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Greetings Ben.
quote:Originally posted by DAMBROSI2:Thank you for the site Ernst, but I have a sense of accomplishment when I put one together like I would say a Revell kit.
That's what I mean. I am not talking about getting a 'finished model' from e.g. shapeways. Instead of pushing Revell to come up with a kit the ship enthusiast community should be able to get such a kit via 'rapid prototyping'. It's all there: One can even get CAD programs for free these days and companies addressing a broader audience like shapeways make it really easy to submit data to get the parts for a kit. This is certainly within reach giving the rather sophisticated CAD models of passenger ships published on the web.
Now,if Revell can do similar job with Normandie & Andrea Doria then there'll be many a happy ship modeller the world over...Another kit maker that'd do a superb job on merchant/passenger ship model kits is TAMIYA of Japan...probably even more so than Revell if their 1/350th scale ships of war kits are any indication.
Teva
...that should tell you where their priorities are.
Seriously: It's of course good to see that new ship model kits are released. This actually makes it more likely that one day the dream of a nice Andrea Doria, Rotterdam or Normandie kit might become a reality. However, for now I would rather bet on rapid prototying for such 'niche' model kits.
[ 03-10-2011: Message edited by: Ernst ]
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