Made on Epilog

[Jim Dornon]

Very cool guys !

[Roy Nicholson]

I'm very impressed.

With my eyes and hands the cway they are at the moment I can only dream about doing something like that.

But in my dreams they're pretty good.

Well done

Regards

Roy N.

[Larry Bratton]

One word...WOW!

[Anthony Scira]

BEAUTIFUL

May have to try something like that !

Who am I kidding I will leave that up to the real artists.

Just out of curiosity what are the general steps and how many hours does it take to create something like that ?

[Rags Alan Ragland]

Please don't come to SoCal. If you do I'll have to give away my laser. These examples are incredible.
Dr. Rags

[Mike Null]

Where have you guys been? That's remarkable! Come on and give us more.

Thanks very much.

[Robert Ray]

Here's one for you all:


The coal tower, cabooses, loco tenders, water tower, and station, as well as the ties under the tracks are all laser cut, mostly from plywood, but the tender sides are rastered from black ADA sign plastic.

-Robert

[Dee Gallo]

GET OUT OF HERE! That's impossibly fantastic! A far cry from the typical RR models I've seen. wow and wow. All three of you are doing a great job.

- jealously, dee

[Doug Griffith]

VERY, VERY AWESOME!!!

Are you guys using the 1.5 lense?

["Terry Pless"]

I want to "Thank You" guys for posting these pic's. I'm more of a reader than a poster here on SMC so usually when I post a response you really hit a note ! These are Great Works of Art not to be confused with laser graphic's/work. I am very impressed ! Many people think that when the use of a laser/cnc is involved it is production work not art work, how wrong could they be. We use a mouse rather than a pin/brush and a beam of light as one of our tools, but the Artistic input is the same. I have a second "Thank You" the "you just don't know part". My wife is always complaining about all the time and detail I put into my work (even simple jobs), she say's I'm my own worst critic nobody looks that close but you, I tell her thats how I am, I want it right, even if I lose money on some jobs the quality always shines, and that sells more jobs. When I showed Her these pictures She was also so impressed she said "OK I'll Leave You Alone" and "you just don't know" how much help your artwork has been in my household. Thank you Again, Terry

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Thanks so much David, Kim and Robert for posting with pics. AWESOME detail and execution. I bet many of us have seen stuff like yours on the big screen and did not realise it. It still amazes me what can be accomplished with simple materials, a vector software program and a laser. But the main ingredient needed is the creativity each of you have shown.
Thanks again for sharing but don't stop there, keep the coming.

[Peck Sidara]

The details in these models are just simply amazing!

[Ray Mighells]

Ditto what everyone said. Really GREAT work. Y'all must have real steady hands and the patience of Job. I know miniatures and railroading are really big; how far do you carry your art/craft?

[William Desrochers]

That is awesome, nice job~!

[David Fairfield]

Hey everyone, thanks for all the positive feedback!! It means a lot to hear good things from the laser pros here.

And its great to see some of the other miniaturists come out of the woodwork, too! I was beginning to think I was the only one doing scale miniatures here. You guys working in N scale are really pushing the envelope! HO is massive by comparison, great work there!!!

To answer some of the questions:

Its hard to say how much time went into it. As I'm relatively new to cutting model pieces on the laser, most of my time is spent figuring out how things should go together, and testing stuff that didn't work. With all the testing I did, I have about two more of these stations in the garbage pail! I keep thinking the next model project will go faster, but then I push the envelope so it takes the same time.

I started drawing a complete architectural plan of the station last fall. I then started translating those drawings into individual part drawings and cutting test pieces. Actual assembly of the finalized pieces was completed in about three weeks of spare time.

I'm using the standard lens that came with the Epilog. I read about the tighter focus lens, may give it a try someday, don't yet have the need.

The shingles are made from wide strips that look like saw teeth. Only the corner pieces are individually applied. I dont think the 3d feature would work well for that application but my next 3d attempt is a stone wall. I will post results!

Thanks again it really made me happy to read the posts here!

Dave