Dutch Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 (edited) Just heard from one of my regular 3D print vendors on Shapeways.com that SW has filed for bankruptcy. He passed me his personal email so we can keep in touch. Wonder how this will play out for the hobby. Kind regards, Dutch Edited July 8 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I had nice wish lists there, especially astronaut and pilot figures. Several people were offering very nice ones in 1/144, 1/72, and 1/48, scales. Also had lists for desired sci-fi game ships, and model boat details. And some model railway things. Being low income I couldn't stimulate their economy as much as desired, but, hey, I did buy. Browser bookmark for my Shapeways wishlist page now just gets stuck loading, looks like website has been deactivated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 I can still go to my profile on SW. I can see past orders, but I seem to have lost my wishlist as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 My SW experience was hit or miss. Searching rarely gave me what I wanted, I have a couple of vendors I'll still use, but I hope SW 2.0 will be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, Da SWO said: Searching rarely gave me what I wanted True, the search function did seem a bit, let's say, arcane. But ... It probably was heavily dependent on what words the creators employed to tag their stuff. And I don't know what else it depended upon, but it certainly wasn't on the same wavelength my mind is. Think searching Shapeways was a chore? Try searching the user-created downloadable content, created in multiple languages, for the Trainz Railroad Simulator program ... Want a factory to add to your railway route? Hahaha! What is the word for factory in 5 languages? How many of those available are merely named with the creator's file number for the thing? ... the company name for the thing? ... the city the real one was in? And that steam locomotive you like ... did the designer list it by wheel arrangement in the American notation style, the English notation style, or the continental European notation style? By class number? By class name? By road number? And ... the tenders are always separate items, how did the designer list its tender, does the listing info include the locomotive type in the same style as it itself is listed? Does the tender listing even include the locomotive type or does it just say such and such companys so many gallons tender? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Bummer, I was just about to order a couple of 1/144 models from them. My admittedly limited with them was hit and miss, too. Three of the planes I got were pretty decent after some cleanup, but it took them three trys to send me another that wasn’t damaged or warped. I’m lucky in that most of what I could have ordered from them I can download from Thingiverse or Cults3D and have my local hobby shop print them. Just no Beech 1900C.😒 Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 Ben, I feel you! My Wishlist loaded after a little pause, so I may try one last order for 1/144 airfield ground equipment and see what happens. I received my latest order last week, so was totally unaware of the SW state of affairs. K/r, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigtau Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 According to this article, they have ceased operations: https://www.cgchannel.com/2024/07/3d-printing-firm-shapeways-files-for-bankruptcy/ I wouldn't risk a dime on trying to put in an order now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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