aptivaboy wrote:
You're right, I was overgeneralizing a bit, but most people seem fixated on Fletchers and Sumner/Gearings, it seems to me. I've always been partial to the prewar classes, the ones that did the dirty work until the later classes came on line in significant numbers. To that end, I'm thinking of doing a full 3D/CAD Bagley or Gridley, at least doing the hull and superstructure and then letting the modeler collect the armament and other goodies from L'Arsenal and the like. I'm mulling the idea.
One last thing on the painting, a nice thin coat of Mr. Surfacer as a primer will hide a lot of the little blemishes and artifacts left over from the printing process.
Okay, gotta go. She who demands chin scratches and catnip treats is literally howling so loudly for attention that people on the phone can hear her!
Bob
You and me both (The Bagley/Gridley).
Looking at the FED, though, It looks like it would be a problem even in 1/700 scale, due to the layering process.
I would have to use an SLA and then cast the parts.
They do make finishing solutions for printed parts that reduce the prominence of the print-layers. But I have found that they also obscure details.
It might be that I have to do the larger parts as separate pieces, and then add details post-print with brass and/or styrene, prior to casting them.
It would be nice if I just had more room to do 1/350 scale.
MB