Anyone try shapeways yet?

[afilter]

I just received my first order of 1/1800 to go with my WotC War at Sea models. There are designers making them in multiple scales.

First order:
IJN Hiryu
USS Texas


Primed and ready for paint:


Very pleased with the quality. Hope to finish next week.

[warchariot]

Are these in FUD or other materal? They look nice!

[afilter]

WSF....they started out a bit grainy, but smmothed out with a few coats of clear coat and primer. Texas is almost done waiting on dull coat to dry.

[afilter]

Here is USS Texas:

[warchariot]

Jun 22, 2013 21:08:24 GMT -5 afilter said:

WSF....they started out a bit grainy, but smmothed out with a few coats of clear coat and primer. Texas is almost done waiting on dull coat to dry.

That's why I wondered. I've heard clear coating is the way to go on grainy models. I have some airplanes in 1/144 to do.

[afilter]

Jun 23, 2013 8:19:22 GMT -5 warchariot said:

Jun 22, 2013 21:08:24 GMT -5 afilter said:

WSF....they started out a bit grainy, but smmothed out with a few coats of clear coat and primer. Texas is almost done waiting on dull coat to dry.

That's why I wondered. I've heard clear coating is the way to go on grainy models. I have some airplanes in 1/144 to do.

I washed them to remove excess material's then multiple clear coats to seal them as they tend to be pourous and suck up paint. I then used testors fine spray primer which really smoothed them out before I painted.

[warchariot]

Thanks, the Texas looks great!

[afilter]

Thanks!

I added a post on my blog detailing the process as well.
rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2013/06/uss-texas-shapeways-model-11800.html

[djbar]

Looks great! Nicely done!