• Here are some of the models I’ve done that are ready for printing.

    P51:

    Do 335:

    Me 262:

    Ho 229:


  • Well these are AutoCad. where is the picture of the actual piece?

    You using aluminite?


  • @Imperious:

    Well these are AutoCad. where is the picture of the actual piece?

    You using aluminite?

    I don’t own a 3d printer myself. We’re probably close to a decade away from them being affordable enough to go mass market. There are many 3D printing services to choose from however. All the ones I’ve looked at so far have a minimum order so I need to have a more complete set before I can actually have them printed. Once I do that though there should be a quick turn around. In less than 10 days I should have my pieces.

    I’ll probably go with a service that has a Z-Corp printer. From what I understand they provide the highest quality printing available.


  • Wouldn’t the Horton require a Stealth Tech allong with a jet tech?

    Could Stealth really be added to a WWII game?  I know Germany actively researched stealth, and the US only stumbled upon it, but ought it be available to all major powers?


  • @Upside-down_Turtle:

    Wouldn’t the Horton require a Stealth Tech along with a jet tech?

    Horton was given the contract because the Ho 229 was the first design to come close to meeting Hermann Göring’s “1000, 1000, 1000” performance requirements. In specific terms Goring wanted an aircraft capable of carrying a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) load over 1,000 km (620 mi) at 1,000 km/h (620 mph). Stealth characteristics were an added bonus in the design, but range and speed were the primary considerations.


  • The following is my dream list of airborne units.

    GERMANY:

    fighters:
    standard fighter: Bf 109 (already in game) or FW 190
    long range fighter: Do 335
    jet fighter: Me 262
    long range jet fighter: Ho 229

    bombers:
    standard bomber: Ju 88 (already in game)
    long range bomber: He 177
    heavy bomber: He 277 or Ju 488 or Me 264
    long range heavy bomber: Ta 400 or Ho XVIII

    US:

    fighters:
    standard fighter: F6F hellcat (already in game)
    long range fighter: P 38 (already in game) or P 51
    jet fighter: P-80 / F-80 or F-84
    long range jet fighter: F-86

    bombers:
    standard bomber: B 25 (this should be the standard us bomber not the B 17)
    long range bomber: B 17 (already in game)
    heavy bomber: B 24 or B 29
    long range heavy bomber: B 29 or B 36

    (US had the most badass bombers)

    UK:

    fighters:
    standard fighter: Spitfire (already in game)
    long range fighter: RAF Mustang Mk.III
    jet fighter: Gloster Meteor
    long range jet fighter: DH.100 Vampire

    bombers:
    standard bomber: Vickers Wellington (this should be the standard uk bomber not the Halifax)
    long range bomber: Handley Page Halifax (already in game)
    heavy bomber: Avro Lancaster
    long range heavy bomber: Avro Lincoln or Victory Bomber

    RUSSIA:

    fighters:
    standard fighter: Yak 1 (already in game)
    long range fighter: MiG 5 T DIS
    jet fighter: MiG 9
    long range jet fighter: MiG 15

    bombers:
    standard bomber: Tu ANT-40/SB or Tu-2  or Pe-2 (should be the standard russian bomber not the Petlyakov Pe-8)
    long range bomber: Yermolayev Yer-2
    heavy bomber: Pe-8 (already in game)
    long range heavy bomber: Tu-4 or Tu-85

    JAPAN

    fighters:
    standard fighter: Zero (already in game)
    long range fighter: Zero (already in game)
    jet fighter: Nakajima J9Y Kikka
    long range jet fighter: Nakajima Ki-201 or Kyushu J7W2 Shinden

    bombers:
    standard bomber: Ki-67 Hiryu “Peggy” (this should be the standard jap bomber not the P1Y)
    long range bomber: P1Y Ginga “Frances” (already in game) or Mistubishi G4M-2/24c “Betty”
    heavy bomber: Nakajima G8N Renzan “Rita”
    long range heavy bomber: Nakajima G10N

    ITALY

    fighters:
    standard fighter: C.202 Folgore
    long range fighter: G.55 Centauro
    jet fighter: Campini N.1 or Re.2007
    long range jet fighter: Re.2007

    bombers:
    standard bomber: SM.79 “Sparviero”
    long range bomber: Fiat BR.20
    heavy bomber: Piaggio P.108
    long range heavy bomber: Piaggio P.108


  • He 177:

    He 277:


  • Ta 400:


  • B 25:

    B 29:


  • nice

    wish i had ur skillz


  • One thing I can see that this 3d printer offers is that you could have a box full of different bombers instead of all similar pieces.  Imagine if instead of five B-17s, you had a B17, B25, B27, B29, …

    That would be sweet.


  • @Upside-down_Turtle:

    nice

    wish i had ur skillz

    Thanks. I consider my 3d modeling skills to be at the beginner level actually. Luckily, military hardware consists of pretty geometric shapes. Once you’ve learned how to use the 3d tools it’s essentially a lot of tracing. You import a schematic diagram of the vehicle showing the top, side & front view and then start tracing.  8-) It’s a lot of work and it can get pretty tedious but I’m getting better at it.

    @dinosaur:

    One thing I can see that this 3d printer offers is that you could have a box full of different bombers instead of all similar pieces.  Imagine if instead of five B-17s, you had a B17, B25, B27, B29, …

    That would be sweet.

    Yeah, you can use the differentiated units however you want. It makes things more fun.


  • B 24:


  • Hey WOPR which Autodesk product are you using? And are you going to attend Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year?


  • @Brain:

    Hey WOPR which Autodesk product are you using? And are you going to attend Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year?

    Actually, I’m using Wings 3D. No plans to attend Autodesk U.


  • Wings 3D, Who makes that product?


  • @Brain:

    Wings 3D, Who makes that product?

    It’s a free program. You can find the download on google.


  • DH.100


  • F-84

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