Hullo,
I've had a 3D printer for a couple of months now, works like charm once you get your head around how to handle tricky models. So far I've printed stuff for 20 mm games, mostly battlefield scatter - crates etc. For some upcoming 1940 stuff I managed to pring a Matilda I quite well. For our 10 mm ACW games printing fences has worked quite well.
Anyway, we are going to test some WW2 convoy rules tomorrow, and I have to say that trying to get a 1:3000 scale FW 200 Condor to print successfully was a struggle. Anyway, here is the end result after a quick paint job.
Cheers,
Aksu

 

One of the 'joys' of effective camouflage is that it makes it hard to make the plane/ship/vehicle stand out

Did you print that whole convoy on one go?! Awesome

Quote from: toxicpixie on 18 March 2018, 07:14:06 PM
Did you print that whole convoy on one go?! Awesome

Yes, that was probably four hours to print. The ships I modeled pretty much as generic ships, apart from the corvette, where I tried to follow the Flower class plan. Then just copying the individual ships in the file to have enough for a convoy and sending to the 3d printer.
And a _very_ quick paint job. I set the printer to start with a disposable base on which the individual ships are printed, that makes painting a lot easier. The ships then just pop off the base when you use a bit of force. I could have of course modeled sea bases on the ships, that is what I did with the subs, as they are too fragile on their own. A bit like the (well camouflaged) Condors.
Cheers,
Aksu

Cracking ideas all round there. If I ever get GQ out the loft I might suggest them to our resident 3d printing enthusiasts 

Brilliant idea

These 3D printers are pretty cool.

This guy has recreated Arnhem using a 3D printer, we see this on a boy's trip to Arnhem last year

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1gp3zvQF46Iab4lr1

Take care

Andy

That's a great table!

Wow! That's a bit good

While I'm still happier outsourcing my wargames production to companies that specialise in it, both the convoy and the Arnhem game show off 3D printing to advantage.

I find it all absolutely fascinating, how far are we from having replicators like Star Trek have.

Take care

Andy

What printer do you have?   I have been looking for one but it seems a bit of a minefield finding one that is not a nightmare to set up and uses the right software

Quote from: Orcs on 19 March 2018, 02:00:52 PM
What printer do you have?   I have been looking for one but it seems a bit of a minefield finding one that is not a nightmare to set up and uses the right software

I'm using the Flashforge Finder, bought from Clas Ohlson (ikea of hardware stores) https://www.clasohlson.com/uk/FlashForge-Finder-3D-Printer/38-7720
Seems to be a pretty well made consumer level printer. Almost no setup hassles. Plenty of youtube reviews available. Quality is perfectly good. Only downside is the print size, 14 cm cube. Comes with its own software, pretty easy to use. For example downloading some free files from thingiverse and scaling them to the right size is pretty easy in the software, if you don't want to make your own models.
Cheers,
Aksu

Pierre the Shy and I are looking at running the ODGW Defending the Malay Barrier naval campaign which needs quite a few merchant vessels

Asku has been most helpful and a northern shipyard is currently producing a couple of convoy's worth of ships for us

Quote from: paulr on 20 March 2018, 06:32:44 PM
Asku has been most helpful and a northern shipyard is currently producing a couple of convoy's worth of ships for us

Happy to help, bro.

Cheers,
Aksu