You have inspired me to begin building a layout. But the BIGGEST reason I watch your videos is because you are such a happy & cheerful guy! YOUR ARE AWESOME! If I'm having a rough day I just watch one of your videos! And I get to learn something as well! Thank you. 😎
Hi! Thank you very much! I’m really happy to hear that you like the videos and that it helps you keep the spirit up. We all have those days when we need something to cheer us up. I have many of those as well, especially now during autumn and winter. All the best to you! / Martin
I live in the Netherlands and fortunately there are still plenty of suppliers here and also retailers who sell the products. I understand that you can't always or don't want to wait for delivery time when stock runs out. But for my 2 layouts that I will start working on in 2024, a 3D printer is too big a purchase for me. Fluids as I call it for a moment are not exactly cheap in the Netherlands. Of course, I do enjoy your inventive solutions Martin that you make and or create yourself. We also learn from someone else's mistakes and that keeps it fun and above all instructive. The rolling stock is already almost complete, the rails are also waiting. All we need now is an empty room and the necessary building material for the construction. Greetings Antwan
Thanks for all you do for us modellers Martin. I also started with Märklin for my 11th birthday in 1970 and will be 64 in a weeks time. Congratulations on the Milestone now if I could only afford a new computer and 3d printer etc! Greetings from a lovely summers day in New Zealand.
Wow, we've taken a quick look at the catalog. It's a superb, extremely helpful initiative for the hobby. Our felicitations, and what a blessing ❤ We can not 3D-print ourselves but a nearby shop here can. There are indeed many ways for making trees and bushes. E.g., we've been using the dark green material from kitchen sponges as one of the many materials available. A pack of 10 are 0.55 Euro cent per pack at the well known German discount supermarkets, lol. The material can be stretched and formed quite easily and does accept a colour wash. Your ideas are a great addition. Cheerio 🙂
Thank you Martin you've given us a lot of content throughout the years. Same thing happening here too, a lot of ma and pa stores have been disappearing now a days. Have to order online. Sure like to get into computer graphics.
You mentioned that sea foam is quite fragile and may break. To prevent this and make it more flexible you may immerse the foam over night in glycerine. And if you add some brownish wood glaze (like Xyladecor) the branches will be pre-colored like nature.
You can also dip the seafoam in liquid latex and leave it to dry. This both strengthens the seafoam and gives it a bit of flexibility. A lot of wargamers make trees this way
Thanks for this video. I use the aquarium filter material also for making trees. For the base I use boxwood, lilac flowers and sedum. Making leaves with turf I mix some colors as well. Some are yellow and darker green. Greetings from the Netherlands
Congratulations and thank you a lot for all what you do. Your channel is so interesting that I started to support it last year and I have no regret. All your videos about 3D printing have me convinced to start with and I will soon get the Anycubic Photon 6Ks. It will be refund only with the german catenary I need. A lots of other items are also interesting since I'm building a German railroad layout, era I/II mainly with steam locomotives and electric locomotives. Greetings from Belgium
G'day mate. I'm a regular viewer from Australia and I have just been totally enlighten on the bushes building which has been a real " thorn in my side " . I just keep stuffing them up but now I've seen where I've been going wrong. Great show. Thank you. I'm very keen on the N scale catenary as I'm hoping to build up a Swedish/ German electric railway along with my Australian system all in N scale. What I would like to know is, Is it possible to span a wire along the masts and have it taught without pulling or bending the posts or outrigger's [ wire hangers ]? I would really like to have the pantograph running on a wire for authentication if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi! Thank you Chris! The N-scale catenary using 3D-printed wire hangers in combination to actually powering the train via pantographs is not likely to work. I have assisted in making such installations for H0-gauge and it was a real challenge even using metal masts from Sonnenfeldt. I cannot recommend it. It´s better to have the pantos up halfway and not let it touch the wires.
I enjoyed both the bushes and the other video on making trees. I would like to use them in my garden layout to phase out some of the live vegetation since the real shrubs grow and present more maintenance. Would your tree and shrub design be suitable for my outdoor application? Thank you and blessings from Vancouver, Canada.
Thank you for the quality of the content you created … but am sorry to say that there is something missing : the 3rd rail in the middle of track 😊 cheers from France !
Hi there, Great video, thanks for all the great ideas. Both myself and my wife watch your chanel and enjoy your skills and humour. I had no idea that you were involved with this 3d website. I have bought several items from them and have had great results. I am wondering if you might be thinking about doing anything for the UK market? It would be fantastic news for all of us UK modelers. Wishing you all the best. Tony
I have a ton of lichen growing on the hill behind my house and probably a lifetime supply. I've been using water soluble glycerin to preserve it before painting it with acrylic paints. What would you suggest for preserving it? The glycerin seems to keep it pliable as I've got some in a box I treated years ago and it is still pliable. Just wonder if I'm doing it the correct way. I get all my fiber from old pillows that have gone flat and I paint it green usually. I make all my fine turf out of sponge rubber and my electric coffee grinder and color it with acrylic paints. I use jute instead of hemp for bushes as well as old Scotch Brite pads for hedges. I purchased a flashing circuit board that flashes crossbucks with alternating red LED's I mounted in the crossbucks. I need a way to turn the flasher on as a train approaches and turn it off as the train clears the intersection. What would you suggest for accomplishing this task? Reed switches? Or maybe a photo cell? I do have an Arduino and I've seen code to use it to making crossbucks but I already have the flashing circuit powered either by 9 or 5 volts. Cheers from an old modeler in eastern Tennessee
A very interesting video. Thanks. Also the 3-D printing projects is a very useful contribution. Living in Argentina this is extremely helpful. I am into Swiis railways in HO scale. Do you have or plan to have SBB catenary system? Also you mentioned 3D prinying with resin. Do the 3D models print in the other kind of system? Thanks!
This will depend on how you do it and what resins you use. If you follow the instruction provided with each 3D-model the answer is ”forever”. We only had ours for 8 months now, but run enviromental tests and they still keeing their shape.
Hi, Martin! Great video, thank you. Why are the models available only exclusively on cgtrader? Could you consider any alternatives, please? You can just add a second link on your website. Or do CG's TOS prohibit even that?
Hi! Please let me know why CGtrader is a problem for you. We have more than 5k happy buyers so far and I have not heard or experienced any issues with CGTrader. It is also ranked by users as one of the top sites for 3D-content in the world..
@@marklinofsweden Hi, they've banned my country. All other services are working: PayPal, Visa, etc. I can buy real railway models including digital in any EU model store . The US, the UK and the EU haven't impose any sanctions concerning 3d models or STL files. But the owners of CG Trader think that the dictatorship will fall and world peace will come if I do not have the opportunity to buy those files. Also they've banned Panama for some reason.
Love the idea of the ready to print 3D models. Since we can't downscale, any plans for N-Scale? Particularly the non-rolling stock items. I have tried a some items form Thingiverse and the like, but find the quality very variable. I mostly end up designing my own, but like the idea of ready to print files.
Actually, you can downscale, you may lose some fine detail, that most likely wouldn't print even if the item was designed in N scale. HO to N is 54%, just scale that in your slicer. I scale things smaller than that all the time (as far as 12.5%), and I only have a FDM printer at this time, a resin printer would do better. Give it a shot, you might be surprised.
The Swiss Catenary is very distinctive and expensive from Sommerfeldt and other makers.This will be great when I get to the Swiss section of my layout in future.
best wishes for your library of model elements..... I am an Architect and back in 2009 when I started model making, there weren't much informative videos available like we do today.... Luckily I had my seniors who passed down their share of knowledge and the rest i improvised..... Architectural models are different from these realistic moidels that you guys make, and here in India we dont have these products for models available at a reasonable cost (foliage items/turfs/miniature humans, lights,etc....).....But we tried to make use of whatever is available.... I have always used Saw dust for greens.... Sadly, I had to move back to my hometown of Port Blair, Andaman islands when COVID happened and there's no market for Model making.... when I watch these videos, my hands start to itch and I feel like someone is chopping onions beside me....
What about all manner of livestock for possible stockyards and the like? Many areas of the world might have need for those items to complete a model train such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, etc..
Hi! The magnetic Wigwag signal including the base cabinet is in plan for US. I don´t have a date for it yet, but it will have room for red LED for illumination.
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Hi Eric, I’m sorry I got you so upset. I cannot recall seeing any messages or questions from you. However, I recieve in average 90-120 comments and questions per 24h, so running this project alone I must admit I cannot cope with that amount of correspondence in parallell with doing videos and taking care of family and friends. Please realize I have 170k subscribers from all over the world and work 12-14h/day 7 days per week trying to keep up. I prioritize my Patrons, business partners and customers for 3D-models. Your comment really made me sad and ruined my good mood getting started with work this morning. I found your question and responded. Fine. Unsubscribe. I’m much better off without people like you.
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You have inspired me to begin building a layout.
But the BIGGEST reason I watch your videos is because you are such a happy & cheerful guy! YOUR ARE AWESOME! If I'm having a rough day I just watch one of your videos! And I get to learn something as well! Thank you. 😎
Hi! Thank you very much! I’m really happy to hear that you like the videos and that it helps you keep the spirit up. We all have those days when we need something to cheer us up. I have many of those as well, especially now during autumn and winter. All the best to you! / Martin
Yes, Martin's joy and enthusiasm, and don't forget knowledge, would make his videos a bright spot in anyone's day.
It's such fun to watch you explain what you're doing because you're obviously having just as much fun doing it. ❤
Your enthusiasm is contagious.
I live in the Netherlands and fortunately there are still plenty of suppliers here and also retailers who sell the products. I understand that you can't always or don't want to wait for delivery time when stock runs out. But for my 2 layouts that I will start working on in 2024, a 3D printer is too big a purchase for me. Fluids as I call it for a moment are not exactly cheap in the Netherlands.
Of course, I do enjoy your inventive solutions Martin that you make and or create yourself. We also learn from someone else's mistakes and that keeps it fun and above all instructive.
The rolling stock is already almost complete, the rails are also waiting. All we need now is an empty room and the necessary building material for the construction.
Greetings Antwan
Always so positive !
Creative and cheap solutions! Wonderfull
Thanks for all you do for us modellers Martin.
I also started with Märklin for my 11th birthday in 1970 and will be 64 in a weeks time.
Congratulations on the Milestone now if I could only afford a new computer and 3d printer etc!
Greetings from a lovely summers day in New Zealand.
So nice! Thank you 😊
I was just in the webshop and wish there was a larger selection of N scale products. Love your videos! Thanks and happy modelling!
What a great idea, this Database!! Excellent initiative! Thank you very much!
Thank you Peter! 👍
Wow, we've taken a quick look at the catalog. It's a superb, extremely helpful initiative for the hobby. Our felicitations, and what a blessing ❤ We can not 3D-print ourselves but a nearby shop here can. There are indeed many ways for making trees and bushes. E.g., we've been using the dark green material from kitchen sponges as one of the many materials available. A pack of 10 are 0.55 Euro cent per pack at the well known German discount supermarkets, lol. The material can be stretched and formed quite easily and does accept a colour wash. Your ideas are a great addition. Cheerio 🙂
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
I am in awe of your skill 👍
Glad to see a catalog coming! :)
Also, remember the UK market ;)
and again, one great video! still one of the best channnels
Steelwool makes excellent bushes too.
Especialy vines and climbing plants.
Thank you Martin you've given us a lot of content throughout the years. Same thing happening here too, a lot of ma and pa stores have been disappearing now a days. Have to order online. Sure like to get into computer graphics.
You mentioned that sea foam is quite fragile and may break. To prevent this and make it more flexible you may immerse the foam over night in glycerine. And if you add some brownish wood glaze (like Xyladecor) the branches will be pre-colored like nature.
You can also dip the seafoam in liquid latex and leave it to dry. This both strengthens the seafoam and gives it a bit of flexibility. A lot of wargamers make trees this way
Lindo❤ sou arquiteta e apaixonada por esses modelismos❤
you rock amazing work you have taught me so much
Love your video! Thank you!
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Martin, take care. I cant believe you actually started when you were 11 years old, my goodness you have done well….
Great voice! Whenever I hear your intro, it reminds me of the voiceover used for movie trailers. 😀
“In this second video…”
like “In a world…”
Your skills are amazing and have taught me so much to create on our untypical layout. 😊
we need people like you guys to do this also in N scale 🤣 great work!
Thanks for this video. I use the aquarium filter material also for making trees. For the base I use boxwood, lilac flowers and sedum. Making leaves with turf I mix some colors as well. Some are yellow and darker green. Greetings from the Netherlands
Congratulations and thank you a lot for all what you do. Your channel is so interesting that I started to support it last year and I have no regret. All your videos about 3D printing have me convinced to start with and I will soon get the Anycubic Photon 6Ks. It will be refund only with the german catenary I need. A lots of other items are also interesting since I'm building a German railroad layout, era I/II mainly with steam locomotives and electric locomotives. Greetings from Belgium
Great video and channel. Thanks for sharing! Subd.
Awesome tips!🫵💯👍✌️
G'day mate. I'm a regular viewer from Australia and I have just been totally enlighten on the bushes building which has been a real " thorn in my side " . I just keep stuffing them up but now I've seen where I've been going wrong. Great show. Thank you. I'm very keen on the N scale catenary as I'm hoping to build up a Swedish/ German electric railway along with my Australian system all in N scale. What I would like to know is, Is it possible to span a wire along the masts and have it taught without pulling or bending the posts or outrigger's [ wire hangers ]? I would really like to have the pantograph running on a wire for authentication if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi! Thank you Chris! The N-scale catenary using 3D-printed wire hangers in combination to actually powering the train via pantographs is not likely to work. I have assisted in making such installations for H0-gauge and it was a real challenge even using metal masts from Sonnenfeldt. I cannot recommend it. It´s better to have the pantos up halfway and not let it touch the wires.
I enjoyed both the bushes and the other video on making trees. I would like to use them in my garden layout to phase out some of the live vegetation since the real shrubs grow and present more maintenance. Would your tree and shrub design be suitable for my outdoor application? Thank you and blessings from Vancouver, Canada.
No, it’s not recommended for outdoor application. Paints and materials are not water resistant. Also materials for indoor use has poor UV-resistans
I think your idea for your new business is BRILLIANT! I can't seem to find the link to it, would you please post it in the comments.
Thank you Dave! Here it is: mrr-tutorials.com/coop/modelrailroad3d_catalog.htm
good vid nice work thanks lee
Thank you for the quality of the content you created … but am sorry to say that there is something missing : the 3rd rail in the middle of track 😊 cheers from France !
Hi there, Great video, thanks for all the great ideas. Both myself and my wife watch your chanel and enjoy your skills and humour. I had no idea that you were involved with this 3d website. I have bought several items from them and have had great results. I am wondering if you might be thinking about doing anything for the UK market? It would be fantastic news for all of us UK modelers. Wishing you all the best. Tony
I have a ton of lichen growing on the hill behind my house and probably a lifetime supply. I've been using water soluble glycerin to preserve it before painting it with acrylic paints. What would you suggest for preserving it? The glycerin seems to keep it pliable as I've got some in a box I treated years ago and it is still pliable. Just wonder if I'm doing it the correct way. I get all my fiber from old pillows that have gone flat and I paint it green usually. I make all my fine turf out of sponge rubber and my electric coffee grinder and color it with acrylic paints. I use jute instead of hemp for bushes as well as old Scotch Brite pads for hedges.
I purchased a flashing circuit board that flashes crossbucks with alternating red LED's I mounted in the crossbucks. I need a way to turn the flasher on as a train approaches and turn it off as the train clears the intersection. What would you suggest for accomplishing this task? Reed switches? Or maybe a photo cell? I do have an Arduino and I've seen code to use it to making crossbucks but I already have the flashing circuit powered either by 9 or 5 volts.
Cheers from an old modeler in eastern Tennessee
That catalog is very nice. Are you also planning to have N scale models?
A very interesting video. Thanks.
Also the 3-D printing projects is a very useful contribution. Living in Argentina this is extremely helpful. I am into Swiis railways in HO scale. Do you have or plan to have SBB catenary system? Also you mentioned 3D prinying with resin. Do the 3D models print in the other kind of system? Thanks!
I really like the idea of printing rolling stock but how long will the models stand without loosing their shape?
This will depend on how you do it and what resins you use. If you follow the instruction provided with each 3D-model the answer is ”forever”. We only had ours for 8 months now, but run enviromental tests and they still keeing their shape.
Will your 3D print downloads be available for N gauge?
This was a great video. Time for me to get back to work on the scenery.
Veldig fin side du har, og har kjøpt mangen modeller, men lurer på om det også kommer lokomotive Eller tusen takk
Hei! Tack! Nej, vi har för närvarande ingen plan att utveckla 3D-modeller för lok.
Hei igjen, Tusen takk for svar, okay men følger med videre uansett for det er mye bra!! Ha en flott helg videre@@marklinofsweden
Superb videos and tips. Fine with the library of model elements. Thanks a lot. It's also possible for Filament print with PLA?
Hi, Martin! Great video, thank you. Why are the models available only exclusively on cgtrader? Could you consider any alternatives, please? You can just add a second link on your website. Or do CG's TOS prohibit even that?
Hi! Please let me know why CGtrader is a problem for you. We have more than 5k happy buyers so far and I have not heard or experienced any issues with CGTrader. It is also ranked by users as one of the top sites for 3D-content in the world..
@@marklinofsweden Hi, they've banned my country. All other services are working: PayPal, Visa, etc. I can buy real railway models including digital in any EU model store . The US, the UK and the EU haven't impose any sanctions concerning 3d models or STL files. But the owners of CG Trader think that the dictatorship will fall and world peace will come if I do not have the opportunity to buy those files. Also they've banned Panama for some reason.
👌👍👍👍
Love the idea of the ready to print 3D models. Since we can't downscale, any plans for N-Scale? Particularly the non-rolling stock items. I have tried a some items form Thingiverse and the like, but find the quality very variable. I mostly end up designing my own, but like the idea of ready to print files.
Actually, you can downscale, you may lose some fine detail, that most likely wouldn't print even if the item was designed in N scale. HO to N is 54%, just scale that in your slicer. I scale things smaller than that all the time (as far as 12.5%), and I only have a FDM printer at this time, a resin printer would do better. Give it a shot, you might be surprised.
It would be awsom if you could do something for Switzerland ...
Catenary for H0 is in plan for Switzerland. We have not yet been able to obtain drawings for the masts.
The Swiss Catenary is very distinctive and expensive from Sommerfeldt and other makers.This will be great when I get to the Swiss section of my layout in future.
best wishes for your library of model elements..... I am an Architect and back in 2009 when I started model making, there weren't much informative videos available like we do today.... Luckily I had my seniors who passed down their share of knowledge and the rest i improvised..... Architectural models are different from these realistic moidels that you guys make, and here in India we dont have these products for models available at a reasonable cost (foliage items/turfs/miniature humans, lights,etc....).....But we tried to make use of whatever is available.... I have always used Saw dust for greens....
Sadly, I had to move back to my hometown of Port Blair, Andaman islands when COVID happened and there's no market for Model making.... when I watch these videos, my hands start to itch and I feel like someone is chopping onions beside me....
How about upscaling the H0 3d models to 1:32 scale? Would that work, or is there possibility to get printout with too less details?🤔
What about all manner of livestock for possible stockyards and the like? Many areas of the world might have need for those items to complete a model train such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, etc..
Which printer should i buy? Or better, should i Minimally buy?
Buenos días . Que impresoras me recomendarías para imprimir figuras a 1/72
Dear Friend. What brand and model of 3D printer are you using? Best regards from Argentina
Hi! I’m using Anycubic M3 Plus with the Anycubic clean/post curer.
Hi whitch website do you use to download your accessories?
mrr-tutorials.com/coop/modelrailroad3d_catalog.htm
Thanks your answer
Hello. Are the models suitable to print in N scale?
Many thanks.
Will there be anything for Z scale?
Yes, a platform detailing set of 36 items is being designed currently.
It would be nice if you could find a design for what is called a wig wag in the US. I'm not sure what they are called in the rest of the world
Hi! The magnetic Wigwag signal including the base cabinet is in plan for US. I don´t have a date for it yet, but it will have room for red LED for illumination.
no one tree in real life is the same why would you build your trees all the same on your layout
thank you for this video too
YOU DON'T REPLY MUCH, DO YOU? Seems strange that you want OUR support but be damned if you consider a two-way street. I JUST UNSUBSCRIBED because I doubt that you will reply to me or for anyone else that may be interested in my question. Have a nice day in your prestend world.
Hi Eric, I’m sorry I got you so upset. I cannot recall seeing any messages or questions from you. However, I recieve in average 90-120 comments and questions per 24h, so running this project alone I must admit I cannot cope with that amount of correspondence in parallell with doing videos and taking care of family and friends. Please realize I have 170k subscribers from all over the world and work 12-14h/day 7 days per week trying to keep up. I prioritize my Patrons, business partners and customers for 3D-models. Your comment really made me sad and ruined my good mood getting started with work this morning. I found your question and responded. Fine. Unsubscribe. I’m much better off without people like you.