Yet another stunning #3dprint G scale locomotive designed and printed by the talented Michal Brož. With garden scale #modeltrains being prohibitively expensive and limited in stock, printing trains at this scale opens the doors for entry-level DIY hobbyists that simply hadn't existed before.

All non-CDL trucks should be forced to be limited to a maximum height nose that matches sedans so people will stop buying trucks as pavement princesses and 90k vanity symbols. Exemptions for business "work trucks" are issued as limited permits like hunting permits and regulated by local counties.

Half of American drivers' liscenses should be revoked and driver testing should be as rigorous as Finland's with winter and rain training. Maximum age for drivers. Mandatory minimum jail time for vehicular manslaughter of pedestrians and cyclists.

I truly hope that every single #modelrailroad and #train enthusiast under the age of 35 ends this specific type of gatekeeping foamer forever. I can't think ANYTHING that holds this hobby back more than some cantankerous busybody who tanks a blossoming interest in the hobby with dipshit nonsense.

This is what is possible with #3Dprinting #modeltrains : Michal Brož 3D modeled and printed this G scale type 749 and powered it with PIKO 36105 motor blocks. It's such a strong example of just how far printing has come and the level of bespoke detail is possible even with FDM.

Look I think more #modelrailroad layouts and #modeltrains themselves should include little animals. Pets! Squirrels! A judgemental bird! Cryptids! PUT. CUTE. ANIMALS. IN. YOUR. LAYOUTS.

I wish G scale #modeltrains in the US were as prototypical as German modelers. Just this level of detail is often absent despite having the most room to detail with such a large train. It's clear that if I ever switch to O scale I'm 100% doing Proto48.

I so fw HO scale models taken outside for gorgeous photography. Chris Leverett over at Model Railroading Structures & Scenery fb page posted this absolutely gorgeous building. Like LOOK at that wear. It's so easy to overdo building grime but this is just perfection. #modelrailroad #modeltrains

Hey fellow #train nerds. It's Monday. I don't have anything super interesting to say other than this is a cute photo of a railroad I don't model. Love Burlington's Everywhere West lettering. That is all.

What I love about Chehalis Western garden #modelrailroad is how prototypical track action is even though the ground cover isn't trying to be to scale. It still works so well because of the simplicity of the ballast and large stones while the foreground tree debris looks like a dense thicket.

The other benefit to #3Dprinting is that you no longer have to buy trains from companies that can't help but glaze the Pedo-In-Chief with endless tacky slop #modeltrains

This is what is possible when you take an HO scale #3dprint model and scale it up for G scale railroading. Builder Chris S. took the time to scale, redesign parts in order to take this sawmill from a 1:87 to nearly 9ft long using 30kg of filament. Pretty impressive. #modeltrains

What a surprise: invest in better infrastructure and people will show up and use it. Every dollar spent on rail expansion and improvement reduces traffic, reduces road wear and improves everyone's commutes. #masstransit and #trains are mandatory for America's prosperity.

Fingers crossed fellow #modeltrain folks that I manage to have enough free hours this holiday season to actually finish working on either GE steeple #652 or Baldwin #440. Odds aren't too great seeing as how busy I am but it'd be nice to have one of these running around the ol' xmas tree.

I really wish parts like motor blocks and drive wheelsets were more readily available in G scale #trains. And by that I mean way cheaper, & more variety. I can't believe the markup a bunch of $20 can motors are, or how steel drive wheels are $50 a wheel.

At some point I'll need to make a top 10 best weathering I've seen online because there's many repeat "offenders" who are just so fantastic at their work I can't help but keep mentioning them time and again. Once again here's Tom Foster dropping yet another set of gorgeous #modeltrain pieces.

I'm such a big fan of the Kinohara Miniature Railway and its perfect balance of #modeltrains to nature. They really have a way of making all the trackside elements look perfectly to scale while letting flowers and bushes create this upscaled illusion of deep forest and overgrowth. Magical.

An outdoor garden #modelrailroad can look so incredible when given the right balance of detail and background. Even the lack of it for a desert scene like this still breathes life into it.

Ah the perils of #modeltrain #3Dprinting where you wake up to an overnight 15 hour print and notice a slight heat shrinkage right at a transition layer and have to just chug along because steeple cabs be printin'. I'm sure that'll buff out 😭

Insane hot take: I think the #ThomasAndFriends series should reboot entirely and go back to either Gauge 1 scale models or 3D model but the engines, scenery etc are painted to look EXACTLY like the 2D Reginald Dalby drawn illustrations from #therailwayseries a la Spiderverse and Kpop Demon Hunters

Yesterday I showed some incredible #modelrailroad weathering and I just want ya'll to know that you MUST follow www.instagram.com/paintnrust_m... on insta if you aren't already. I don't even have like 5% of his follower count, but anyone reading this should just stare in awe of his work.

Sometimes I see #modeltrain weathering so good that if it wasn't for the fingers i'd think it was real. I don't think I ever get bored by how good so many modelers are at making tiny thing look big.

Whenever I see HO miniatures displayed outside, it really showcases just how good modelers are at detail when the sunlight makes their builds downright indistinguishable from the real deal.

Hey #train nerds is there a term for a person (like me) who 1) pursues some rivet counting for themselves because they can't unlearn the research they did but 2) will NEVER go all-in on rivet counting because that's too much work for one single model and also IDGAF what others do on their railroads?

It's friday. here's a pretty garden train #modeltrailroad

If there's ONE takeaway from my account it's that cheap CNC and consumer grade rapid prototyping tech has forever changed #modelrailroad possibilities for scratch building. The #ThomasTheTankEngine fandom truly lead the charge with embracing this, allied with the #hackerspace ethos of sharing.

In the same way that #ThomasTheTankEngine really raised the bar for Gauge 1 modeling in the 1980s Canada's Go Togo kids show has shown what's possible with modern #modeltrain DIY tech. In an incredible behind the scenes vid we see #3Dprinting make O scale come to life youtu.be/VEe3H5jtSco?...

Been obsessed with these raised bed/platforms that blend the advantages of floor level garden #modeltrain layouts with the practicality of elevated workspaces. These are great examples from a layout in Melbourne.

I yearn for garden railroad ground cover that is this good. Outdoor #modeltrains live and die by convincing ground cover like this.

Inside me there are two wolves: one that encourages people to make fantasy #modeltrain layouts that combine other hobbies like #anime and #warhammer40k to make cute fun #trains and the other that insists that I figure out the exact shade of a Sacramento Northern caboose in late 1941.

The best part of outdoor layouts comes from achieving such a level of detail that it could be mistaken for reality. I love fun and quirky garden #trains like anyone else, but layouts that balance realistic ops with the magic of real greenery are just special to me. (photo of Triple Falls Lumber RR)

I love seeing larger scale 3D prints of #garden #modeltrains because for so many years people considered this size too far outside the realm of #3dprinting which is now no longer the case. With strong filaments like ASA and the latest batch of high quality FDM printers, detail and size are possible!

Every once in a while you get triggered "Rules for thee not for me" folks in #modeltrains who think everything is political except for whatever it is they are doing. Absolutely annoying and insufferable.

This guy hits all the reasons why #trains and #modeltrain hobbies are far less popular for the 18-35 crowd. TL;DW older hobbyists spent 50 years homogenizing the space into nostalgia-obsessed prototypical opps when 3D printing, CAD, and Sims create new ways to enjoy trains youtu.be/yff-G9kmy0g?...

Have any of the #modeltrains folks made it a goal of theirs to model and paint the 12+ designs of these that are out in the wild? I just need to know who's slutting it up. #trains

I can't hide it any longer. My most controversial #trains hot take is that I think Southern Pacific's P-10 with skyline casings look better than the MT's and even the GS series locomotives. I know some of you won't be able to look me in the eyes any longer, but it is my truth.

Here's some of the coolest garden scale #modeltrains I've seen online this past week. If you follow a lot of what I post, you'll notice there's a few builders that I just can't get enough of and get excited every time they have updates to show!

Not only is Tom Foster amazing at weathering #modeltrains he also makes great use of 3D scanning real people and resin printing them. I really do think that 3D printing people for models in your layout yields the absolute best results. Any other #train folk print or make their own figures?

I'm blaming you #train #modelrailroading bluesky weirdos for making me slowly grow fond of early-era diesels. I lived happy in my steam/electric fantasy world, and here you are tempting me with these little switcher guys. Look at that little guy. I bet he sounds like a truck when firing up. Sickos.

I really want to model this consist but maybe some #train folks can help me answer what flat cars these were? I'm guessing it's some WP 36ft something since SN was a subsidiary. (also yeah making an unpowered Birney car just to be shuffled around is funny to me)

Hey #modeltrain nerds: do you ever collect scales that you don't even model or run? I don't have any layouts in O, HO, or On30 but I just happen to land some either for research purposes for larger scale modeling or because I randomly come across deals I can't pass up. What about you?

I love any layout in an evening setup. I pretty much think that as much attention should be given to how a layout looks in low light as much as fully lit. #modeltrain

My favorite outdoor layouts find ways to ease the models into the surroundings by peppering small trackside vignettes that connect real plants with prototypical ops. Ground cover as rolling hills, small hedges as forests. It's just such a perfect vibe. #modeltrains #modelrailroad

Sometimes you see #modeltrain weathering that is so exquisite and refined that you just obsess over it. This O-Scale SP 4-8-0 weathered by Juan Zuloaga is just perfect. As somebody who's looked at many SP photos, these wear patterns are so precise. It would take me a lifetime to match this, if ever.

Everytime I lose motivation via setbacks with #3dprinting #modeltrains at garden scales I look on Ebay for the prices of HO scale trains and remind myself why it is worth scratch building 95% of my layout. Plus HO, is so much smaller, so much more expensive, and I'm just too clumsy to have that.

I love kitbashes that involve a range of methods from scratch building, 3D printing and other mods. Broken Pine shops posted this beautiful On30 logging #modeltrain and I just adore the resin printed antlers and every tiny detail here. Delightful.

The #modeltrain weathering that insta artist cap47_ achieves is so realistic that I routinely mistake them for full size foamer photography.

Once again paintnrust_mike showing off some incredible weathering skills. Almost looks like the real deal #modeltrains

Are there any other #train or #modeltrain folks who like a locomotive precisely because it looks kinda bad? Like there's just something so derpy about it that you just have to love it? Which locomotives are like that for you?

Psst. You over there. Yea I'm talkin to ya. I can tell you're a reaaalll particular #train nerd. I got this rare Box Motor stash out back that might be your vibe. (takes you behind the bar, to a backroom full of old dudes smoking while gambling over Mahjong)