[Luke Towan] has a cool HO scale Escalator mostly made of 3D printed parts, with some laser cut acrylic, for a station on his HO model railroad. Escalators are mesmerizing to watch – there’s something ...

Sometimes the best way to figure out how something works is to make a model of it. 3D-modeling software makes it possible to do the job in silico, and sometimes that’s enough. But to really get inside ...

Apparently Tesla fans won’t sit around waiting for their favorite car maker to come out with scale models of the Cybertruck, as some of them have already created their own with the use of a 3D printer ...

Scale models and automotive enthusiasm have gone hand-in-hand since the earliest hot-rod days. In modern times, you'll find countless ways to indulge in these tiny replicas that often end up next to ...

Anthony Palumbo and Charles Goulding explore how Ford and Harley-Davidson are using faster, more flexible design systems as ...

Applying additive manufacturing at scale requires rethinking design, quality, operations and the economics of making physical products.