I got my hands on a few 6mm tanks from Butler Printed Models, a company that specializes in 3D printing their designs, offering them from 6mm to up to 1/48th, in both resin and filament.
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| Resin print Pz II. |
In this review, we'll look at both the more expensive resin and the cheaper PLA in the form of the Panzer I and II, which fit my 6mm WW2 North Africa project.
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| PLA print Pz I. |
I'll admit I was slightly worried about how such small tanks would look in PLA print, but I was surprised to find that they looked surprisingly good! Yes, when you look at the tanks from a few inches away you can see that there are layers, but from a game distance they are absolutely fine, which for a price of less than a pound per tank is great.
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| Left to Right: Resin tank, PLA tank with Resin Turret, PLA Tank. |
And in the case of the resin print, you can hardly tell anything anymore and it's a super tank, easily on par with metal castings. There are even some small lovely details like shovel on the tank hull, or fire extinguisher.
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| Look at all these incredible details on this resin PZ I! |
The only major "problem" is with the turret, where the PLA Panzer II doesn't have a coaxial machine gun, only a cannon, but that's a minor detail and some metal models don't bother with a machine gun at all.
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| And in the back row its PLA printed PZ II, with center one having resin turret. |
I have to say that I was surprised by the quality of BMP models and I can recommend them to everyone with a clear conscience. And if youre curious how the tanks looked before painting, here is unboxing video on my Youtube or couple of pics on my Instagram.
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