Arnhem Big Game 2018 Update 27/04

[Fire at Will]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this


More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

[recon]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this


More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

I followed this link and showed some very nice buildings and bridges ..are they just selling the file which are then put into a 3d printer or have I missed the it all together ?

[Don McHugh]

These 3D printed buildings are all well and good, but I find they do not match my collection of 20mm resin ones. The resin ones are slightly scaled down, the 3D ones not.

Don

[Don McHugh]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this

More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

Will,

As I said, someone else has made the model, I am just combining it to the canal. I find these 3D models are oversized and look out of place on RF 20mm battlefields.

Don

[Martello Towers]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this

More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

Will,

As I said, someone else has made the model, I am just combining it to the canal. I find these 3D models are oversized and look out of place on RF 20mm battlefields.

Don

The perils of making something to scale rather than to be a gaming piece.
And the "but you can resize it and print it at the correct size for your games" doesn't work either as just shrinking things can look odd too.

[Don McHugh]

I worry that as pretty well anyone can produce anything very easily and quickly, we will end up with a lot of not very good oversized models. If you have to make prototypes and make moulds, that cost time and money, you tend to be a bit more careful about what you produce.

I was at SHQ yesterday and saw some new masters in the making, the time and effort put in to them is obvious to see. In my opinion this only comes from companies who invest time and money into their business.

Don

[Martello Towers]

Indeed, and also understand the real end use for the product.
It's like wargames figures themselves. What a sculptor accentuates over what they don't. What they make at true scale, and what is made bigger or smaller than true scale.

[Don McHugh]

More progress today.



Track glue and tacked into place. Now just need to finish the painting.

Hopefully I will finish this weekend.

Don

[mausmann]

Looking good Don...

[Fire at Will]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this

More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

Will,

As I said, someone else has made the model, I am just combining it to the canal. I find these 3D models are oversized and look out of place on RF 20mm battlefields.

Don

Thanks Don, that's what I thought, just paying more attention as I'm working on Market Garden scenery for a big Battlegroup game in May.

Will

[mausmann]

But is it Son bridge? The one shown on a 3D printed kickstarter shows this

More details on the KS here
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wo ... escription

Only just saw this today

Will,

As I said, someone else has made the model, I am just combining it to the canal. I find these 3D models are oversized and look out of place on RF 20mm battlefields.

Don

I too find the laser cut/3D printed buildings just too perfect for me to represent a building. Everything is so precise it just doesn’t ring true compared to all the other scenic items we have.

[Ianwill]

Don,

Enjoying the thread, Particularly like the 90 degree rail pieces.

Cheers

Ian

[tayerigonzalez]

SUPERB WORK !!!!!!

[Don McHugh]

Don,

Enjoying the thread, Particularly like the 90 degree rail pieces.

Cheers

Ian

I won't be rushing to do anymore

Don

[Alanmccoubrey]

Colin having changed the units that I'm providing here is the first of my 10 SS KG for The Island on 20th September.

A mix of very old Dave Allsop, Elheim and Platoon 20 Germans with an EWM (Skytrex) 250.

[Alanmccoubrey]

The Stummel, converted from a Cromwell Uhu. The gun is from the Skytrex 250 above.it was cheaper to buy the 250/8 than a 250/1 plus the SHQ conversion kit

[mausmann]

Nice work Alan.....

And that Cromwell 251 was a bargain, fond memories of those from the past........

[Alanmccoubrey]

Yes indeed John, so hard to get when they were "in production" as well, that man buried more grannies than anyone that ever existed.

[mausmann]

Yes indeed John, so hard to get when they were "in production" as well, that man buried more grannies than anyone that ever existed.

Indeed acquiring Cromwell Models has at times been challenging....

[Don McHugh]

Managed to finish the railway today.

Will take proper pictures whew I do the full 'Island' table at the game.



Rough layout of track.





New curves.





Very pleased with the out come.



Should get this finish today.

Don