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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by 1MoreAgain, Jan 4, 2022.

  1. 1MoreAgain

    1MoreAgain Well-Known Member

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    Anyone ever used any of these i was thinking of taking up a hobby modelling and was thinking about making a largish village type setting and was wondering which if any are any good for this type of thing.

    Any advice greatly appreciated.
     
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    TwoWrights Well-Known Member

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    Mr Hatem will pose for the 'character' every village has. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  3. AlRawdah

    AlRawdah Well-Known Member

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    My next door neighbour has one, he makes bespoke tools, bits and pieces for the house, all sorts with his.

    That said, all you need for village modelling is this...

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  4. Mr Hatem

    Mr Hatem Well-Known Member

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    Lord of the Manor?
     
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  5. Mr Hatem

    Mr Hatem Well-Known Member

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    Has the fourth dimension been discovered? By Karen on Facebook?
     
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    Anal Frank Fingers Well-Known Member

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    Any knowledge gleaned from him on cost of the printer and cost of consumables? I have it in my head you can pick them up for, say, £400 but I wouldn't expect it be able to do much at the budget end, or it would cost more to make stuff than buying anyway.

    Notwithstanding custom stuff you can't buy, that is.
     
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  7. AlRawdah

    AlRawdah Well-Known Member

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    He got it off his work so I suspect it's a high end model. I'll ask.
     
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    Mckechnie Orange Well-Known Member

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    If you search model railway kits then there's a ton of stuff that someone has already either 3d printed or laser cut for you already.

    Theres so much stuff from cardboard, to plastic, to etched brass, painted/unpainted etc it really just depends what takes your fancy and how you like wasting your time haha!
     
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  9. Ric Glasgow

    Ric Glasgow Well-Known Member

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    Not the erm 'idiot' though..Surely?
     
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    Dammit 1More, you've got me interested now! Can't give you any advice at all but I just watched this video which I found helpful.

     
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  11. 1MoreAgain

    1MoreAgain Well-Known Member

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    Don't know if you have ever seen world of Warcraft realms with cities like Stormwind and other areas like Orgrimmer but i would like to create something like that from scratch i play the game on my pc and would love to give it a go with all the terrain.

    This link you posted shows that the 3D printers can greatly help create the buildings and terrain.
     
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    The Omega Man Well-Known Member

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    I have one for sale £2k plus delivery

    Ultimaker S5
     
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  13. 1MoreAgain

    1MoreAgain Well-Known Member

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    Is it the pro?.
     
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  14. The Omega Man

    The Omega Man Well-Known Member

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    No
    It has a couple of print core sets and a materials station.

    It was supplied new in Feb 2019 and I closed the firm down in April 2021. It is the property of a finance company who had a buyer for it and no one got back to me so it’s in my warehouse. I was planning on contacting the finance co tomorrow anyway. ED3B86BE-BF12-4A33-970E-FE844D449F21.jpeg 512C4B9F-DB80-4F52-9D14-62FBF90BB0DF.jpeg ED3B86BE-BF12-4A33-970E-FE844D449F21.jpeg
     
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  15. AlRawdah

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    I bet he'll take £500 for it if you push him.
     
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  16. Mr Hatem

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    That role has been earmarked to you, but there are worries about typecasting.
     
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