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Posted by Paul on April 15, 2025, 16:21:35, in reply to "Re: Art Nicholson"
It’s not as expensive as tooling for plastic kits. I remember as a kid in the 1950s visiting Lindberg and Monogram, both of whom had “factories” near me. I use that term reservedly, because they were really what we call”light industries.” But they had huge and expensive machinery.
Today one can produce 3D models in a relatively small space, and while you need good printers, and appropriate ventilation etc. a small producer can do a big business.
Here’s one in California:
https://www.tentwenty3d.com/ 
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As someone who has (overall) had good to excellent results with the 1/350 scale 3D-printed kits from China (I received an excellent USS Marblehead last month), I'm curious as to what sort of engineering (let alone design research) would be needed to set up a factory to build these kits in the USA. Perhaps Jon Warneke at Iron Shipwrights could contribute some info on this subject. Previous Message
Hello All,
I've noticed that some but not all vendors of 3D-printed ship model kits out of China are quoting shipping from $200 to $1,000. An example is some (at least) SSModel kits in 1/700 or 1/350.
Anyone have any information on this? I wonder if it has to do with the tariffs due to go into effect May 2nd. And no, I haven't asked one of the vendors yet.
Thanks,
Art
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