NöNö Bärs Miniatures (Latest: RM Andrea Doria)

[nönöbär]

After TomZ posted his great diorama in 1/3000 here he inspired me to see if this is a size that can be made with a "normal" home 3D printer. Sure, you can get models in this scale at Shapeways, but their printers are a "bit" more advanced than the ones you usually have at home.

So my engineer start to try, and he returned with a first result:



SMS Siegfried (after its enlargement in 1900)



Size is 28 mm. Printed in one piece, masts were added after printing.

[zenrat]

Sweet.  And small enough to accidentally swallow...


Did you print it with the gun barrels in place?

[NARSES2]

That's really neat.

I've just been going through a "Bookazine" on the pre-Dreadnoughts and it's a subject that fascinates me. I keep meaning to get a kit of one, but even 1/700 scares me let along 1/3000 

[TomZ]

That looks really good!

TomZ

[nönöbär]

Sweet.  And small enough to accidentally swallow...


Did you print it with the gun barrels in place?

Yes, the barrels were printed together with the rest. And i was surprised that they were printed at all. I made some tests with other ship models, and on some, the complete guns were missing.

[nönöbär]

That's really neat.

I've just been going through a "Bookazine" on the pre-Dreadnoughts and it's a subject that fascinates me. I keep meaning to get a kit of one, but even 1/700 scares me let along 1/3000 

If you are into pre-Dreadnoughts and also into computer games, you should take a look at "Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts". Where you design your own ships and bring them into battle.

And 1:3000 is small, indeed

[zenrat]

Sweet.  And small enough to accidentally swallow...


Did you print it with the gun barrels in place?

Yes, the barrels were printed together with the rest. And i was surprised that they were printed at all. I made some tests with other ship models, and on some, the complete guns were missing.

[Caveman]

After TomZ posted his great diorama in 1/3000 here he inspired me to see if this is a size that can be made with a "normal" home 3D printer. Sure, you can get models in this scale at Shapeways, but their printers are a "bit" more advanced than the ones you usually have at home.

So my engineer start to try, and he returned with a first result:



SMS Siegfried (after its enlargement in 1900)



Size is 28 mm. Printed in one piece, masts were added after printing.

Very impressive!

[nönöbär]

Another attempts for 1:3000 ships. This time a carrier. While printing and printing the ship was ok - besides the fact that I had printed it mirrored - the aircraft were a problem.

The first attempts was to scale some 3D models to 1:3000 and print them. Which failed, because thin parts like wings were simply too thin.
So I had to design an "aircraft" where the dimensions were not correct - too thick. So it looks more like an aircraft drawn in Kindergarden



But when printing it in 1:3000, it works. Wingspan is just under 4mm, so painting was a bit tricky.


IJV CV Rodan, during its visit in Wilhelmshaven in 1949 (a return visit after TomZs KM visit in Japan in 1947)




Size is 87mm.

[zenrat]

 

[Knightflyer]

Impressive and incredible (the latter referring to the painting!) 

[NARSES2]

Impressive and incredible (the latter referring to the painting!) 

Totally agree, fantastic stuff 

As an aside if I'd typed my initial reaction then I'd have had to ban myself  . I honestly don't know how you can even contemplate painting something that small. 1/300 scale figures were bad enough and that was when I had reasonable eyesight. But 1/3000 

[PR19_Kit]

BOGGLED!

[nönöbär]

As an aside if I'd typed my initial reaction then I'd have had to ban myself  . I honestly don't know how you can even contemplate painting something that small. 1/300 scale figures were bad enough and that was when I had reasonable eyesight. But 1/3000 

With a VERY thin brush, a lot is possible.
The carrier itself was not so difficult to paint, the big "sun" on the flight-deck is a decal, the rest is painted.
The little aircraft were tricky - first white or green. Then a bit silver for the cockpit. Black for the engine. And finally a little red dot for the markings. Tried to put some in the sides of the plane, but this did not look good.

[NARSES2]

With a VERY thin brush, a lot is possible.
The carrier itself was not so difficult to paint, the big "sun" on the flight-deck is a decal, the rest is painted.
The little aircraft were tricky - first white or green. Then a bit silver for the cockpit. Black for the engine. And finally a little red dot for the markings. Tried to put some in the sides of the plane, but this did not look good.

I used to have, still have somewhere, some 000000 brushes, but even with those 

No seriously what you say is absolutely right. At that scale you have to allude to a paint scheme rather then accurately replicate one, and that is an art in it'self and you have mastered it  With 1/300 figures they looked better on mass rather than as individuals.