Pics of your models, please!

[Eric Mc]

Way hay - aeroplanes at last - and very nice too. I particularly like the Beaufighter.

[Red Firecracker]

Pretty sure I've shown them before, but;





I thought I had some pics of the last aircraft model I built, a Revell Hunter, but can't find those anywhere, sorry Eric!

[Eric Mc]

Nice Porsches.

I have a Revell Hunter in my "to do" stash. It's a lovely kit.

[vdubbin]

Hi folks,
I'm a bit of a noob, but I thought I'd share a few pics of some of my RC models.

[Red Firecracker]

Just for Eric, here's the Hunter;



ETA URL edited to account for useless web hosting company ranted about in other thread!

Edited by Red Firecracker on Friday 16th November 11:23

[Eric Mc]

Damn - the dreaded "x" picture.

[Roop]

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

[Eric Mc]

The Hunter's really nice - although the runway looks like it could do with some resurfacing.

[Drop Test]

this is my revo under all the snow

[chris watton]

Stuff I do for work;













..And I have just ordered a 16th scale Tamiya Tiger Tank, complete with 4 channel radio and all extras for the kit for 600 Euro! (One of the benefits of working in the industry! )

Edited by chris watton on Tuesday 20th November 08:25

[Eric Mc]

Nice work.

What ship is that?

[chris watton]

Eric Mc said:

Nice work.

What ship is that?

Thank you ,

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....

[groomi]

chris watton said:

Stuff I do for work;

Lots of nice stuff.

Wow! Don't suppose you need a willing assistant do you? Your job looks loads more fun than mine.

[Roop]

chris watton said:

Stuff I do for work

Fantastic...!

[Eric Mc]

Don't let your Cutty Sark ANYWHERE near a naked flame.

[UKbob]

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?

[chris watton]

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?

Well, it depends on the size. Something like Vanguard takes about three months to design, using copies of the original Admiralty plans and tons of reference books, from hull and deck fittings for a particular period to the masting and rigging.

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]

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?

Well, it depends on the size. Something like Vanguard takes about three months to design, using copies of the original Admiralty plans and tons of reference books, from hull and deck fittings for a particular period to the masting and rigging.

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]

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?

Well, it depends on the size. Something like Vanguard takes about three months to design, using copies of the original Admiralty plans and tons of reference books, from hull and deck fittings for a particular period to the masting and rigging.

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!

Bloody hell Chris, I thought you were the bravest man here for buying the kit, I didnt realise you designed as well as built the bloody thing!

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.

[chris watton]

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!