Behind The Scenes Interviews Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Interview with Bernard Hellen of Miniprints

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Interview with Bernard Hellen of Miniprints

By Kent Johnson | December 6, 2024

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Join Trains.com hosts David Popp and Gerry Leone, as they visit Bernard Hellen in the Miniprints booth at Trainfest 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis. Watch as “Dr. Mini” walks through the process he uses to make 3D-printed scale model figures from a full body scan of actual people. Learn how easy it is to add a true-to-form model of yourself or other notable model railroaders (including David and Gerry) to your layout or display!

Older man with gray cap and tan coat holding a blue and white book while seated on a stool in front of a computer screen with a blue, green and gray computer-generated identical image of him.
David had to sit perfectly still while being slowly spun in circles and scanned in the Mini Prints booth for his O scale figure. The computer screen shows the area being scanned in green. Diane Martin photo

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