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General Ship Modeling: Super-detailing
Topics on photo-etch, metal-parts, and all types of additional detailing.
crew figures for ships, etc.
Biggles2
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Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2016 - 09:33 PM UTC
I was poking around on Shapeways catalogue and found some interesting items. All are 3-D printed and designed by Holden8702. Besides more mundane subjects, he has several figure sets rangeing from 1/24 - 1/350, including 1/144 and 1/200, and 1/48. As a matter of fact, there are figures for just about any ship model scale! Recent additions are Kriegsmarine figures in 1/144 and 1/72 - perfect for Revell U-boats and S-boats. I already have 1/48 US combat crew for Merit PT boat, and the same in 1/144 for Revell Fletcher - next will be the new 1/144 Kriegsmarine for my U-boats. http://www.shapeways.com/shops/panzervstanks
I would highly reccommend these figures, even though they are a little pricey.
Fordboy
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 12:02 AM UTC
Ahoy Biggles2

Great link thanks.

The product line is very nice indeed.

I see many of the sets have 30 figures in them.

Cheers


Sean
Biggles2
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 02:18 AM UTC
Yeah, the smaller the scale, the more figures are included. They may be a little more expensive than North Star, but he has a much larger variety in more scales.
TRM5150
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 04:22 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing Biggs! These do look really promising!
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