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Sunday, January 21, 2018 - 06:19 PM UTC
Modern Armies in Miniatures has quite a list, as well as a variety of new items, from a file cabinet, bookshelf, and even your choice of a toilet.
  • MAIM35443 File Cabinet with Drawers (Moveable)
  • MAIM35444 Fridge
  • MAIM35445 Arcade / Videogame (Multiplayer)
  • MAIM35446 Small Sofa
  • MAIM35447 Leather Sofa
  • MAIM35451 Mobile Toilet (also available in 1/72 and 1/48)
  • MAIM35452 Bookshelve #1
  • MAIM35465 Toilet (Open Version)
  • MAIM35471 Arcade / Videogame (Singleplayer)
  • MAIM35440 Control Panel Station #3 (also available in 1/24)
Modern Armies in Miniatures (MAiM) is now in the USA, with Hobbyworld-USA as its new retailer. As they are in the process of building up inventory of MAiM products, do check them out soon at: http://www.hobbyworld-usa.com/Store/index.php
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Sorry for going OT but... I don't understand the rationale behind 3D printing these items rather than producing them in resin. Most are not too complex to cast in resin as a single piece, which would probably be cheaper and avoid 3D printing imperfections. Mario
JAN 21, 2018 - 07:14 PM
I have friends who pressure cast resin figure and conversion kits and it is fairly time consuming and involves a decent number of failed castings if you're hyper quality focused. Since they are building them in CAD and 3D printing them in the first place and would then need to clean them up themselves for casting I could see why this route would be cheaper and less labor intensive for them.
JAN 21, 2018 - 07:26 PM
Is that Control Panel Station a real thing, or fantasy?
JAN 21, 2018 - 07:27 PM
Having used a few of their printed kits - they are a lot easier to clean up compared to resin stuff. Even compared to their resin stuff (they do some of that as well). And they have some nice elements in their programm (both 1:35 and 1:24) that where missing. Not always military or "purely military" but i.e the "Porta-Potty" is (in light blue) a standard fixure of late 1980s west german army exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1I1xWVV7Xg Oh and the 1980s version had an air intake big enough to shove in a british training grenade and a seat big enough to shove in a british squaddie (Our Staff Sgt / Oberfeld was NOT amused....)
JAN 22, 2018 - 01:19 AM
Portable toilet??? now that's something new!
JAN 22, 2018 - 05:18 PM
Arcade games? Bizarre choice. Like the fridge and book case, though. Filing cabinet also kind of unexpected. You'd think that you'd market stuff based on mass-appeal and not just because its weird and no one else has offered it. There might be a reason...
JAN 23, 2018 - 07:03 AM
I think there is diorama potential in arcade games machines... stalker, post-apocalyptic, but also various civilian themes. Remember, not all modelers build military stuff. Mario
JAN 23, 2018 - 01:45 PM
That is a fantasy to my knowledge. I've purchased a few of MAiM's 3D printed figures and they look very nice with no print lines at all. What may be an obstacle is all the supporting sprue trees that one has to cut away and sand. There are so many that I don't know if they'll all clean away well after sanding. MAiM releases new kits practically every single day on Facebook so this post could be updated repeatedly. MAiM is one of the few model kit companies that releases new items almost every single day if not every single week.
JAN 24, 2018 - 05:19 AM
I think there is diorama potential in arcade games machines... stalker, post-apocalyptic, but also various civilian themes. Remember, not all modelers build military stuff. Mario[/quote] I totally agree Mario....I see tons of potential for these items in a variety of modern military dioramas. Not every new product has to be associated to allied or axis WWII. The only issue I see is that no decals are provided for the arcade games....that will need some imagination and creative work to get the right look.
JAN 24, 2018 - 07:50 AM
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