Panzer 35t

[Mesius]

Hi,

There is no Panzer 35t model for the invasion of Poland!? Will there be one soon?

[vonlacy]

Page 116 German Army - Early War.

[Prophaniti]

I think it's the model, not the rules that's being requested here .

[Mesius]

Yes, its an actual model that I mean. I was just about to organise a purchase for the blitzkrieg battles starting with Poland and I couldn't find a model of the Panzer 35t listed anywhere?

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Mesius

Pithead makes a 35t but it is one of their special models so it depends on how much you've dealt with them. Shapeways has some but very expensive, Wulf is working on some 3d printed models and the 35t may be included http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18333.15.html  Fairy Kikaku from HLJ https://hlj.com/1-144-scale-yugoslavia-1945-1-firm074 sells a 35t but you have to buy three other tanks



There's also a resin model from a 3d printed master on eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-WWII-German-Panzer-35-t-Light-Tank-Resin-Kit/264281497777?hash=item3d8867a0b1:g:y84AAOSw2m9cpNW7



About £6.76 and £3.07 postage for one but postage drops to £0.38 for each additional tank.

Not much joy.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Wulf]

Wulf is working on some 3d printed models and the 35t may be included

The problem isn't printing them, the problem is getting the camera to focus on them...


The shapeways ones are better, mine have visible layers on all sloping surfaces ( the engine deck on the 35 & 38 are really bad for this), my MG barrels have flat tops, and everything looks kind of... rounded. However, mine cost about 6p for the pair, if that...

[Wulf]

Fairy Kikaku from HLJ https://hlj.com/1-144-scale-yugoslavia-1945-1-firm074 sells a 35t but you have to buy three other tanks

If you've never tackled one of their minis before, be aware, Fairy Kikaku resin cast minis are.. problematic...

I have loads. They're lovely. Just... problematic...

[sultanbev]

Butler 3d Print do one, just ask for it in 10mm and he'll oblige:
https://www.butlersprintedmodels.co.uk/10/12-mm/ww2/german/panzer-35-t.html

Mark

[Wulf]

Butler 3d Print do one, just ask for it in 10mm and he'll oblige:
https://www.butlersprintedmodels.co.uk/10/12-mm/ww2/german/panzer-35-t.html

The BPM one is OK, it was one of the FDM printed minis that persuaded me that home 3d printing could produce useable 10mm scale minis. If you would find mine, pictured above, acceptable, then theirs will be too.

[Leon]

The shapeways ones are better, mine have visible layers on all sloping surfaces ( the engine deck on the 35 & 38 are really bad for this), my MG barrels have flat tops, and everything looks kind of... rounded.

Out of interest, how long are they taking in the printer?  I keep looking at the Shapeways/Butlers ones and wondering how the speed / detail balances out.

[sultanbev]

Butler will turn out 50 vehicle orders within 4 days, so must be pretty quick, or he has a lot of printers.....

Mark

[Wulf]

Out of interest, how long are they taking in the printer?  I keep looking at the Shapeways/Butlers ones and wondering how the speed / detail balances out.

Depends on a load of factors. I'm currently printing 3 Open Blitz trucks & a Pz II Luchs, it's taking about 8 hours. 2 hours a mini is about right for detailed prints, I just ran a single Pz 35(t) through my software and it says 1 hour 54 mins with my standard settings for minis (which, I'll grant you, change virtually every print...). I'm setting up a print for an entire ruined factory (in sections, total ground area around a foot by 8 inches, walls only, no roof) and it'll take 15 hours, because I'm printing with much lower definition.

Read the whole sorry saga here...
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18333.0.html

[Wulf]

Butler will turn out 50 vehicle orders within 4 days, so must be pretty quick, or he has a lot of printers.....

He must have a bank of printers. Working them 24 hours a day he could produce maybe 20 a day on one printer - although that is quite feasible since I regularly leave a half dozen to print while I'm at work, or overnight.

[GrumpyOldMan]

If you've never tackled one of their minis before, be aware, Fairy Kikaku resin cast minis are.. problematic...

I have loads. They're lovely. Just... problematic...

Got to agree about Fairy Kikaku, very 'Fairy Kikaku' is the way to describe them, rivets the size of dinner plates (exaggeration), track casting in two halves but interesting subjects none the less.

[Wulf]

but interesting subjects none the less.

Some absolutely bloody fascinating subjects! Who else does Japanese Antarctic Expedition Snowmobiles in 10mm scale?