Sunday, November 01, 2026

Rob Sarna finishes four unpainted 3D printed HO model trucks


At our October meeting Rob Sarna brought in four 3D printed HO gauge model trucks from Outland Models that he got from Amazon for $24 plus shipping. All of the models came unpainted. 

He airbrushed the 1998 Toyota T100 with Tamiya XF copper. The 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 was airbrushed with Tamiya XF black. The 2018 Chevy Silverado 3500 crew cab was sprayed with Rustoleum nutmeg satin spray paint. The 2021 Chevy Silverado 3500 crew cab was spray painted with Rustoleum hunter green glow spray paint. All the trucks were finished with various paints from his workbench and sprayed with Vallejo matte clear. 

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Doug Ritter makes a CN tank car model

At our October meeting Doug Ritter submitted his model of a CN single dome tank car for the monthly model display. It's a Tichy Train Group kit with no modifications. It was heavily weathered using paint, washes and pastels.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Darrell Brownlee 3D models a prairie bridge

WMRC member Darrell Brownlee is rapidly becoming an expert at the fine art of 3D printing! At our October meeting he submitted a model of the Scotsguard bridge in Saskatchewan (shown below) for the club’s monthly model display. 


Darrell designed the bridge using Fusion360 CAD. A resin printer was used for the bridge span, and a filament printer was used for the supports. It has been primed and now awaiting paint. The bridge will be mounted on Darrell’s layout going off into the wild blue yonder at one end and a little town at the other end.