DR3D Models
3D printed model railway
rolling stock in 4mm scale
Making Finescale Easy.
High quality rolling stock 3D prints for the discerning enthusiast, to make finescale easy.
What we do
We want to make a finescale approach easier and more readily available to railway modellers.
We produce 3d prints of model railway rolling stock in 4mm scale. We aim to provide accurate models that are not available from the ready to run or kit markets. Our 3d prints are are easy to construct, can be built quickly - much quicker than a traditional kit - and are backed up by high quality research. We aim to help you model the specific not the generic.
Our initial ranges are covering the GWR - focusing on both broad gauge and standard gauge prototypes in service between the 1860s and as late as the 1950s.
Simple and quick to construct
The prints can be made up to OO, EM or P4 gauges and all have been test built to EM gauge.
The prints consist of a one piece body and a number of small components - like buffers, label boxes, brakes - which either could vary in their position or were modified or replaced in the life of the vehicle.
The instructions and the individual product information on the shop page also give advice on where the additional parts needed to complete the model, such as w-irons, can be sourced from.
High quality research
Each print comes with a detailed history of the prototype. We consult primary and secondary sources such as drawing and stock books.
We aim to allow you to model a specific vehicle, not a generic one. So rather than just giving the modeller a list of possible numbers, we give detailed notes on specific wagons. For example, if we say that for a certain vehicle the axle boxes were changed from grease to oil, or the Tare changed, in February 1907 then we are as certain as we can be that this was the case.
Future Developments
What is in development?
Well, more wagons - including some eccentricities such as former West Cornwall Railway standard gauge opens, and ex-South Devon Railway broad gauge opens. Coaches (broad gauge and standard gauge) are in development too: GWR E19 low roofed Dean 48ft brake tri-composites and 48ft F1 slip coaches with a variety of roof options to accommodate oil and gas lighting variations, as well as a number of 6 wheeled composites. Finally, locomotives are in development, both for the GWR broad gauge and for the standard gauge.
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