Foil Check.... Check

Here I have applied foil to the surfaces to check the curvature and finish of the hull and canopy. The foil is quite reflective and has highlighted a lot of bumps, nicks and scratches on what I thought was a reasonably good finish. Good thing I tried it!

I was thinking that I would use this same foil to present the model, but its actually a bit tricky to get it on the surface, and it does do too well on compound curves. Best suited for larger spans of surface. So now I will prep the surface for a painted finish.

Cleaning Up the Surfaces

With just about all the major surfacing done, I'm now at the stage of trimming surface intersections and smoothing out. Also thinking how I want to finish it for the presentation.

Fitting the RP deck

With some excess clay trimmed the rear deck fits in snug. Its not shown in these photos but i have trimmed the armature so that the stairs will fit in properly. I just need to build the clay up a little on the lower deck to meet the steps and its done.

And the front 3/4 Presentation Render...

Presentation Renders

Final presentation renders. Hope Sir Richard signs off on it!

Front 3/4 to follow....

Rapid Prototyped parts are back!

A couple of pics to show the rear deck and stairs I had RP'typed for the yacht. Back fresh from the printer so still need to clean the layer of gunk off 'em.

Its so cool that you can takes measurements for the part, model it and have it ready to be picked up within 6hrs start to finish. Makes me smile every time!

Rapid Prototype Part

As part of the final model deliverables we have been asked to produce a component of the model via 3D modelling, which is to be rapid prototyped. This is a quick render of the rear deck/stair assembly that I will have objet printed then dropped into place on the model.