Hello All, I have been having a blast designing detail parts for my Trumpeter 1:350 scale USS Nimitz on Shapeways. I have also been enjoying a lot of the great works from other designers on here. It seems that the lost art of ship making is alive and well around here! I realize that the current colloquialism for users of this site is 'Shapies'... I suppose that means the people who do ships on here are called 'Ship Shapies'! Well, pardon the cheesy enthusiasm and post all things ship here. My favorite resource so far has been this site: HSNA.org It contains enough info to keep me modeling well past my years. Enjoy! Greg
Hello how are you I too love to model sea models; I go for more of a fantasy feel to it one of my second designs was a divers mask.
Me too! I've made extensive use of 3DP for things nautical... much has been discussed in a thread at RC Groups: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1088812 and a bit of metal at: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2010369 I've done a lot of anchor chain: And those tricky ol' cowl vents: And printed entire model ships: and sometimes just parts of them: (everything from the deck up on this one): Pat M Matthews Model Marine https://matthewsmodelmarine.wordpress.com/
Thanks! I'm lucky to have access to CATIA, which I can use from home... cars, planes, and spaceships are designed with this package...
BTW, Ray Bean has nice things to say about your parts: http://members.boardhost.com/Warship/msg/1448951181.html Pat M, aka RC Pat
Beautiful work, Pat! I'm a railway modeller, but love seeing nice models of ships, armour, vehicles, planes, architecture, or any other subject matter. Thanks for posting! Steve Hunter
So far I've just done a set of hawsepipes in 1/700. But I did get a request for a pair in 1/48. Hey pat, your smaller chain, is that small enough for 1/700? I need a chain for a Cleveland cruiser build I'm doing.