Small Scale Military Headquarters

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Am still here, but not all that frequently... began with the groundpounders site, don't recall the date.

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Just completed an excellent transaction with USCGMK2: quick payment, good communication, and immediate feedback. Thanks, again!

Yes, the radar pod still exists. I have a couple left; send me a PM, if you're interested: $20 shipped (to USA). Here's the original thread. The pod was designed to fit the BBI Hellcat and does a pretty good job of that. http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25516 There was some int...

Hey fellas. Next release from my Shapeways store will be a Bomb Dolly for use with the 1/18th Stuka's, 190's and 109's. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t3/nadodesign/BombDolly.jpg Need some feedback on a few things. Do you want the wheels to rotate? I'm probably going to make the arm jack fixed....

How do you determine your price? They are not even numbers. > Shapeways charges based on the cubic volume of material used by the model multipled by the type of material. For example, a solid one inch by one inch cube would cost $5.00 in the material white, stong and flexible aka "WSF". Based on Sh...

I've been in contact with a customer service rep from Shapeways, and sent photos of the problems my kit exhibited. They're going to get back with me: we'll see how that goes. Am hopeful for a quick and satisfactory resolution.

The kit is very finely done. Kudos to grunt1 for an excellent product!

grunt1, The Kettenkrad print from shapeways was a major fail. The handlebar, siderail and fender frame "wires" are all twisted or broken. The thing came semi-embedded in a brick of WSF powder, so I suspect the person removing/cleaning it realized there were print issues and stopped. I'm not sure wha...

For all those interested in placing a shapeways order, today might be a good day to place it. There's a 20% discount coupon code good for today (11/23/2012) only on orders $75 and up: enter code tdzmu at checkout. Alternatively, you can get free shipping (worth $6.50) using code v9v7r. Just ordered ...

OK, when I saw this rig I immediately thought of you, grunt1.

Looks kinda cool, but I hafta wonder how high the front end lifted off the ground when he fired that thing, and if he ended up flat on his... heinie.

Looks great, vmf214!

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Just wonder how many of you really want to see a correct early war USN crew for your SBD-3?

Jim

I would want 3 sets.

Yes it's all fixed now with a much more accurate front end, particularly the forks and fender. The Notek is present as well. I'm waiting on the first one to arrive to make sure it looks as good as the drawing. That takes two weeks, so after that if all is well you should be good to go. It's also a ...

They will be available to purchase by the end of the month. You can actually order them today, but I would advise you to wait until I: - Get a final non-prototype sample in hand myself (should be this week) - Fix the Notek on the fender Hey, grunt1. Is the 'krad available at Shapeways the "final" v...

In 1983, an Israeli F-15 was involved in a mid-air collision that took off the starboard wing; the fighter returned safely to base. Here's a link to a History Channel video. A lot of the video is not true footage of the aircraft but constructed from other sources, but there are some real photos of t...

I have one of the Skyworks mod kits. It came with a replacement cowling, cooling fan, exhaust stacks (X3), replacement main gear legs, and rudder.

Congratulations, you beat me to it! I have been meeting with people in this industry for a few months now. A good experiment would be, seeing if you can successfully up-scale a 1\35 tank or turret to 1\32 or a cool 1\72 figure to 1\32. The possibilities could be cataclysmic!!! The PLASTIC GENERAL A...

For me, the landing gear are often an issue in this scale: I like to display the models on their gear, but out of the box they typically look like they're sitting on stilts (the P-51s are especially bad). Had thought of making replacement gear to correct the ground stance. Like you say, though: it d...

Found this thread the other day on LSP: a guy bought a 3D printer and is making a 1/32 V-1 kit as a learning experience. He plans to make the basic parts via the printer, scratch-build the details and produce a resin kit from the final master. Thought people on this forum might enjoy following it. h...

Have confirmed the cage sides in my kit are a matched set, left and right.

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Those are wonderful, John! I can totally imagine playing with those as a kid and also that the PVC makes them more sturdy than the stuff one buys at TRU or Target (not like anything there even compares).

Thanks for sharing... awesome!

Being a graphic designer, I have been using Photoshop and design programs for a long time. Your sample picture and spec are perfect. I am planning to shoot diecast planes and armors. And I will be sharing photos on diecast forum. Thank you. Excellent, and you're welcome; looking forward to seeing y...

For the control surfaces, you might be able to use a small blob of blue Tic-Tac mounting material/clay. My Hellcat also has major droopy control surfaces. Looks kinda silly with BOTH ailerons drooped, and the flaps dangling. In your photo, the fuselage almost looks like it's bowed outward on the rig...

It depends on what you intend for the photo, and the quality of the original. A good photo at 800x600 is more helpful at conveying a message than something poorly lit and out-of-focus at 3MP. I usually post at 800x600(ish), with minimum JPEG compression (e.g., 10-largest filesize ~150kb). It does ta...

Ditto: balance for shipping just sent via PayPal.

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