Pics of your models, please!
Discussion
I am sure I have showed a number of these before so apologies to the repost Stasi...
NIB late 1980's speedboat by Kyosho (from a fellow PH'er)
Tamiya F-350 High-Lift with custom paint, wheels and tyres, Multifunction light and sound etc...
Tamiya Tamtech Gear Buggy Champ. Heavily uprated with brushless power. Clocked on RADAR north of 40mph...
NIB Limited edition Tamiya 30th Anniversary Porsche 934RSR
A couple of NIB baby RSR's (1/12th scale as opposed to limited edtn 1/10th above)
Tamiya Frog (runner - great fun)
Tamiya Supershot
Err, a bunch of NIB Tamiyas...
Tamiya Bigwig
Tamiya Mountaineer
OK I give up on the Tamiyas, there's loads more of them if you are bothered at my TamiyaClub showroom here: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=380&...
Similarly, if you like helicopters, have a look at my collection here: http://www.concept30.co.uk under the 'Concept Collection' link.
Cheers,
Roop
NIB late 1980's speedboat by Kyosho (from a fellow PH'er)
Tamiya F-350 High-Lift with custom paint, wheels and tyres, Multifunction light and sound etc...
Tamiya Tamtech Gear Buggy Champ. Heavily uprated with brushless power. Clocked on RADAR north of 40mph...
NIB Limited edition Tamiya 30th Anniversary Porsche 934RSR
A couple of NIB baby RSR's (1/12th scale as opposed to limited edtn 1/10th above)
Tamiya Frog (runner - great fun)
Tamiya Supershot
Err, a bunch of NIB Tamiyas...
Tamiya Bigwig
Tamiya Mountaineer
OK I give up on the Tamiyas, there's loads more of them if you are bothered at my TamiyaClub showroom here: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=380&...
Similarly, if you like helicopters, have a look at my collection here: http://www.concept30.co.uk under the 'Concept Collection' link.
Cheers,
Roop
Eric Mc said:
Nice work.
What ship is that?
Thank you ,What ship is that?
the main pics are of HMS Vanguard, a 74 gun British Ship of the Line, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile. It is 1;72 scale, 1.2 metres long by almost a metre high - a model kit composed of laser cut wooden parts, wood strip and photo etched brass.
the one pic of the stern of a model is Prince, a 17th Century Restoration 1st Rate, and it is even bigger than Vanguard, at 1:64th scale!
The other two are of 1:10 scale coaches, one being a Victorian Royal Mail coach (decals have sice been applied to both models) and the other a Wells fargo US stage coach.
I am now working on a HMS Surprise and Cutty sark....
UKbob said:
Roop said:
chris watton said:
Stuff I do for work
Fantastic...! Any idea roughly how many man hours goes into building a ship like that one Chris?
Once the initial designs are complete, the cad files are sent to a laser cutting company and the parts cut on the specified thicknesses of wood and sent back to me for building the prototype model (which is exactly what the Vanguard model is). During building, I will invariably come across faults, which I can then correct on the CAD files, and also finish any parts off that I didn’t do initially (Some parts cannot be made until I have made some of the model), and also the photo etched brass fittings are finished off and sent to the chemical etching company.
Overall, a model like vanguard is about five months work (including finalising the designs for the kit).
The longest time spent on one thing when designing is not building the model, but drawing the construction plans in CAD, as every stage of construction need to be drawn, be it side profiles, exploded views or rendered views – the rigging plans take the most time – as they have to be very easy to follow, and split into stages (otherwise it would look like a huge spider web!), and of course, writing the instructions and parts list – and making some fittings and carvings for the model. (I cannot to the décor, someone does it after I give them all drawings, but I do make stuff like the anchors and other fittings)
All in all, Vanguard was about 12 months development time, from conception to finalising the multi-lingual plans and instructions.
The coaches however, were a piece of cake, I designed them so that they could be built in about a week, they were fun!
Have skipped over a few things, but that is essentially it!
And the Cutty sark is being designed 'As built', not 'as is' now!
UKbob said:
Roop said:
chris watton said:
Stuff I do for work
Fantastic...! Any idea roughly how many man hours goes into building a ship like that one Chris?
Once the initial designs are complete, the cad files are sent to a laser cutting company and the parts cut on the specified thicknesses of wood and sent back to me for building the prototype model (which is exactly what the Vanguard model is). During building, I will invariably come across faults, which I can then correct on the CAD files, and also finish any parts off that I didn’t do initially (Some parts cannot be made until I have made some of the model), and also the photo etched brass fittings are finished off and sent to the chemical etching company.
Overall, a model like vanguard is about five months work (including finalising the designs for the kit).
The longest time spent on one thing when designing is not building the model, but drawing the construction plans in CAD, as every stage of construction need to be drawn, be it side profiles, exploded views or rendered views – the rigging plans take the most time – as they have to be very easy to follow, and split into stages (otherwise it would look like a huge spider web!), and of course, writing the instructions and parts list – and making some fittings and carvings for the model. (I cannot to the décor, someone does it after I give them all drawings, but I do make stuff like the anchors and other fittings)
All in all, Vanguard was about 12 months development time, from conception to finalising the multi-lingual plans and instructions.
The coaches however, were a piece of cake, I designed them so that they could be built in about a week, they were fun!
Have skipped over a few things, but that is essentially it!
And the Cutty sark is being designed 'As built', not 'as is' now!
chris watton said:
UKbob said:
Roop said:
chris watton said:
Stuff I do for work
Fantastic...! Any idea roughly how many man hours goes into building a ship like that one Chris?
Once the initial designs are complete, the cad files are sent to a laser cutting company and the parts cut on the specified thicknesses of wood and sent back to me for building the prototype model (which is exactly what the Vanguard model is). During building, I will invariably come across faults, which I can then correct on the CAD files, and also finish any parts off that I didn’t do initially (Some parts cannot be made until I have made some of the model), and also the photo etched brass fittings are finished off and sent to the chemical etching company.
Overall, a model like vanguard is about five months work (including finalising the designs for the kit).
The longest time spent on one thing when designing is not building the model, but drawing the construction plans in CAD, as every stage of construction need to be drawn, be it side profiles, exploded views or rendered views – the rigging plans take the most time – as they have to be very easy to follow, and split into stages (otherwise it would look like a huge spider web!), and of course, writing the instructions and parts list – and making some fittings and carvings for the model. (I cannot to the décor, someone does it after I give them all drawings, but I do make stuff like the anchors and other fittings)
All in all, Vanguard was about 12 months development time, from conception to finalising the multi-lingual plans and instructions.
The coaches however, were a piece of cake, I designed them so that they could be built in about a week, they were fun!
Have skipped over a few things, but that is essentially it!
And the Cutty sark is being designed 'As built', not 'as is' now!
So the 5 months / 12 months figures mentioned, forgive me is this is a bit of a silly question, but is that full time work? Im guessing if it isnt your own project, someone comissioned you to design it for resale purposes, hence the written instructions and parts lists.
Very impressive. There are some seriously keen modelers on these pages, from an amateurs point of view its all very interesting, especially reading the stories that accompany the pics.
Hi Bob
Yes. it is a VERY full time job, I am a 'product designer', and the reason we have just moved from the UK to Italy (my employers are Italian and based in Turin)
I also help design some of the part work weekly mag projects too, like the Hachette Bismark, and a few others in the pipeline.
I do consider myself very lucky to have a job I enjoy completely, and was ofered the chance to move out of the UK and buy a lovely converted farmhouse/s in the Italian countryside - although I do work very long hours in Turin!
Yes. it is a VERY full time job, I am a 'product designer', and the reason we have just moved from the UK to Italy (my employers are Italian and based in Turin)
I also help design some of the part work weekly mag projects too, like the Hachette Bismark, and a few others in the pipeline.
I do consider myself very lucky to have a job I enjoy completely, and was ofered the chance to move out of the UK and buy a lovely converted farmhouse/s in the Italian countryside - although I do work very long hours in Turin!
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