While hunting around for alternative vehicle suppliers, another 3D Printing firm I came across was Battlefield 3D. Like 3D Printing Valley, their stuff is exclusively resin, but they have a much wider range of designer licences and they are also considerably cheaper.
The only downside is that they are a well established company with a lengthy backlog of orders, so you have to wait a while for printing and delivery (I think my order took 3-4 weeks to process).
It was well worth the wait however. I just got a few trial vehicles I needed, but they are absolutely exquisite, they make Syborg and BPM prints look like childrens clay models, and they are also considerably finer than the 3D Printing Valley ones. The only comparable metal models I can think of are Quality Castings, the rest are just blobby lumps of lead in comparison to these. These are as good as, or better than, decent injection moulded plastic models, the Austin even has the gear stick printed in thee cab and the roof rails on the Dorchester are all open.
For the trial run, I got (another) Dorchester ACV, an Austin K2 Ambulance, a Dodge Ambulance, a Krupp Protz radio car and an Opel Fuel Tanker.
I'll get these painted up and report on them individually in due course.
I'd agree with the Battlefield 3D resin stuff being superb.
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Neil
I was just amazed at the quality. I've got used to 3D prints being a slightly shoddy substitute for 'proper' models, but these are great.
DeleteThis is a very good store (not advertising!) I would never trust my 3D models to a person who is bad at printing miniatures of armored vehicles. Not surprised by the reaction to the print quality (especially after the horror of BMP)
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