Such pleasures we have to show you...

A little side project I have been working on, freshly laser-cut. Can't wait to put it together and make the stand...

upper fuselage progress

It suddenly starts to come together and looks glorious. Soon I will move on to the wings and float srtuts....

Slowly, slowly creaty model

Still setting myself a little time aside each week to keep on at my unfinished pieces, when hectic schedules allow, but oh, how worth it! Beautiful is she not?

Will anything ever get finished?

Well, just as I was getting closer to finishing the Supermarine and starting the next project - a modernised version of the Valley Forge dome, another curve ball comes my way. Now I am working on a music installation for a musical education group, very exciting and creative but not without its challenges!
But I continue to tinker and now that the 3D prints are back, the Supermarine creeps ever closer to completion.

New Year catch up

I know you haven't heard from me for a while, there are good reasons for this, I assure you.
I was very lucky and got a 5 week internship with Foster + Partners in the run up to Christmas, so uni projects got shelved. Alas, despite working n some fantastic architectural models, the prestige of the clients and the utter secrecy they demand means... no pictures. Shame.
But now work begins again, I hope to finish the Supermarine S6b in the near future - most of the work is done and the 3D prints should be back soon, so not a huge amount to do (fingers crossed).
Right now I am planning the next big project which will be Dome 1 from the Valley Forge (Silent Running) - it will be an updated exhibition style model which will stay true to the original but have the added bonus of intricate detailing and a scaled interior.
For now, here are some pictures of the nearly completed Supermarine S6b. Coming along nicely I think.

Layout for hand-in, alongside the test piece.

Long-termer

The main project of the semester is a biggy! I am building a 1/20th scale racing seaplane - the Supermarine S6-B. Only a couple of weeks into the project and all I can offer you at the moment is a picture of the rough design maquette and the portions that I have 3D modelled for printing. More will follow as I progress...

Making up for lost time

Been a while hasn't it?
Don't worry, I have been busy.Starting the second year at uni has been eventful if not somewhat argumentative. I have been in an uphill struggle trying to get my projects off the ground as apparently I'm too advanced and I will be able to do that type of thing in my third year!!!
Beggars belief, when you get told to up your game - apparently that does not actually mean it.

But rants of victimisation aside, here are the latest bits!

First off the bat was a "Turbo" project, in 2 stages we had to re-create a tool in alternative materials in the first week and the turn it into an organic form in the second week. I did have a bit of fun with this one.

original safety knife and the scaled up wood and acrylic version I made

and now, it's a parrot! Well, a scarlet macaw to be precise