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Look what had just arrived at our studio today?

While some companies don't want to share their trade secrets,
we would like people to share our joy... a new 3D printer arrives
at our studio all the way from ITALY to HONG KONG today!

With the addition of this new toy, we will be able to do improve
our efficiency even more with our design work multiple-fold...







Enjoy!
;)
« Last Edit: November 29, 2016, 10:27:40 pm by Rubicon Models »

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Re: A new toy... hooray!
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2016, 04:33:44 pm »
Very good! Enjoy the new toy  ;)

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Re: A new toy... hooray!
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2016, 04:49:05 pm »
Shiny!

Rubicon Models

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Re: A new toy... hooray! - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2016, 02:06:39 am »
The new printer quality is phenomenal.  The backpack (gas mask, pouch, bedroll, canteen,
and water bottle) is a single piece sculpt.  Even not the best of images and primed in black,
the one on the left is from our existing high-end printer, and the one on the right is from
the new printer.

Not even using the highest quality settings, the output is so smooth, it can be used for
resin or metal reproduction with almost no visual differences between traditional or digital
sculpting anymore!

NOTE: The figures and the rifles are from our existing printer.  Only the backpack on the
right is from the new one!

The addition of the new printer had moved us one step closer to produce a much broader
range of products for you in 2017 and years to come!



Enjoy!
;)
« Last Edit: November 18, 2016, 02:17:55 am by Rubicon Models »

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2016, 04:41:09 pm »
wow!

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2016, 06:04:32 pm »
To me, 3-D printing is still science fiction.  It amazes me that something this detailed can be produced in this way. Nice toy!

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2016, 03:31:14 am »
Have a great time with this machine. I`m with "Pinky" on this, at my age whilst I see all its amazing benefits plus, speed and quality It`s a lot like Si/Fi. here`s to all your new projects. 

Rubicon Models

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2016, 10:47:14 am »
Our "old" 3D printer is already professional grade and we had been using it for
prototyping since day 1 of our operation.  We are surprised to see other people
using home grade or semi-professional grade 3D printers to produce products
to sell at a higher price than similar professionally made plastic or resin product.

With this "new" printer, we are bringing quality standard to a new level.  We are
seriously looking into expanding our product line to include resin production.
This will speed up our product release significantly, plus we can release items
that are of lesser demand... just a thought!

;)
« Last Edit: November 19, 2016, 11:04:24 pm by Rubicon Models »

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - 3D Print Sample 161118
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2016, 06:36:22 pm »
We are seriously looking into expanding our product line to include resin production.
../.. we can release items that are of lesser demand... just a thought!
;)

here i become interested  ;)

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - More 3D Print Sample 161129
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2016, 10:31:28 pm »
We had installed the new 3D printer for just over one week now,
did some intensive printing to try out its capability.  Still have
a lot to learn over the next few weeks.  Up until now, we are very
impressed! 

There are no zig zag lines across printed surface, basically no
visual artifacts (need to use magnifier to look for them), no
shrinkage or warping!  Here are some samples...







Enjoy!
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« Last Edit: November 29, 2016, 10:35:34 pm by Rubicon Models »

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - More 3D Print Sample 161129
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2016, 10:34:01 am »
That's very impressive - especially the figure.  I think engine screens are best done in etched brass (much as I hate working with the stuff).  Let me know when you're accepting commissions!

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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - More 3D Print Sample 161129
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2016, 03:51:49 pm »
There had been a lot of debate about whether 3D printing can actually replace plastic, resin or metal miniatures. As a design studio, we would like to share some of our thoughts.

Q: Is it now?
A:
Definitely NOT now.  Still not cost and time effective enough to make 3D printing viable.

Q: How about those low quality 3D printers?
A:
If you are looking at low end 3D printers at the USD400 (GPB320) to USD1000 (GPB800) price range, forget about it.  These printers are basically copycat of each other with a different look with the similar mechanism and software.  At 28mm scale, you are practically printing a block of melted plastic with extra-long cleaning time to make it looks like what you think it is.

Q: How about those mid-range 3D printers?
A:
If you are looking at mid-range 3D printers at the USD2,500 (GPB2,000) to USD6,000 (GPB4,800) price range, those can do some decent work, but don’t expect any fine details.  You will also need a lot of cleaning up to do afterwards.

Q: How about those professional grade 3D printers?
A:
How do you define “professional grade”?  Don’t trust advertising or printed samples… they are VERY misleading.  Send the manufacturer your own file and let them print it out with their printers.  You then compare the results before making a decision.  These printers can cost between USD64K (GPB51K) to USD130K (GPB103K).  The way manufacturers tell you about “resolution” is also very misleading too… and make sure the printer have the “printable” size you wanted.

Q: What else do I need?
A:
You must at least know how to “draw” in 3D before even thinking about making your 3D models.  Knowing “how-to” is very different from being proficient in creating printable objects, plus the time to create them!

Q: What do you expect from a 3D model?
A:
Quality – had to be true-to-scale, true-to-details, and historically correct.  Read a lot of reference material, and locate as many blueprints as you can find.

Q: What do you expect from a 3D print?
A:
Quality (again) – no zig zag lines, smooth surface, and fine details will show up where they are supposed to be.  You must expect long print time for any good quality job.  Some will take over a day to print… make sure you have enough raw materials to finish the job.

The previous 3D printer we had can only be used for prototyping, but this one can definitely go one step further!

We have seen many companies (no offence to anyone) used prototyping quality printouts, duplicate and cast them in resin, then sell them as products.  Fortunately, most of these companies had spent extra efforts to remove as much imperfections as possible before offering them as products; but some companies don’t.

…end of rant!
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Re: The new printer - What does it meant for us? - More 3D Print Sample 161129
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2016, 04:00:48 am »
Thank you for sharing, recently there have been a few scenery offers by various companies in 3D. I for one have thought would they be worth trying. So it is really nice to have a professional Company like yourselves to talk so accurately about these printers. I think I will leave well alone and leave the nice work to you.