If anyone would care to do a rough size/scale check using the ruler in the photos, that would be great.
The spaces between the slats aren't completely burned through, but it still looks better than the Revell deck. The issue with the prior deck piece rejected by Shapeways wasn't the artwork, but rather that the way the art was put together made it unprintable using their machines. The deck is defintely do-able in 1/72 scale, its just going to be a learning process of what they can print. The trick is to alter the deck art in such a way as to make it printable and realistic. This is going to take some more time, but at least its do-able. Probably. Hopefully.