{"id":230,"date":"2020-02-15T15:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T15:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:22:00","slug":"sms-v25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/sms-v25\/","title":{"rendered":"SMS V-25, Imperial German Navy Torpedo Boat, Type 1913"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Original Post: 10\/07\/2019<\/strong>
And now for something completely different<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

OK, so it’s not that different but V-25 isn’t a US or Japanese warship, she’s German and this 3D printed model isn’t 1\/450 scale. In fact, she’s 1\/158th scale and measures just a hair over 21 inches in length, shattering my previous build size record by about 5 inches.
So for me, V-25 is at least a bit different. What drove me to such madness you might ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World of Warships<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I’ve played and enjoyed the game for years but I’ve never really been exceptionally good at it. The games highest accomplishment is the Kraken, it’s awarded for sinking 5 or more enemy ships in one engagement. While difficult for sure, I’ve friends who’ve achieved this feat over 50 and 75 times but me? Never…
For years I’d heard the stories of their latest Kraken battle, every detail etched in their brains and retold to me with great animation and obvious glee. I’d reply with my own sorry tales of Krakenless combat…
No matter how good I’d do, I never got a Kraken.

One fine day I decided to give the German torpedo boat V-25 a spin. Right off, I saw that this little destroyer’s capabilities fit my style of play well. I was getting 3 and even 4 kills almost effortlessly. V-25’s: maneuverability, small size, speed and forward firing torpedoes were for me a winning mix, far outweighing its liabilities: ease of dispatch, tiny guns and slow torpedoes with limited range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Kraken!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

And so it was, that during my 5th match in the German V-25 destroyer – After (at least) two years, I got my first Kraken! I took out 6 enemy ships in that match, I also earned the High Caliber award and 2 devastating strikes! Also, I survived the match, my team won and I ranked in first place!
It was a good round \ud83d\ude42

Right then I knew I’d be making a shrine to the moment, this model is the center piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update: 1-23-2020<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I’m pretty happy with the added details and how the paint job\/weathering came out. I messed with Cura’s infill settings on V-25 and can’t believe how hollow and light this model is. My DaVinci would have used 3 or 4 times as much PLA. I like working in this larger scale, I can include more details and because of that, I think this project is more realistic looking and interesting. Heck, I was even able to print my own railings! I used very little metal on this project and even then it was optional. The rigging was a bear, as usual. The thin, tall masts were a challenge to string. I was always walking a tight rope between droopy lines or bent masts and spars… compromises were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over all I’m very happy with this project. I think this scale is a better fit for my hardware, the Ender 3 Pro is still an FDM 3d printer, the material still PLA and the close ups show it.
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3d printed ship models Original Post: 10\/07\/2019And now for something completely different OK, so it’s not that different but V-25 isn’t a US or Japanese warship, she’s German and this 3D printed model isn’t 1\/450 scale. In fact, she’s 1\/158th scale and measures just a hair over 21 inches in length, shattering my previous build … Continue reading “SMS V-25, Imperial German Navy Torpedo Boat, Type 1913”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":1193,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-230","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6037,"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions\/6037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}