3D printing

Post by **goat major** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:50 am

The very nice Najewitz Modellbau range of buildings now seems to be primarily sold as 3D print files. As I don’t really want to buy a 3D printer what are the options for getting them printed ? Are there high street equivalents of print shops where you can just take a file in and get them to print it for you ? Any idea of what the economics are of this ?

http://www.lasermodellbau.de/index.php/ ... ry/view/77

Brian Horrocks · Post by **Brian Horrocks** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:41 am

Try https: www.shapeways.com they seem fairly popular amongst us scale modellers I've never used them but know someone who has and he's more difficult to please than me and he's fairly chuffed?
Sorry in advance if they don't suit what you want.

grizzlymc · Post by **grizzlymc** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:11 am

If it's a building use strong white .... but, beware, it soaks up primer like sodding blotting paper.

levied troop · Post by **levied troop** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:50 am

I saw those at Crisis and they did look stunning. In some cases I thought the striations looke a little visible but for buildings with rougher surfaces than you’d expect on tanks or figures it was perfectly acceptable.

Buff Orpington · Post by **Buff Orpington** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:53 pm

Well, I've taken the plunge and ordered the Aldi one. Officially they don't go up till Thursday but the site is taking orders now. Now I need to shop for filament and useful files. I'll bookmark the lasermodel page.

Essex Boy · Post by **Essex Boy** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:30 am

Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:53 pm Well, I've taken the plunge and ordered the Aldi one. Officially they don't go up till Thursday but the site is taking orders now. Now I need to shop for filament and useful files. I'll bookmark the lasermodel page.

It'll be interesting to follow your experiences. You're a trail blazer.

Post by **goat major** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:55 am

yes me too. How do you think the economics of it work out Buff - how much do the raw materials cost ?

Buff Orpington · Post by **Buff Orpington** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:36 pm

Filament looks to be about £11-12 a kilo on Ebay, Amazon's a bit more at the moment. According to the designers this Dice box of death uses about 120 grams so it would be about £1.50 for the material plus extra for power usage. That could be a major issue given the time some prints take.

Better idea of scale here

levied troop · Post by **levied troop** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:56 pm

I’ll be interested in your experiences as well.

A couple of thoughts just looking at that dice box:

Is it feasible to increase the size eg x2; and,
Is it feasible to take apart the programme and print just one side of that as a stand-alone piece? I’m thinking of Ossaries, but then who isn’t?

Post by **goat major** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:06 pm

The najewitz buildings can be printed out any scale apparently

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