{"id":25335,"date":"2016-05-12T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=25335"},"modified":"2017-04-21T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:18:55","slug":"top-scale-trains-so-far-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/top-scale-trains-so-far-in-2016","title":{"rendered":"Top Scale Trains so far in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shapeways is home to many types of products, from Jewelry to Drones to accessories for wearable tech, but we&#8217;ve become a very special place for a particular community; scale model railroads. From Z to O scale, Shapeways is host to an ever expanding universe of charmingly miniature user created trains and scenery for railroad layouts.<\/p>\n<p>Railroad modellers use 3D printed parts to embellish elaborate and realistic worlds at a particular scale. 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