I'm in the planning stages of modeling a small building that was covered in spray polyurethane, used as insulation. It adds thickness to everything and things like windows and doors are "sunk-in". It has some texture but not as much as stucco. Being somewhat smooth in texture but somewhat bumpy overall. Think of a frosted cake; you might have smoothed it but the frosting could be thicker in one part and thinner in another.

Due my last move, I've been a few years without a layout and I'm always thinking of little modeling projects to keep me entertained in the meantime. I've bought a few kits that I can build that will be useful on a future layout I have planned, one of the kits is discontinued and has some broken parts. Its  almost impossible to find new parts for as well. So one thing that I have considered is molding and making new parts after I saw a resin molding kit for sale. Any advice if I was going to attempt anything like this?

Hi Guys:

Having just slit my finger open installing track joiners, I am not looking for a tool to install the little things.  I thought I saw one one time that was 3 way, held the joiner and gave you a surface to push on, but dont know where I found it

Thanks for the help

TIM

Following the norm for new technology, the price of 3D printers keeps dropping.  In fact, desktop models are available for under $2,000.00 although their output quality is still pretty rudimentary. 

However, also the norm for technology, the quality of output will continue to improve as prices continue to come down.

So, with 3D printing technology, do you think we could be looking at a return to a new “golden age” of kits and scratch built models with parts made at home?