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Post by brickwall on Mar 13, 2018 12:35:17 GMT -7
Hi guys, nice community you have here. I am following this post and I can say that Shapeways did an important price reduction, specially for the best materials (FUD and FXD). So it is now becoming more affordable to have accurate starships. I am the Shapeways Shiftdel mentioned by rabid (thanks for the promo), I have several trek ships in my shop there, mostly in 1/2500, but I am planning to rescale all my ships in 1/3900 and 1/3125 scales (and any other requested one), to attend the gaming community. I already released my D12 K'Teremmy in 1/3900, next will be my D9 Z'Gal, and the other scales. I am also working in some requests from rabid and others, although I do not have much spare time to work on them, I plan to release some new stuff as soon as possible, anyway, rescale is much easier, so if there is any of my ships that you guys need in other scale, please let me know. Regards Shiftdel www.shapeways.com/shops/ShiftdelWelcome to the Forum and many thanks for the new news on making starships. I hope you will get the chance in the future to make Orion and Gorn ships for the community. And yes I have to mention this. I hope one or two Kephan ships will be made in the future. A thousand thank-yous in advance.
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Post by shiftdel on Mar 13, 2018 13:04:19 GMT -7
Thank you, btw, there is a Gorn ship in the yards, next to start its trials
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Post by rabid on Mar 14, 2018 4:56:50 GMT -7
My ships are coming in this Thursday, unfortunately it will be a few weeks before I can get back home and see them. Shiftdel showed me a preview of the Gorn ship, I don't want to spoiler it but it's a fleet staple!
Shiftdel I'm a fan of the k'teremny, 1/3900 is pretty close but is 1/3125 possible?
Not too picky about the Klingon or Romulan ships...it's the same old thing the shares federation parts make scaling a bitch.
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Post by shiftdel on Mar 14, 2018 14:10:53 GMT -7
...Shiftdel I'm a fan of the k'teremny, 1/3900 is pretty close but is 1/3125 possible? Sure, it will be the next one to left the yards
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Post by rabid on Mar 14, 2018 18:35:05 GMT -7
My order came in!! Dang it I can't even open it for 2 more weeks!
Anyone have recommendations on painting them?
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Post by JAFisher44 on Mar 14, 2018 19:36:25 GMT -7
I'd recommend using paint.
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Post by trynda1701 on Mar 14, 2018 21:29:45 GMT -7
I'd recommend using paint. I say we report this joker to a moderator, he's too flippant! rabidWith the WSF mini I've tried painting so far, I used grey automotive spray paint as a primer, and then same type of white spray paint on my test Federation mini I posted earlier in this thread. It's then detailed with acrylic paint. Seems to work well to my satisfaction, and it's how I've painted all my FASA metal minis. shiftdelWelcome to the forum. I've got three of your D-12 K'teremney minis in FUD, which I'll have to get painted up. Been on a D&D kick recently with the family. Thanks for doing that mini, been wanting it for a long while now. Mark
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Post by shiftdel on Mar 15, 2018 13:14:03 GMT -7
...Anyone have recommendations on painting them? As trynda1701 said, Acrylic paint would work well with both FUD and WSF materials. About FUD, one important step before painting, is to left the model under sunlight for some hours, as not always Shapeways cure the material long enough (it is UV cured); another important step for FUD is to wash the part with detergent, as it may have some wax left from the printing process. Normally I submerse my model on a solution of water and detergent and left it there for a day.
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Post by shiftdel on Mar 15, 2018 13:19:31 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum. I've got three of your D-12 K'teremney minis in FUD, which I'll have to get painted up. Been on a D&D kick recently with the family. Thanks for doing that mini, been wanting it for a long while now. Mark Thanks, Mark, when I started 3d modeling and then discovered 3d Printing and Shapeways, I though that was an excellent opportunity to have models that I was looking for and never found available. I hope Shapeways do more price cuts, so we can have models even more affordable.
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Post by shiftdel on Mar 17, 2018 6:52:45 GMT -7
Now I have available in my Shapeways shop the Klingon ships QuD and K'Teremny in 1/3125 scale (I'd also corrected the spell of my K'Teremny - it was incorrectly spelled K'Teremmy, with double m, instead mn)
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Post by rabid on Mar 20, 2018 15:54:39 GMT -7
It's already on my wish list. Thanks for being responsive to the fans!
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Post by rabid on Apr 7, 2018 12:32:50 GMT -7
So, I'm geeking out like crazy because---The shapeways kits came in! I love them but getting the scale right is tricky. It's hard to envision how large a ship is with just the overall length and a ruler, unfortunately the length is usually posted for unassembled ships (Northampton and Andor) was the unassembled length, not the assembled length. I didn't realize this at first. Because of this, these ships are WAY larger than what I had in mind. The old Nacelle issue again. I was scaling to 'close enough" to the MicroMachine's NCC 1701-A. But they are STILL Great models so I'm using them to brush up my painting skills. I will post them here when done. Also when I get back home I'll link to the various stores. 1/3125 scale Chandley, northhampton, baker, remora: CrazyEddie's---unfortunately Chandley arrived with a broken warp pylon. No response from Shapeways but Crazy yet so I think I'm on my own. Should be easy enough to fix with a drill and maybe some stronger guage kirchner wire. I got frosted ultra detail so there are some bumps and ridges, but I tried a spot and they polish out nice with some sand paper and gloss finish. I could just paint the highlights and flat coat them, pretty happy with the detail in the ships even at the cheapest print. I should have been more careful with the scaling but that's not the model's fault and the vendor did a great job with them. Even has a number of variants on the ships! Brenton Class by Lord of the Red Rings: Nice ship, at about 2.5" long, looks "Close enough" to scale with the micro-machines +/- 1/3900 size. Can't wait to paint it, I've always been a fan of the ship. Locknar Class by lord of the red rings: 3.15", it's the recent build with a roll bar under the belly. USS Makin by lord of the red rings: 2.75" long, the pylons are a little flimsy but it looks good next to the rest of them. USS Larson by Lord of the red rings: 2.36" long, a little too small but workable. 1/3125 scale z-1 nova by Pulsefired: Next to the locknars this is the neatest model of the batch. I'm probably going to over-size the battleships and have them stand a bit taller on the field than the smaller ships. Next wishlist is going to make shiftdel happy: 1/3900 Andor, Remora, Baker (Should I order it even smaller?), northhampton and chandley, wilkerson (pulsfired), T-10 bright One, Gallant Wing, WhiteWind, t-5 Fireswarm, Romulan Mularr Escort, Klingon d-2. Probably another Locknar (pulsefired) as his print on the z-1 was a bit tighter. 1/3900/1/3125 excelsior (Looking for 14-15 CM or close to that). 1/3900ish Abbe Class Destroyer 1/3125 L-24, D-10 Looking for approximations of the K-23, then I'll get the L-13, D-18 (alt head stock) and Grim Reaper from Woomera and I'll have a whole fleet! Next project is finding hex-bases for them to fit on. I'm going to mount them on a thick wire (Painted black) then put them on the bases, or I might get the after market sockets for the x-wing miniatures games and do some careful drilling with a dremel. But where to buy hex bases...wouldn't it be cool if they had a small peg for card-stock like the Attack Wing Bases? Trynda pointed some out, but they always seem to be out of stock. Anyone have any leads?
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Post by JAFisher44 on Apr 7, 2018 13:00:28 GMT -7
Any hex bases on shapeways?
Probably not cost effective tho.
Also, what size hex are you looking for?
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Post by SITZKRIEG! on Apr 7, 2018 19:07:23 GMT -7
I'd recommend someplace like litko.net for custom laser cut acrylic bases instead of trying to print them out for more on shapeways (and possibly getting them a bit warped). Rabid, any pics yet of your minis? I saw you mention FUD above but did you also order any in FED? I had a so so experience with FUD myself 5 years ago and am waiting for another free shipping offer on shapeways before I take the first plunge with FED again.
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Post by rabid on Apr 9, 2018 8:55:20 GMT -7
I'm not sure what size of bases I want...probably the original FASA size for the smaller minis, but then if I have the battleships in 1/3125 (unless someone makes them in 1/3788-1/3900) I'll have to weigh the bases.
If I go for a larger hex size I have to get a bigger map. As soon as I have time I'll post some pictures. The locknars are my overall favorite so far.
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Post by rabid on Apr 10, 2018 17:23:23 GMT -7
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Post by JAFisher44 on Apr 10, 2018 19:29:47 GMT -7
I really want to put together a 1/2500 fleet just for display but money
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Post by rabid on Apr 11, 2018 11:27:59 GMT -7
That's seriously tempting! That said I'm nickel and dining the hell out of this already so I'm going to catch wife aggro soon.
Generating threat with the models, the paint, the stands and now the pegs! I wanted clear x-wing pegs but can't find them.
But the project is fully planned out. Get the models, get hex flight stands from litko (want to get some thing to put the x-wing ship numbers on but oh well), mount pegs onto the ships, paint and I'm good to go!
I'll never be done though as long as someone makes FASA ships in 1/37-3900 ish.
Lol but that's why they call it a hobby.
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Post by shiftdel on Apr 14, 2018 6:21:23 GMT -7
Guys, I am on the verge to release my model of the Gorn BH2 ship on Shapeways, but I found a problem with the size of the ship. The ship size on some sources in Internet is 406 m, but recently I got a couple of pics of the FASA miniature, and it is clearly smaller, considering the hex base size as 1 inch (25.4 mm), and the scale as 1/3900. I was also told by someone who has the Gorn Cruiser model, that the hex base is slight larger, on 27 mm. I did some measurements on both pics, and I'd also considered the difference in size (27 mm or 25 mm) for the hex base, as it would translate in a considerable difference in the total length of the "real world" ship; so I got the following sizes: 1st pic, 25.4 mm base = 263.85 m 1st pic, 27 mm base = 280.48 m 2nd pic 25.4 mm base = 256.47 m 2nd pic 27 mm base = 272.63 m The difference in sezes between the 2 pics is probably due to camera lens distortion So, unless someone who has the original model could measure it for me (anyone?), I will consider an average between the 2 pics sizes, using the larger ones, my model would correspond to 276.55 m in length, in real world.
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Post by trynda1701 on Apr 14, 2018 11:20:22 GMT -7
I could measure my BH-2 mini for you, but I'm away from home at the moment. It would be Wednesday evening at the earliest before I could get back to you.
I'll check the physical size of the plastic bases I have. Its possible that the 27mm is a size of metal hex base that some FASA minis came with. I don't think I have any, but I'll check that too.
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Post by shiftdel on Apr 14, 2018 13:03:06 GMT -7
Great, thank you trynda1701, I'll appreciate that! As I am not in a hurry to release the model, I can wait till Wednesday or later.
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Post by Gorn on Apr 16, 2018 17:33:06 GMT -7
Body of ship appears ~ 7 cm. Sorry, calipers are at the museum. But I'd like one 50% this size.
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Post by rabid on Apr 16, 2018 21:07:17 GMT -7
Got a competitor for Woomera shipyards on shapeways: www.shapeways.com/product/54HLPYE6C/l13e-battleshipPulsefired (who rescaled his romulan nova when I asked) has his take too: www.shapeways.com/product/VHR5HKFWU/klingon-l-13-fat-man-battleship-class-1-3900?optionId=64779886But there are a LOT of great ships coming up on shapeways, more every day. I like all the different creator's various takes on things, had good experiences so far with Pulsefired, CrazyEddie's (he got them to replace the broken chandley!) and of course Shiftdel. Sometimes the designers will re-scale them, Crazy Eddie's seems to be the most prolific besides Amarillo, but not too many FASA ships scaled in 1/3125 or smaller. I think that will grow if enough players ask for game pieces. 1/5000-1/7000 looks popular too.
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Post by Gorn on Apr 17, 2018 11:23:59 GMT -7
My BH-2 (and my L-24) came with a metal stand, shiftdel. Did you want the size of that?
I certainly want more acrylic stands in the STIII marketed style! I'm running out! Does anyone have a lead on them?
I'm also looking for both Enterprises; TOS and TMP in resin or printed, but they have to be perfect. Does anyone have any leads?
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Post by trynda1701 on Apr 17, 2018 15:13:13 GMT -7
I see Gorn beat me to the measuring thing then! As for leads on FASA ships, for the originals, still recommend doing a regular search on eBay. I have a saved search which gives me email alerts. I stick with a price I am willing to pay, and a couple of years ago, finally got a complete Nova Battleship, the only original ship I never got hold of, at a sensible price. Haven't got any more leads on plastic stands other than the ones I posted earlier.
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