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Hello everybody,

today, the 52 Set-Flat Ori (FUD) came as if there had never been any problems with printability. Unbelievable, but SW is really unpredictable ...

And I must say, the set not only looks good, but even better than the previous two sets with the upright standing shoes.

Here is the top side of the set, right next to it, the three connected shoes from the previous 20 FUD set.



And here the bottom side with a view of the treads, which feel a bit rougher, but which is explainable, since they were touched by the support wax, but which is not a problem. But the top and side surfaces are smoother because they were not in contact with the wax.



And if one looks carefully, one can even see the small holes (Ø 0,2 mm), although not on all shoes, but one could even drill out them, if it should be, although they later are hardly visible anyway.



Here's a little closer view.





And so I will seize the moment and order a further seven sets, wherewith I would then come on the required 456 Track shoes, but I will still order additionally a further Set of 20 to be on the safe side.

[Revell-Fan]

Congratulations!!!

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Marcell,
I'm really happy too, especially because I was able to fool Shapeways.

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Hello everybody,

the Set of 20 is already on the way, and of the remaining seven Sets of 52 six are already printed, only the last one is missing, which is why the shipment will hopefully follow soon.
And thus the Crawler would be almost finished already ...

P.S.: Your Shapeways shipment is on its way!

[Revell-Fan]

Will you re-use the already printed parts in some way, maybe on the bottom (where they can hardly be seen )?

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Hello friends,

although I have already experienced some things, Shapeways still has some surprises in store.
Today came the already announced Set of 20 Flat Ori (FXD). But after I unpacked it, I could not believe my eyes.

Because that was not the Track Shoe-Set I ordered,


Source: shapeways.com (Crackerjazz)
but any other one with little mini parts,





what of course I've immediately complained.

Mitchell Jetten (SW) but immediately apologized in return:

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear we shipped the wrong model to you.
I have raised a complaint (CT-48214) ticket right away and asked our production team to reprint the correct model as soon as possible.
There are also less beautiful wonders by SW ...

[Revell-Fan]

You know what THAT means, right? Re-building the model - in 1/288 scale!

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I think they will do it this time.

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Hello everybody,
today, Shapeways' big Track Shoe delivery arrived with the seven Sets of 52, which of course were immediately unpacked.



And these are the total of 456 shoes for the Crawler. The new sets look well, though there are small differences in quality between the sets, as one can see on the two encircled sets, which should be due to different thorough after-treatment/cleaning.



But that is no problem, because I will try anyway, to let the sets being cleaned professionally again in the Dental laboratory, as usual.

And the replacement delivery with the Set of 20 (FXD), which had been interconverted, is already on the way.

For the connecting bolts, I've also still found a suitable solution, for which I would use instead of the insect needles (Ø 0,3 mm) now Nickel silver rods (Ø 0,4 mm), which fit closely through the Pin lug holes.



And with a length of 7 mm per bolt comes together a total length of more than 3 m , which would correspond to 11 rods à 30 cm, which I will reorder.

[Revell-Fan]

Fantastic!