Please advice!  

RE: Please advice!

I'd suggest doing a search for railroad here on the Prusa forums and contact some of the more prolific posters on the topic. It would be helpful to include your topic in the subject line of your post to draw more attention. There's a very active O gauge audience, and some members do other gauges as well. I have done 1:100 military miniatures and have been quite pleased. There is an extensive collection of WWII 1:200 scale armor on Thingiverse that will give you a good idea of the level of detail. You can certainly print small figures, but they'll tend to be "suggestions" of figures. Your painting will do more to bring them to life than the plastic model. A Prusa will have no issues with rolling stock and scenery.

RE: Please advice!

@bobstro

Thanks for the advice, it seems that a Prusa will do the job! I agree that the figures are intended to give a suggestion. But if I see the detail on the 1/200 items on Thingiverse, the printed items are (a lot!) more detailed than the figures I bought.

One issue solved. Now I have to decide what to buy: A Prusa, that's for sure, but the new Mini, or the Prusa Original? The smaller build- volume of the Mini is not a problem. It's a brand new model, so I expect some kids deseases, but I hear support from Prusa is great. And the price is half of an Original...

RE: Please advice!

Posted by: @hugo-deltour

[...] One issue solved. Now I have to decide what to buy: A Prusa, that's for sure, but the new Mini, or the Prusa Original? The smaller build- volume of the Mini is not a problem. It's a brand new model, so I expect some kids deseases, but I hear support from Prusa is great. And the price is half of an Original...

I used to play 1:100 miniatures games with my sons when they were young. When we decided to dust off our 10+ year old rule books and play again over the holidays, I printed a bunch of new models to round out our collections. I can definitely say that miniatures printed on a Prusa in draft mode -- higher speeds, 2 perimeters, 0.15mm layer heights with a 0.25mm nozzle -- look much better than any of the $9 metal models we used to slave over years ago!

Prusa i3 Mk3:

• Large build area.
• Proven and reliable.
• Higher cost.
• Available now.

Prusa Mini:

• Smaller build area.
• New, but quickly being improved.
• Lower price.
• Available Q2 2020 (at current rate).

Both are excellent. The Mini is very compelling, but the wait may be hard to predict. Either way, I think you'll enjoy a Prusa.

RE: Please advice!

@bobstro

Thanks for the advice. Will certainly be back on this forum sooner (i3Mk3) or later (mini) ...