"1/6000 Naval – Never Built Ships" Topic

These are various ship designs from WW1 or shortly thereafter, modeled in 1/6000 scale.

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Interesting "what if?" constructs.

Jim

Neat. Scratchbuilt or did you buy them somewhere?

Looks like those are 3D printed.

Available on Shapeways? I'm can't seem to find them.

Nice work. My observations, as I have scratchbuilt 1/6000 before:

1) The masts appear to be straight pins.

2) The hulls are sufficiently similar looking as to make it unlikely that they are individually constructed. So a single master, probably scratchbuilt (note the layers in the hulls of the "Salzburg" and "Linz" BCs (top 2 models in right side row in image). The weather decks look smooth and precise, but the funnels and superstructure sides show variable rather than identical irregularities. These variations could be due to multiple molds (copy of a copy) and/or modeler cleanup of castings though, though. The little bubble on the starboard gun of #1 turret on the battleships (left side row in image) also suggests casting in either resin or metal.

MH

Is anyone interested in 1:6000 scale deck ladders, binnacles and paravane accessories?

;-)

B

Hey Blutarski,

I infer from your post that you can't see the detail in his image, possibly because you have Javascript turned on? If so, try "view image" on your browser. With Firefox, this is achieved via right-clicking over the small image, which yields a larger version. IE and Chrome are probably similar.

MH

Hi hinds TMP,
You are indeed a gentleman of great solicitude. I actually had no problem viewing the image. My real problem is an unfortunate propensity for making terribly lame jokes – such as touting fictitious accessories for 1:6000 scale models that would require an electron microscope to be seen.

B

Yes, and my real problem is imagining subtle personal criticisms hidden behind the joke. But in my defense, even though my analysis might seem a bit pompous, I did enjoy doing it, and was hoping for a response from the OP as to whether I got any of it right. I don't think it was 3D printed. :-)

MH

Hi hinds TMP,
Just for the official record – no subtle criticism whatsoever was meant by me and apologies if anything of the sort came across in my posts.

I own a generous array of 1:6000 WW1 ships myself – sufficient to permit Beatty and Hipper to re-fight The Run to the South down to the last destroyer.

B

Thanks for your comments.

The models were printed using a Creality Ender 2, ships and bases together. Horizontal lines are visible in the gray plastic on the unpainted photos (in the link above). The white plastic parts are Evergreen styrene, melted in some cases to form a crude mast top.

Thanks NCC1717. I was mostly wrong then. However, I am impressed that a $200. USD printer could produce that type of output in 1/6000. IIRC it looks better than Shapeways.

Questions:
1) Can the printer print a curved sheer line? (Yours look flat).
2) What file format does the 3D design need to be in?
3) What software tool did you use to produce the design file?

MH

1) Can the printer print a curved sheer line?
No, but that has not been much of a problem for WW1 era ships.
2) What file format does the 3D design need to be in?
I use STL, but I think the CURA slicing code can take other inputs.
3) What software tool did you use to produce the design file?
Onshape.

I have only had a 3D printer for a few of months, so my knowledge of what is possible is very limited.

Added a Dutch dreadnought design from 1913:

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Very cool good sir. I need to get back to painting things.