Named after small craft of the age of sail, the Pinnace is fast, can move a fair amount of cargo, and is often used for extended missions as an auxiliary vessel for a larger military or exploration ship.
The dimensions at 1:59/28mm
Length: 473.6mm (18.6in)
Beam: 339mm (13.3in)
Draught: 117mm (4.6in)
The dimensions at scale
Length: 27.9metres (91.7ft)
Beam: 20m (65.6ft)
Draught: 6.9m (22.6ft)
Design features for the Standard 40-Ton Pinnace
The Pinnace features functioning canards, swing wings, a fold out ramp … … and removable engine housing panels as well as an underfloor power plant compartment.
Other features are
Detailed Interiors – Scaled for 28mm play (can be rescaled in slicer)
Rotating Airlock Door – Suitable for docking in larger vessels in tight quarters*
Extendable Airlock Gangway – For passengers disembarking on a landing pad*
Sliding Garage Doors – For easy loading of cargo and luggage*
Designed for FDM 3D printing at 0.2 – 0.1 mm layer height
Assembles without glue using a combination of OpenLOCK clips and our own new clip system
Each of our craft prints support free (supports where used are for added stability for fast printers with input shaping)
Optional channels for 4.5mm metal support rods
3MF build plates are provided for quick prints
Support to install a coin cell battery with a 5mm LED lamp for engine light
The Passenger Cabin
This cabin is especially made for the Traveller small craft 40-ton Pinnace. The cabin is designed to replace the cargo area and make it easy to rebuild your ship into a full passenger vessel.
The 40-Ton Slow Pinnace
As an official Traveller Small Craft this 40-ton vessel is a variant of the 40-ton Pinnace that trades out its swing wings, canards and decreases its power to create greater cargo capacity. The initial release includes build plates but lacks instructions, which should be featured later in 2024.
The Slow Pinnace originally featured as a stretch goal in our Traveller Small Craft Kickstarter in 2023.
Notable Features:
28mm default scale (can be scaled up or down) FDM optimised
3MF build plates for quick and easy printing
Functional airlock and cargo bay doors
Removable landing gear
The Pinnace is fully released, printable and has assembly instructions at the ready. The Slow Pinnace is released, printable and includes build plates, but lacks instructions, which should be featured early in 2025.
You can get the ship’s and the Pinnace’s passenger cabin at our distributor MyMiniFactory. Just click the images to the right.
At MyMiniFactory you can also get the Pinnace in 1:270 scale and as a Tactical Miniature. There are also two 40-Ton Pinnace miniatures in artist Ian Stead’s design, one with the wings in.
