Category Archives: Previews
2mm Building Previews
As mentioned earlier this week, we’re working on a new range of buildings for our Land Ironclads VSF range. The buildings are all modelled at 1/1000th scale so besides Land Ironclads they are also ideal for 2mm or 1/1200th vehicles … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Print, Land Ironclads, Previews, Small Scale Scenery
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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
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
Posted in 15mm SF, 6mm SF, Previews
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Tiny Houses (redux)
A couple of weeks ago we brought you pictures of some 3D prints of our first set of Land Ironclads scale (roughly 2mm / 1/1000th) houses. Sadly these weren’t really up to scratch, being a bit off the mark in … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Print, Land Ironclads, Previews, Shapeways, Small Scale Scenery
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It isn’t easy being green……
The master models (or “greens”) for the new Belgian civilians previewed here and here left New Zealand around five weeks ago. Unfortunately so far they haven’t been seen since. We’ve not even had a sniff of them being held up in … Continue reading
An Old Favourite
One of our most popular spaceships has always been the German Pommerania Dreadnought. It was one of our earliest models and has been through several iterations as a multipart kit, then a single piece hull cast firstly in metal and … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Print, Previews, Spaceships
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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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More unidentified stuff in a jar …
No, I promise it’s not something nasty ! Any guesses what the model is ? It shouldn’t be too hard …
Posted in 3D Print, Previews, Spaceships
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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
Posted in 15mm SF, 3D Print, Mouldmaking and Casting, Previews
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