Review of Shapeways model - British Boarhound armoured car

[Wulf]

And you could always get TOG in Frosted Ultra Detail - at £40... 

[marshall1945]

as I only want a model or two the postage is nearly as much - by the way 8am BST on Saturday is when it starts as free (midnight Pacific time)

[marshall1945]

And you could always get TOG in Frosted Ultra Detail - at £40... 

I think not! 

Seriously, would welcome your views on the TOG when you get one. I just order two more of the Russian bi-plane I got last time as at 7 euro they are good value and not too grainy for a plane that will not be seen that often; decided I did not want to risk any vehicles

[Wulf]

I am always worried ordering from Shapeways, even FUD - which I think is the best detail material - shows layering on subtle curves, as often seen on 1:600 aircraft.

[Wulf]

Well, I ordered, will see in a couple of weeks, from previous experience.

[marshall1945]

Well, I ordered, will see in a couple of weeks, from previous experience.

Wulf - has your TOG 2 arrived yet? If so what is it like in terms of detail and how rough/ smooth is it?

cheers

Steve

[Wulf]

Yes, TOG II* & the Pz Sfl IVb arrived midweek, I was going to post a proper review thread once I cleaned them up, however, short version:

TOG II*
https://www.shapeways.com/product/7CP86A7W6/british-tog-heavy-tank-1-144?optionId=57346719&li=ostatus
Bought in WSF (the cheapest material), detail low, surface texture rough & lumpy, but, damn, it looks good! The surface is kind of forgiveable, as it's completely uniform all over, and may well not be noticed under some camo paint. The low detail (this is a 1:144 scale mini upscaled from a 1:285 design) works fine for TOG, it's not got a lot of detail anyway! The strange 'troughs' on top, and the side 'doors' where they plated over the sponson openings are a bit exaggerated in depth, but it all works rather well. The tracks are too wide, but otherwise it looks like TOG. It's a gaming mini or a toy, not an accurate scale model. The FUD version would be far better, but horrifically expensive!

Pz Sfl IVb
https://www.shapeways.com/product/S8GJHXCC2/1-144-pz-sfl-ivb-geschutzwagen-ivb?optionId=12384505&li=ostatus
Bought in FUD, the most expensive option. Lovely. Absolutely lovely. No noticeable layering or banding, smooth turret surfaces, fine detail on the track guards (tool stowage, etc), but the back of the turret (which looks like ammo stowage on the World of Tanks version) is smooth & featureless. It's probably really fragile, it (and TOG) are featherlite & will need weighing down to use effectively, but it has as much detail as many metal minis. The inside of the turret looks a bit crude or simplified, but there's a gun breech there.

Are they worth the money? No, of course they're not, they're ridiculously expensive. But it's these or nothing...

p.s.
Tu 28 in 1:600
https://www.shapeways.com/product/USGQBXZ55/tu-28-1-600-x2-fud?optionId=2799678&li=ostatus
Beautiful finely detailed mini with just as much detail as you could hope for.

Didn't order any dinosaurs this time...

[marshall1945]

thanks - I may well give the TOG a go when there is free postage next. Look forward to seeing the finished articles

[Techno]

Are they worth the money? No, of course they're not, they're ridiculously expensive. But it's these or nothing...

Wow !  .....They are somewhat on the pricey side...But as you say.....
Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

The raw materials are horribly expensive. On our machine we literally throw away £1,000's worth of support material a week as it cannot be re-cycled .

[marshall1945]

Yes, TOG II* & the Pz Sfl IVb arrived midweek, I was going to post a proper review thread once I cleaned them up, ..

Wulf, I got a TOG 2 in the end when there was a free postage offer a couple weeks back. Came in less than a week and I decided to do it straight away.. You can check it out here:

http://smww2andnapoleonic.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/british-tog-2-heavy-tank.html

Steve

[fred.]

Nice, big bit of kit.

I really like the comparison shots with the other heavies too.

[Wulf]

Absolutely lovely. Mine will, eventually, be camo-ed, but it's good to see the surface texture looks pretty good even in a single colour.

Where did the other heavies come from? I don't know any of those were in 1:144...

[marshall1945]

Wulf

the KV 5 is an expensive Japanese resin kit - Alter Infinite. I got them via Amazon.jp  The worst thing was the tax coming in (well actually the parcel force processing charge was huge). I got a couple more and a super Pershing sent to Taiwan when I was there last year. Saved a lot

The Tortoise is CGD:  http://www.combatgroupdynamix.com/eShop/eShopNew.html

I have a load of other CGD to do but cleanign them up is a nightmare given all the sprue attached and it is fragile so needs repair after (you can see from the picure on the landing page what I mean about sprue)

The Maus is just a Can Do pre-painted model

If I get another TOG 2 I may have a go at a cammo pattern

Steve

[Wulf]

Oooh... they do a Sentinel...