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Here are some photos of 3D printed models for Fletcher class destroyers
1/700 sailors. Very hard to photograph these tiny things. Not sure how I'm gonna paint them yet.
Waiting for the 1/350 scale order.
Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.
What scale are these?
Some of the items which ModelMonkey has on his Shapeways store are very interesting. I am considering the Benson/Livermore to Sims conversion. And when my 1:144 scale Fletcher perolates back to the top of the stack I will look at some of the deckhouse changes for it.
I have been impressed by some of the larger scale (1:144 - 1:72) items; guns, etc. available. The 1:72 Bofors crew is quite nice and fits the 1:72 scale quad Bofors quite well. (Holden8702). I'm looking for a good 1:72 scale Mk51 director. The one currently available on Shapeways is overscale (too tall and too coarse).
I am afraid that small items such as light gun barrels such as Oerlikons, printed in scales smaller than 1:144 will appear overscale due to the limits of today's 3D print technology. The years to come will improve on that.
Aaron Skinner took photos of my 1:148 scale USCG Fast Response Boat at the recent Squadron Eaglequest show. It is 3D printed
I received my 1/350 US sailors from Shapeways just the other day. The Bofors gun crew set for the USS Johnston and the Dungaree set for the Eugen at Bikini. A little on the pricy side but not too shabby.
Steve
Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.
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modelcrazy I received my 1/350 US sailors from Shapeways just the other day. The Bofors gun crew set for the USS Johnston and the Dungaree set for the Eugen at Bikini. A little on the pricy side but not too shabby.
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Just got notified the 350 sailors I had on order were back in stock. Just ordered them. The 1/700 scale I showed above I've tried to paint with mixed results. Need a brush with one hair Might be better in 350. Mine were made by North Star and ordered through Free Time Hobbies.
EJ
I PM'd these to Sasa, but I thought I would share here. These are 1:72 scale.
During WWII the average height of US servicement was 5'6". The figure is approproately sized.
The operator should rest his waist against the pad and look throught the sights. They are too tall. The bicycle handle bars should fall at waist to upper thigh. His fall at the elbows
I think 3D printing is exciting and the prospects it holds for modeling are immense.
Next chapter in my PM thread with Sasa.
This is a scan of a scaled drawing from Dr Al Ross' Anatomy of the Ship - The USS The Sullivans published by the US Naval Institute Press. The drawing is scaled as 1/20. I included the crossed line as a reference. They are 1 inch with a tic at 1/2 inch. This represents an early MK51 without the MK14 Gunsight box on top of the director mount.
According to the 1/20 scale on my archetiects scale, the distance from the base to the top of the counterweights (item 4 on drawing H4/1) should be 4 feet or approximately 43/64. On the photos I posted yesterday, yours is about 6 feet above the base.
The waist rest should be approximately 2.5 feet above the base (27/64). The tracking handles should fall about the same. Your waist rest is almost 48/64 or 4.5 feet above the base.
Yes your base is thicker, probably due to the limits fo printing, but the whole director is too large even accounting for the base. I hope that you can understand my concerns.
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