I've actually never even heard of it until you brought it up. It does look pretty difficult. I'm not sure I'm able to do it but there is someone on CG Trader who did. You could ask him/her to scale it to 1/35 or to sell it on Shapeways.




Sure I can take a shot at it. Is all you need the fifth wheel plate or the base as well?


Also, the 1/35 AN/VIC-1 model is running into trouble when being ordered. The techs are marking it as unprintable. I've been fixing it but they keep sending back new flags. Currently waiting on a new round of fixes to pass the test.

Mike, I would prefer a complete fifth wheel - all three parts; the contact plate, rocker cross rod and the base plate.

Please note: Most contact plates (but not all) have lubrication grooves milled into the top contact surface. Also the underside of the contact plate is usually honeycombed in some way for strength and light weight.

Just want to toss this out there:

Don Mills models makes a fifth wheel in 1/34 scale (to fit the first gear trucks)

http://donmillsmodels.com/product-category/132-134th-scale-parts-for-first-gear-truck/

I'm 95% sure I have one in my parts bin I could measure for you.

Thanks very much for the referral but the fifth wheel in question seems to be a bit of a heavy handed white metal casting. More toy like than scale model. Compare that casting with photos of the real thing as posted above. It makes the real thing look almost delicate which is why I thought digital printing would be the right tool for the job. IMO - Sorry

I'll do my best with the fifth wheel.

On another note, the AN/VIC-1 set has hopefully been fixed for the last time.

Also, are there any vehicles or kit out there that need updated gun/cannon barrels? Any kits that don't have any sets for that that you'd want?

Little preview:

RPG nets possible ?

How about some barrels with thermal sleeves on them ? Specifically I.D.F tanks and maybe turret baskets for Dragons m-48

Mike,

Here's the Tac-50

I'm glad to see the bipod legs came out alright.

RPG nets are not possible. They're just too thin to print.

And I'm currently looking at trying the L7 105mm for Leopards and the L30 for Challenger II's. I'm just having trouble finding drawings for them.

Hope this helps:





As you can see on the photos I posted earlier, 40's era fifth wheels had a base mounting plate more than twice as long as the Holland shown here and most tended to be round (larger contact area) than that shown here.

Thank you. I'll try to adapt the drawing to the model I have.

Also now for an announcement! There are 5 new products in the shop. 4 of which I didn't announce because I was making them for someone but they seem to have lost interest. Here's the new product list:
Set of 1/35 Surefire SOCOM 5.56 suppressors. 9 included


1/35 Surefire M600 torches. Set of 6

1/35 Magpul AFG2. Set of 9

1/35 L3 Insight WMX200 torches. Set of 6. 3 with open hinge mount and 3 closed.

1/35 Trimble Nomad and Kestrel Weather Station. I originally wanted to include this with the M200 set but I'm hesitant about the hit to the "Print Success Rate" and I think they could be useful with other rifles as well.

I'm also currently working on an AN/PEQ-1 SOFLAM.

I also need someone to review a drawing of the M256 120mm barrel I did for accuracy and remarks. I don't want to upload it unless I know it's accurate.

1/35 AK-47 chest pouches possible? I ask because if you look at Trumpeter's "1/35 African Freedom Fighters," they really seem to lack in gear and ammo.

Then again, I'm not sure if the AK-47 vest pouches will work on that kit if the figures have no harnesses to hold them (unless one uses pinstripe tape or Trumpeter weapons' PE straps).

I'm not really able to do the pouches. I'm not sure how to make the pouches in the first place and it'd be difficult to make them so they lay on the figure perfectly.

In response to a request on the Aeroscale forum, I drew up a set of HCU-6/E pallets in 1/48. I also scaled this up to 1/35. I'll put these up on Shapeways soon after I flesh out the set some.

What about this Mike? All US vehicles have at least on in the BII.





Dimensions are 9 x 6 x 4 inches

That should be pretty easy to do. I'll get started​ on that tomorrow.

A set of 12 general first aid kits has been uploaded. 6 include the handle and 6 do not have a handle.

New project:

I just finished a set of 1/35 soda cans last night and I'm finishing up a new set of 1/35 bottles now. Both sets have 100 bottles/can each. I'll be working on other styles of bottles as well including glass Coca-Cola bottles and thermos-style bottles.

I also have sets of 120mm ammunition in the works as well as plans for a few road wheel sets. The set shown above is for M107/M110/M578 road wheels. If anyone has any requests don't hesitate to do so.

What about 1/35 Slave cables

1/72, 1/48 modern aircraft seated pilots.

1/72 modern paratroopers and aircrew

Picture of new bottles:


And picture of cans:

The new water bottle and soda can looks great. I was wonder if there will be any other modern cargo items in 1/16? I purchased your 1/16 SINCGARS for the trumpeter M-ATV, which I have yet to use, but I still need the radio.

Can these water bottles and soda cans be made into 1/16 option as well?

They could but they'll need to be cut down. As it is, only the new cans set can be uploaded as is. The "modern" soda bottles, new bottles that I've shown here, and classic glass Coca-Cola bottles sets are all too large. File size-wise that is. Maximum limit for file size is 64 megabytes. Each of them is over 100 megabytes.