scale passenger car interiors are way undersize and shallow.

[delamaize]

I have an entire Glacier Express I need to populate one of these days......