Category Archives: 15mm SF

On the Seventh Day of Christmas

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … 15mm Houses; Middle-eastern buildings; Five German tanks ! Four Desert Buildings; Three Russian tanks; Two Flak Towers; And some houses from a far-off country. 15mm scale versions of some … Continue reading

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On the Fifth Day of Christmas

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … Five German tanks ! Four Desert Buildings; Three Russian tanks; Two Flak Towers; And some houses from a far-off country. Re-designed 15mm versions of the German Thor tank … Continue reading

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On the Third Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me … Three Russian Tanks, Two Flak Towers, And some houses from a far-off country. The Neo-Soviet Mech and Volk assault guns and Lisa command vehicle in 15mm. Slated … Continue reading

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A post about … no post !

I had it all planned … this weekend I was going to blog about a new batch of models that were due to arrive Friday. Amongst others, these included the prints of the 2mm farms, factories and terraces which seem … Continue reading

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Laskas and failing Bizons

Phil had a bumper week last week, putting the vulcaniser to work and producing loads of moulds. He’s already shown off the 15mm PacFed parts and 6mm Indonesians, but just as crucial was the mould for the Neo-Soviet secondary turrets … Continue reading

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Out of the melting pot….

After a busy couple of days mould making I popped along to the workshop to try out two of three of the new master moulds. The castings shown are pretty much as they came out of the casting machine so … Continue reading

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PacFed Prints

Finally managed some photos – the translucent prints aren’t the easiest thing to photograph, the lack of contrast makes it hard to pick things out but the photos below are reasonably clear I hope. There are a few print lines … Continue reading

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Clean-up Job

One of the most tedious parts of getting a model into production is the unglamourous but very necessary job of cleaning up master castings (known as ‘tins’) ready for the production moulds. I find this part of the process extremely … Continue reading

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More 15mm Goodness

Following on from the first successful castings of the Bizon bits last week, I’m suddenly feeling much better about finally making some progress with our new 15mm models. We have several Neo-Soviet vehicles printed and in various stages of the … Continue reading

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Interesting Times

For the last year or so we’ve been experimenting with 3D printed models in various shapes and forms. We’ve been playing with different printing materials from different printing houses, different types of mould, different ways of preparing the models before … Continue reading

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