Beyond The Sprues
General Category => Market Place => New Model Kit News/Reviews => Topic started by: Rickshaw on June 17, 2014, 08:37:27 AM
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Might be of some interest to ship modellers here - https://www.shapeways.com/shops/Frenobulax (https://www.shapeways.com/shops/Frenobulax)
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That's insane! :o
Talk about microscopic! :-\
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Thanks Brian - very useful indeed!
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There are a number of other contributors to Shapeways that have interesting items for sale. Some of the prices are a bit frightening while others appear to be a very good deal. In contact with one of the guys right now to see about having him print up his product in 1:35th scale (he offers it in 1:48th, 1:96th, and 1:24th but not 1:32nd or 1:35th) Hopefully the price will not be too extreme. I had been looking for some 1:144th scale twin 40mm Bofors to use on one of my 1:144th scale Fast Attack Craft but have no desire to use the White Ensign metal products as I do not like the product or the price charged. A 3D printed model seems to be a better deal with much better detail and less clean-up. So instead of a couple of twin 40mm Bofors I found a nice Mk38 25mm Machine Gun System (M242 Bushmaster on a Naval gun mount) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M242_Bushmaster#mediaviewer/File:Mk_38_25mm_Machine_Gun_System.jpg) for a decent price in 1:72nd scale. Apparently the limitations of Shapeways will not allow a decent 1:144th scale 25mm Bushmaster to be printed up but it was worth the time to ask the question and get a very prompt reply. This same contributor also offers the Mk38 Mod 2 25mm Machine Gun System remote operated weapon with the little FLIR head mounted on it. Would love to have a couple of those in 1:144th scale but the detail limits might preclude that from happening in that scale but it is available in other larger scales :)
Wikipedia - M242 Bushmaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M242_Bushmaster)