Laser Brain
Sr Member
Hi guys,
I thought I'd share my latest model makiing degree project. This the final 8 week project of my second year. I am making a 1:6 scale concept proposal model for a custom 1932 Ford Model A Roadster. I am going to restyle the original lines slightly, design the wheels and the interior.
Here is where the body styling stands. I am using a medium/hard density polyurethane tooling board to make the vac-forming moulds. It is just soft enough to use surforms to shape it. The masters will be vac-formed in 3mm ABS.
Here are the wheels. I got them back from being chrome plated this morning. The candy orange spacer behind the spokes is the same colour as the final model.
The masters were laser cut in 5mm acrylic and then shaped by hand and finally cast in resin. The tyre tread was laser steched in acrylic, moulded and then cast in 1mm strips that were heat gunned around the outside of the tyre. The break discs are cast in a 50/50 resin and aluminium powder mix and then polished.
Here are the wheels test fitted to the chassis. This is made from 6mm ABS, pinned with steel rod. The front axel is Chemiwood (Hard tooling board) Only the very front tip of the chassis and the area under the rear axel are visible in the final model and will be finished accordingly.
Here she is on my desk at uni, with a couple of other ongoing projects. ;-)
Cheers
Neil
I thought I'd share my latest model makiing degree project. This the final 8 week project of my second year. I am making a 1:6 scale concept proposal model for a custom 1932 Ford Model A Roadster. I am going to restyle the original lines slightly, design the wheels and the interior.
Here is where the body styling stands. I am using a medium/hard density polyurethane tooling board to make the vac-forming moulds. It is just soft enough to use surforms to shape it. The masters will be vac-formed in 3mm ABS.
Here are the wheels. I got them back from being chrome plated this morning. The candy orange spacer behind the spokes is the same colour as the final model.
The masters were laser cut in 5mm acrylic and then shaped by hand and finally cast in resin. The tyre tread was laser steched in acrylic, moulded and then cast in 1mm strips that were heat gunned around the outside of the tyre. The break discs are cast in a 50/50 resin and aluminium powder mix and then polished.
Here are the wheels test fitted to the chassis. This is made from 6mm ABS, pinned with steel rod. The front axel is Chemiwood (Hard tooling board) Only the very front tip of the chassis and the area under the rear axel are visible in the final model and will be finished accordingly.
Here she is on my desk at uni, with a couple of other ongoing projects. ;-)
Cheers
Neil
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I've still got a long way to go as you can see. I'll feel a lot happier when I've got hollow cavforms to play with. I'll be vacforming the fenders on Monday. 
