They are made by Gaga and sold on EBay. They are more video game rips as their fits match the game ones exactly and they make several of the never were ships from the game and even share their names. They look decent and I was eyeing both Colorado and Agincourt but ultimately passed as they share the same issue the 1/700’s have. There are so many subassemblies printed as a single piece which makes support removal and painting very tricky. Example being masts or in the Agincourt’s case, the secondary battery was printed in place. Small thing that could easily be removed and replaced with a brass barrel, but again just another example of a part that should have been separated. One thing that is an improvement over SS-Models kits is the decking looks much more in scale. The multi piece hull has yet to be seen if it can be an easily overcome issue, 3D Wild is doing it many of their kits and hasn’t proven to be an issue.
Ultimately I would say, if you want the ship and are willing to put in some work then go for it. If you are looking for something a little more traditional, then for similar price go for an ISW version as they are upgrading these kits and now include many 3D printed parts.
Matt
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Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience or know of any builds and or reviews of the 3D printed examples of the 1944 versions of Colorado/California or the What If CB Constellation. Read a few posts about the 1/700 releases out there but so far not much in 1/350. Figure of course not many have had a chance either buying or building yet. Any insight would be much appreciated.
Chris