Alright we are up to 4. that means that I will order 5 to get the price break. I plan to call and order friday so if there is any more littorio interest, let me know asap.
It is getting closer. I have a few parts left on the mack. now if I can get more than 15 minutes a shot...
I'd be up for one of the Mack kits as well. That is a sweet looking ship! And then there is greg's skill on top. It's just going to be wicked! Okay now that my internal little boy has had his say.
Have you considered a DKM Kormoran kit? Relatively straightforward hull design, nice sized cargo ship and, under big Gun rules, not terribly bad as a commerce raider (not sure how those firt in under IRCWCC, MWC or Treaty). In Big Gun, it would be a good beginner ship that you could start out unarmed, and then add "oomph" in several ways as you gain experience. Cheers,
once you have gotten to the SS for the L would it be possible to get the CAD file? I new club member has his own laser cutter.
I can do turrets for both, those are easy. Also able to do smokestacks, etc. L's SS might need to be done in a few parts (8"x8"x5" print volume) but is easily within the realm of possibility, and the CAD file wouldn't need to be redone to yield patterns for pieces of wood; the Slic3r program takes the file and calculates the printhead path with a user-determined wall thickness and fill% for the inside of the box (so to speak)... once you feed it to the printer, you go eat dinner and check in on it once in a while. Superstructures are no problem in Sketchup, but I haven't worked up the nerve to try a rounded turret
Printer not set up yet, but I can run it through the slicing software and see what it looks like. STL files are preferred, although if it's a format that I can get into Sketchup, I have a pluging that lets Sketchup convert it to .stl format.
Printer not set up yet, but I can run it through the slicing software and see what it looks like. STL files are preferred, although if it's a format that I can get into Sketchup, I have a plugin that lets Sketchup convert it to .stl format.
Alright folks... the mackensen design is done. drawing generation is underway. I am about a week out from having it in a quotable format. So consider this the call for interest. if you are interested in a mackensen, let me know via PM so I can get a list going and quote in the right quantities. same goes for a littorio, as I can have them all shipped to me in the same box. standard note applies to the mack that goes with the L kit... there may be minor bugs in the design. the L kit is fully documented in teh build thread as far as what one will receive. the M will include the bulk of the superstructure (see mackensen begins thread for pictures)
at some point yes, however if tug is successful at the rapid proto'd one at a reasonable cost that might change
