The reason for Printing really is , I own a Filament printer and a resin printer and a engraving machine now as well , I have made crossing gates . signals, I print all the windows, doors, chimney pots, roof rafters, tiles etc. etc. for my buildings now along with the signs, post boxes, milk churns etc and people that you find on platforms . and what ever else I can think of
So it seemed logical to me to start and make my own Rolling stock I did like the accucraft W&L Rolling stock but they have stopped making a lot of them now, so I have already started making my own Accucraft looking ones with LGB type wheel mountings and couplings.
So the next logical step is to make my own Locos to pull them, true maybe not the easiest way to make and print everything, and I will use materials other than just printed / resin parts, but I have the printers , the software and I am a 3D designer by trade, so I just like the challenge and the fun of making / modeling things the way I want them to look
I keep looking at secondhand LGB locos but they are holding their prices recently, plus if I buy a good one I'll not want to bash it, been there done that with a couple of LGB locos I have, including a spreewald