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Sneaky Scot
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know very little about 3D printing - is it something that would be viable for a company like ADB to do a type of "print on demand" for miniatures? Obviously they'd need to be designed and proofed, which is where the intellectual effort (SVC's time) comes in, but I have no idea if it's hideously expensive to either buy the equipment or print the miniatures, and whether you'd need a run of 1,000,000 minis to offset the investment costs.

Not a request for ADB to start doing this - more just curiosity on my part if anyone knows.

I think the printed minis look great, particularly the Maesron.
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Scharwenka
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm pretty sure the new 2500 masters are all 3-D printed and then molded. That should be far cheaper than just straight print on demand.

and thanks about the paint job on the Maesrons!
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Zamboni
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lyran Far Out Stars Heavy Cruiser

A few years ago, I scraped an image out of the google cache of a dead forum of what looked like some sort of incomplete SFC Lyran ship with these crazy booms sticking out the front.

I had to have one.

(Test print with yellow primer. Brass pins are .020" - they're a bit softer than I'd like, so may redo this with .025 or .030 for some extra stiffness.)





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ecs05norway
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like a Lyran from one of the Starfleet Command video games. Got a couple of PFs attached on the rear hull, there?
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Zamboni
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ecs05norway wrote:
Got a couple of PFs attached on the rear hull, there?


Four of them (two more latched onto the bottom). Twisted Evil

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