This is a stylized mid‑century "atomic age" cabinet television sculpted to read clearly at small scales while remaining robust for printing and finishing. The design focuses on era cues rather than a measured replica of any single manufacturer: a rounded, chamfered screen aperture suggesting a curved CRT; a shallow recessed control band below the screen to imply knobs or a speaker grille; softly tapered sides with softened corners; and a single low solid base mass to avoid fragile separate legs.
What you receive
- One canonical master STL exported at HO scale (1:87). This single file is the delivered product. To create other sizes, uniformly scale the HO master in your slicer or modeling tool — see Conversion Guidance below. No additional scale-specific STLs are included.
Design features
- Rounded chamfered screen aperture: the bezel is slightly inset with a chamfer to imply a curved CRT while avoiding micro-thin edges that fail at small scales.
- Recessed control band: a shallow horizontal inset across the lower front face reads as knobs and speaker area at HO scale but remains thick enough to print cleanly on common printers.
- Cabinet silhouette: a compact rectilinear footprint with a tapered rear and softened corners keeps the silhouette distinct at distance and improves strength. The base is modeled as a single solid mass to reduce fragile appendages.
- Surface treatment: simplified planar transitions and soft edge breaks rather than fine engravings so sanding, priming and paint preserve era cues after postprocessing.
Printing notes (for 3D-printer audiences)
- Master scale: HO (1:87). For FDM printers, 0.10–0.12 mm layer height helps keep the rounded bezel smooth; resin printing will reproduce the recessed band and chamfer with good fidelity. Supports: minimal supports under the base for FDM; light supports inside the screen aperture for resin to reduce sag while keeping cleanup straightforward. Wall thicknesses were chosen conservatively and micro-fine fins were avoided so the TV prints reliably at HO scale. After scaling, check nominal wall thickness for your target printer.
Conversion guidance
This listing ships a single canonical STL at HO (1:87). To create other scales, uniformly scale the HO master in your slicer or modeling tool. Example multipliers from the HO master: to 1:48 multiply by ~1.81; to 1:72 multiply by ~1.21; to N scale 1:160 multiply by ~0.55. After scaling, check clearance relative to surrounding furniture and figure heights and adjust gaps as needed.
Intended uses
- HO model railway interiors, shop windows and living room vignettes where a compact period television is required.
- Mid‑century modern room dioramas, diner counters and storefront scenes needing a readable period TV without delicate parts.
- Dollhouse and small-scale display scenes where silhouette and era cues matter more than precise commercial branding.
- Tabletop terrain and photo backdrops where a sturdy, printable period prop is needed.
Limitations and provenance
- This asset is an era‑evocative, stylized prop intended to read correctly at small scales. It is not a measured replica of any specific commercial manufacturer; badges, exact control layouts and archival dimensions were intentionally omitted. The source metadata originates from a legacy MeshRef stub and identity confidence is low; no authoritative prototype dimensions or brand attribution are available from the original source.
Support and fitting assistance
If you need help fitting this TV to a particular sideboard, shelf or counter (for example ensuring the TV sits correctly on a 1950s sideboard or diner counter), contact us with the target scale and surrounding object dimensions and we will recommend exact scaling multipliers and finishing notes.
Miniature Reality Personal-Use License (No AI / No Resale)
- Allowed: personal printing for your own layouts, dioramas, tabletop games, and personal display.
- Not allowed: sharing or distributing the digital files (free or paid), re-uploading to any site, bundling, remix resale, or selling/redistributing printed outputs.
- Not allowed: using the files (or derivatives) to train, fine-tune, test, or feed any AI/ML system (including dataset creation).
- Not allowed: commercial use of any kind without a separate written commercial license from Miniature Reality.
- Note: digital files may include purchaser-linked identifiers / forensic watermarking to help investigate unauthorized distribution.
