Those print beds, though, are just right for tanks and other vehicles. They offer fantastic detail, but with smaller print beds. Your army can grow with the amount you’re willing to print.ĭLP resin printers are great for this sort of printing. 3d printing can get you access to many more vehicles than are available in kit form, and once you have the STL file, you can print one, or fifty or more of the model. There are a lot of plastic kits and resin/metal kits out there in many different scales, but the advent of 3d printing really opened up the possibilities for not only me, but thousands of us “miniature treadheads” out there. We rebuilt Leopard I tanks, M113 armored personnel carriers, M109 self-propelled artillery, and a host of other bits and bobs, from infantry weapons to towed artillery.
One of my posts was as the Training Officer for a tank rebuild and overhaul facility (Canadian Army 202 Workshop Depot) in Montreal, Quebec. I served 10 years, and was around tanks for a lot of it. I joined the Canadian Army at the ripe old age of 18 to become a maintenance officer (Royal Military College, then on to the Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers). I’m drawn to the stories of World War 2 and more modern conflicts. My passion is gaming with tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. There are thousands of free STL files on the web that can be downloaded for making model tanks, and the printers to print them are now retailing for under $300.00USD. Models of these tracked vehicles are a great use for your 3d printer, either to collect and display, or to use in tabletop gaming.ģd printing model tanks for tabletop gaming is a great use for a 3d printer. The 20th century is defined by its world-spanning wars, and those wars were defined by the new technology of the armored fighting vehicle known as the tank.
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