NöNö Bärs Miniatures (Latest: RM Andrea Doria)

[NARSES2]

Sorry to hear about the accident 

Hasn't spoilt the overall look of them though 

[Captain Canada]

Wow ! Those are certainly tiny ! They look great ! But my eyes hurt just looking at them lol

[nönöbär]

Sorry to hear about the accident 

Hasn't spoilt the overall look of them though 

Well, most of the masts were gone. And one ship is missing completely - I wonder where this has been vanished to. And the Japanese carriers were hurt quite badly, some parts of the flight deck were broken away and gone. I think i have to print some new ones.

[NARSES2]

Sorry to hear that

[nönöbär]

Now, especially for Narses2, the "big" minature. And its really big compared to the others.

What would be the biggest thing to make - of course a German H-class battleship monster. So there is the Friedrich der Große, taken from World of Warships (and there no "real" H-class design). But compared to the other ships, its big. Painted in a Bismarck-style camo, the masts were not 3D printed, but added afterwards.




Together with the Shinano and the Deuschland and a 1 cent coin.



Size is 100mm.

[zenrat]

Huge!  Where will you keep it?

[NARSES2]

Every time you post something like this I get one of my old Euro 1 cent coins out just to remind myself how small they are. And every time I just shake my head and bow to the master 

Terrific work again, and thank you 

[buzzbomb]

Really nice work at that scale

[nönöbär]

This time, a quite tiny transport, a second of those, just painted differently.



Size is 26 mm.

Something about making those models. I use some 3D models found in various download sites in the web. After scaling them to 1/3000, they are printed with a resin printer.
Once printed, the model has to be cleaned up with isopropanol (which got pretty expensive in Covid-days). The model must be hardened with UV light.
I use a nail UV lamp for it, but the problem is, it gets quite warm in under the UV lights. So the ships tend to bend a bit.
Therefore i printed a little block where i can put the ship to, attach it with rubber rings so that it will be put in place:



Some WIP of a IJN Amago.

[NARSES2]

Thanks for that little "how to" 

Why did isopropanol get expensive ?

The Amagi is looking very nice

[Captain Canada]

Nice work ! Interesting stuff to be sure.

[nönöbär]

Thanks for that little "how to" 

Why did isopropanol get expensive ?

The Amago is looking very nice

Why? Because you can use it for disinfection. When I bought the printer, I got 6 liters for 25€. This spring, prices went up to 25€ per liter...



P.S. I made a spelling error, its "Amagi" not "Amago"

[NARSES2]

Why did isopropanol get expensive ?

Why? Because you can use it for disinfection. When i bought the printer, I got 6 liters for 25€. This spring, prices went up to 25€ per liter...

Ah right. Some things went crazy over here as well, and I do remember that disinfectant was difficult to get for a time.

[Rick Lowe]

I like the idea of the nail setting UV light, they seem cheaper than some of the 'proper' units available.
I had thoughts of trying the liquid 'filler' you can get for for nails, and one of those light sources, as a cheaper option than the UV light and filler pens you can get.

[nönöbär]

This time, we cross the Atlantic ans have the USS Arkansas.

The 3D model is again taken from WoWs, and although its the pre-war verison, I painted it in the late war Arkansas camo.



Together with the North Dakota.



Size: 57mm