3D Printing

Another woman from the French Exodus set, 3D printed.

This woman would work in South American.

Italy.

Greece.

Spain.

Almost anywhere in the last 100 years or more where Western culture has been the norm.

Here they are fleeing from the Germans.

It really enhances the story when the invader, Martians, Godzilla, Germans, Russians, Americans almost anything that might make people flee.

Roco Panzer IV in pursuit.
 

3D Printed Little Boy

Another figure from the French Exodus set.

1/72nd scale 3D printed.

This little boy is not unlike the other figures as he would work well for several centuries of figures.

And for almost anywhere in Western Europe or North America.

The detail is amazing to me.

Another figure from the same line.

These figures are well suited to dioramas, set ups, and miniature wargames, or role playing games.

While these figures depict people fleeing from the WWII German blitzkrieg in France they have many uses.

Sadly wars all over the world have left children in conditions of refugee and in despair.

These figures should be released soon, stay tuned for more details.
 

3D Printed French Exodus

This is a new line of figures that is not quite yet available in stores.

These depict French civilians fleeing from the German invasion of 1940.

These are 1/72nd scale 3D printed figures.

They come without bases to give the model builder maximum flexibility in how to display them.

Mine are used for set ups and miniature games so they need a simple plastic base.

Note the realistic pose and the fine detail.

Figures like these would work almost anywhere in the world for the last 200 years or so, their clothing and poses are timeless.

As you see these are not standard figures, they reflect real poses, real body types.

Put this woman in France in 1940, or 1918, or 1814 and she looks right at home.

She would work in the Mexican Revolution, or in a Godzilla attack.

Woman are few in our hobby and this range has many of them on the way, and many men too!
 

Bases For Everyone

I got a few 3D printed figures recently that did not have a base on them.

So I took my trusty Evergreen Scale Models 4504 1/6 square .040" think sheet styrene and made bases.

When using your Loctite adhesive in the fancy applicator and it's empty, open the bottom of the container and finish the tube.  This is the power flex which seems to work very well on plastic.

Scruff up the base and the bottom of the figures feet and use a pliers to hold the figures if necessary.  No teeth on these pliers.

Create a few lumps of clay.

Put a dab of glue on each foot, and place the figure on the base.  Use the lump of clay to hold them in place for a little while until dry.
 

Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank

 

Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank used by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War Two.

More than 1,100 of them were made between 1938 and 1943.

They participated in combat in China, Philippines, Corregidor, Saipan, Guam, and Okinawa.

This 3D printed model in HO 1/87 scale comes unassembled in gray plastic.

It is sold by Filament Fighers from Fidelis Models.

I painted it green without first using primer paint.

I will get a few more and some will be camouflaged.

The tank was intended primarily for infantry support and the gun suffered from short range and poor armor penetration.

The leaning here is caused by the angle of the photo, not the tank!

Crew was four with a bow machine gun and a rear turret machine gun.  This kit is easy to assemble and will be a great wargame model.

US Army Halftracks

This particular model M15 got a canvas cover over the driver compartment, but my other three don't have that, just for a little variety.

M15 40mm and M15 37mm, Roco Conversion and Filament Fighters.

The M15 37mm had a more open turret than the 40mm. 

The turrets needed more armor in the Pacific where the Japanese were likely to close assault armor.

The turrets are removable and it is easy to mix them up and they are not always exactly interchangeable.

So I note a small number on the bottom of the turret and on the top of the halftrack rear so that the same halftrack gets the same turret each time.