| monk2002uk | 25 Jan 2020 7:40 a.m. PST |
A selection of resin printed Russian vehicles at 1:285th scale. The STL files are from various sources, including Mark Bergman's excellent offerings on Thingiverse:
The barrel of the T-26 is 0.57mm in diameter, as measured post-printing. Robert |
John Leahy  | 25 Jan 2020 8:28 a.m. PST |
Those look great! How did you determine what percent to reduce those files? I have the same files. Thanks. John |
| 55th Division | 25 Jan 2020 9:25 a.m. PST |
The Bergman files are at 1/100th scale so for 1/285th scale you print at 35% (35.09 if you want to be 100% accurate lol)
I use Frank Crenshaws excellent program Scalecalc found here link |
| Onomarchos | 25 Jan 2020 9:28 a.m. PST |
Monk, Can you tell us about your printer? Mark |
| Jozis Tin Man | 25 Jan 2020 10:45 a.m. PST |
These look great! I have been scaling his tanks up to 1:150 for use with 10mm. He is an amazing designer. |
| monk2002uk | 25 Jan 2020 12:37 p.m. PST |
The printer is a Formlabs Form 3, printing at 50 micron layers. It can resolve down to 25 microns with the grey resin but doesn't make a great deal of difference at this scale. Robert |
| monk2002uk | 25 Jan 2020 12:38 p.m. PST |
There is another good tool for calculating differences in scales here: link Robert |
| Onomarchos | 25 Jan 2020 1:56 p.m. PST |
Unfortunately, a Form 3 runs about $3,500 USD here in the States, so I guess I will not be printing at that resolution. |
| monk2002uk | 25 Jan 2020 2:27 p.m. PST |
There are several resin printers that will print to that level of resolution and cost less than 10% of the Form 3. Check out the latest Little Wars TV video for an example: youtu.be/aD7n1TUbLJs Robert |
| monk2002uk | 25 Jan 2020 2:31 p.m. PST |
You have to be careful when scaling 1:100 and larger files down to 1:285; less so with 1:200 but can still be an issue. The model will be an exact replica but the printed version may be less robust – axles, fenders, gun barrels, etc become too small to be printed or too weak to withstand any pressure at all. Robert |
| monk2002uk | 07 Feb 2020 2:49 a.m. PST |
Here is a photo of the T-34 painted up. The background village is from Total Battle Miniatures 3mm range:
Robert |
opens up the all-plastic M5 Stuart kit recently released.
