Merged: Old Shapeways-related announcements

[RAGIII]

Hmmm,  I might give it a go...

Thanks BO. By the way once everyone knows the original kit fairings are at the wrong angle everyone will need some 
RAGIII

[uncletony]

Thanks BO. By the way once everyone knows the original kit fairings are at the wrong angle everyone will need some 
RAGIII

exactly -- that's the only reason I'm considering it. Otherwise I'd say just find a donor set to resin cast copy... (in fact I think I have the originals leftover & intact from my D.V untouched which you are welcome to)

[ermeio]

are the new parts actually available?
i cannot find any trace of them on Shapeways.

by the way.... prices applied by Shapeways vary with country of delivery and in order to have these parts here in italy i will pay some 40% more than if they were delivered to USA or to Swiss....
and this with free shipping.
a fuselage costs more than 31 euro which is more than 35 usd.
and the whole model costs like a WNW gotha.
I will end up buying it, but it is only for a question of love and a tribute to your outstanding work, Bo

[uncletony]

are the new parts actually available?
i cannot find any trace of them on Shapeways.

Hi Ermeio
The new parts are  available here

by the way.... prices applied by Shapeways vary with country of delivery and in order to have these parts here in italy i will pay some 40% more than if they were delivered to USA or to Swiss....
and this with free shipping.
a fuselage costs more than 31 euro which is more than 35 usd.

I didn't know that! That's a shame, I don't know why that is. Unfortunately I have no control over it.

Edit: ah, I see, it's because of the VAT.

[Umlaufmotor]

The compass on the red sprue, nice!!

[ermeio]

Hi Ermeio
The new parts are  available here

Thank you, Bo!

by the way.... prices applied by Shapeways vary with country of delivery and in order to have these parts here in italy i will pay some 40% more than if they were delivered to USA or to Swiss....
and this with free shipping.
a fuselage costs more than 31 euro which is more than 35 usd.

I didn't know that! That's a shame, I don't know why that is. Unfortunately I have no control over it.

Yes I know that you have no control...

Edit: ah, I see, it's because of the VAT.
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I thought that it was because of VAT, but.... it is strange that VAT is applied after the first substantial increase in the price...
when one selects an EU state the price is rolled from 25 to 31, then P&P is added and after they add VAT and convert (with their change rate...) to Euro.
It is like if they receive the pieces from US, add VAT and then they add vat again.
But let's quit this here since it is not the right place - it was only to clarify to the other forum memmbers that it was not you that increased the prices following WNW.
I had that impression at a first look, since I distinctly remembered the fuselage was 25 bucks, but going back i can see that you did not raise the prices, while Shapeways did...

[IvotB]

Hello Ermeio,

This is what I have paid in the Netherlands:

Item Material Quantity Amount
2587102 - 1:32 Fokker D.III (M19F/K) Fuselage Frosted Ultra Detail 1 €22.89
2587103 - 1:32 Fokker D.III Late (M19K) Wings Frosted Ultra Detail 1 €42.58
2587104 - 1:32 Fokker D.III (M19) Accessories A Frosted Ultra Detail 1 €23.81
2587105 - 1:32 Fokker D.III (M19) Accessories B Frosted Extreme Detail 1 €36.63
Standard Shipping €6.87
Wrapping €0.00
Sub-Total €132.78
Discount -€0.00
Tax €27.89
Order Total €160.67

I have chosen the more expensive version of the Accessories B. It is strange, because I am paying only 22,89 euros for the fuselage but that's excluding VAT which is added at the bottom. It is 21% at the moment in the Netherlands.

Shipping was cheap in my opinion, but that will be because Shapeways is located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands as well, so for me it has been printed nationally.

But yes, a 3D model is more expensive than a WNW one (after the new prices too), but hey, we are getting a really exclusive model


regards,
Ivo

[uncletony]

Some photos of the new parts that come with the new mid/late fuselage (and available, except for the redundant firewall for the original early fuselage)




I've managed to cobble the compass together before hitting the road:

[uncletony]

this has landed...




http://shpws.me/LA2f

[Gisbod]

Lovely Bo,

I'm off to browse through your shop!

Guy

[Gisbod]

Love this Bo,

Is there a work in progress or a completed model anywhere to see?

Do you have an option to buy the whole kit - ie all the sets together as a package?

Apologies if there is and I've missed it!


Guy

[uncletony]

Love this Bo,

Is there a work in progress or a completed model anywhere to see?

Work in progress build of this kit starts about here : http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=3077.135

Do you have an option to buy the whole kit - ie all the sets together as a package?

Not currently, and the reason why not is complicated. Shapeways has an upper limit on model file sizes of 64MB/ 1M polygons. Each of the 4 files is somewhere in the neighborhood of half of those limits -- some more, some less. The wings in particular clock in about 45MB. The truth is with a lot of time spent optimizing the meshes to export to production files, those sizes could be reduced without noticeably affecting quality. As in many fields though, optimization comes at a cost, and makes sense only when the product development is really mature. At this point I'd rather have slightly fat files that I can easily update if necessary and still know that they will print at max quality. And anyway, even with a lot of time spent culling polys to reduce file sizes, I can't conceive of this ever fitting into a single file. At this point the real cost driver is the volume of material; if I crammed this into two files instead of 4 I could lower the price by about $10 overall -- nothing to sneeze at, but it is still going to be very expensive.

TL;DR?

Bottom line: I might someday combine this into fewer products, but it is not likely to ever be just a single product.

[bobs_buckles]

Bo, that is pure class 
I bow in your general direction 

vB

[Gisbod]

Ok Bo,

Thanks for the info.. Looks like it will make a great model 

Guy

[Nigel Jackson]

I'm not a D.VII man, but that looks magnificent, Bo.

Best wishes
Nigel