Model Train Cars for a Hanoi Train Street Thesis
Three 3D printed train cars for Project Trainspotting, a final-year NUS Master of Architecture thesis model of Hanoi's Train Street.
- Client
- Yong Jun Sek, NUS Architecture
- Service
- Scale Models
- What they got
- Finished train cars for a thesis model
- Scale of the thesis model
- 1:50
- Train cars in the set
- 3
What we brought
What we can do
We print the small details a model train is read by
Roof vents, window panels and couplers are all printed in, so each car carries the details of the real one.
How we look after you
We print for you from first year to thesis
Yong Jun printed his architecture school models with us, up to this final-year thesis.
What you get
Your trains are ready to set on the model
Three finished cars in white, blue and red, ready for the Train Street scene.
Gallery
The whole project at a glance. Drag or swipe to browse; tap a picture to enlarge it.
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The finished piece
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The finished set, lined up.
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Window bands along each side.
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The briefThe three cars for the thesis model.
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FabricationRoof vents printed into each car.
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The hood end, up close.
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Build & assemblyCouplers fitted at the car ends.
The build
How we built it
4 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.
The brief
Step 1 of 4
- For
- A final-year Master of Architecture thesis
At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we made the train cars for Project Trainspotting, Yong Jun Sek's NUS Master of Architecture thesis: a new addition to Hanoi's Train Street.
Fabrication
Step 2 of 4
We 3D printed the three cars, down to the roof vents, window panels and couplers.
Build & assembly
Step 3 of 4
Each car was finished in white, blue and red, with couplers at both ends and running gear underneath.
The final build
Step 4 of 4
The finished set: three cars in white, blue and red, ready to sit in the Train Street model.
What the client said
...throughout my 4-year journey in NUS Architecture School, and they have never let me down.
