Who else would buy die cast ships for display from the frontier store?
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I’m figuring if FDev won’t shell out for physical models for their store, someone will get hold of the 3dcg models and do a resin kit. That’s how I got a lot of my Star Trek ships.
They’re kind of a pain to prep, but they’re better than nothing and can be a pretty good size (my USS Prometheus is about 11 inches long at 1/1400 scale).
They’re kind of a pain to prep, but they’re better than nothing and can be a pretty good size (my USS Prometheus is about 11 inches long at 1/1400 scale).
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I would buy one of each ship.... The wife would kill me.. but it would be worth it. Bury them with me...lol [haha]
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Wow, how am I only just finding out these things exist? Thanks for the link!
Possibly, although judging from the angry 1* reviews left by the digitally inept I can only imagine the forum salt.
Customers also bought: small tweezers, antiseptic ointment, sticking plasters.
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Apologies. The Chairmaker posted a link to the same player's tweet: https://twitter.com/bulletford/status/953256025200709632
Apparently, the 3d models aren't that hard to extract from the game files, see e.g.
[video=youtube_share;t2uaRHFmBT4]https://youtu.be/t2uaRHFmBT4[/video]
However, if you did that and FD didn't like what you were doing, you're going to get yourself into a world of copyright violation suits.
Not me, I don’t have the capability to make resin kits. I just buy ‘em.
That said, there are a lot of resin kits for various sci-fi franchises, and I doubt they were all made with permission. The important thing is to buy them before the people who made them get sued.
Considering how many sites out there sell garage kits, it must be pretty easy.
Making and selling replicas of things is not that complicated legally speaking as whatever you make isn't going to be (or can be made not to be) an exact replica. And then it depends on how you market it. Using OEM material to market something is bad but saying "here is a space blaster inspired by Star Wars" is OK providing you aren't advertising it on prime time TV. Just check out ETSY.
Example: here's my 3D Printed Fallout 3 Plasma Rifle. It's as accurate as I can get it (without using actual 3D game files), it's for sale but at over 300 hrs print time I doubt Bethesda is going to get upset.
To be honest, I wasn't aware that Stephen Usher had received his models until the link was posted in this thread - they look fantastic. I bet he's well chuffed with them.
I was referring to the cutaway models, but I know that Liqua and FD had a back and forth via email some time ago, and had agreed a compromise... guess this might have been it. I wonder if he's received his. I hope so.
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This. Plus, Bandai would give us moving hardpoints and removable landing gear. Plus my favorite part: no paint or glue needed.
I would definitely buy a few. Depending on price I might buy more than a few. I would like something like this:
That way, it doesn't matter what paint job we have on our ships, it can still represent OUR ships. Thinking about all of the models in the briefing rooms on the Enterprise D.
That way, it doesn't matter what paint job we have on our ships, it can still represent OUR ships. Thinking about all of the models in the briefing rooms on the Enterprise D.
not just no glue, no flasks, no molding errrors. everything is top notch!
altho i have to say.. i paint all my bandai kits
Would much prefer AIRFIX models
This (and the OP's suggestion) have been mooted by the community since PB. So thanks for resurrecting the topic OP!
If FD wanted to earn extra cash for developing ED, this is what I would definitely spend mine on. And let's face it, putting a 1:72 scale Cobra MkIII next to a Spitfire at the same scale would be kinda awesome imo!
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