After a discussion one day with Am-Fet about his plans for the saltworks and his need for GSY containers, the following conclusions were reached:
The GSY containerWe felt that Rapid Prototyping was going to be the most effective way of reproducing the side door container. Given that these have been around since 1997 potentially quite a few could be used (and not just by Am_Fet), so the plan was to produce an RP pattern for resin casting.
So a couple of evenings with CAD produced this.
The CAD file ready to get sent for Rapid Prototyping.A week later and a package arrived in the mail with the results.
The RP patternA little silicon rubber and we are ready to start casting more.
The Rubber MouldThe end result, GSY's by the train load
The resin cast GSY containersTo complete these we still need to sort out decals and we are currently working with our New York office to produce these.
At least these containers have worn the same paint scheme for their whole lives so only one set of decals will be needed.
6 comments:
who is doing your RPing? looks quite good.
mark4design.com...RP supplier to the stars (oh, and us).
And as a current caretaker of several of these containers I concur that they are very tidy models and Magikan is to be commended on his work... well done. :)
Looks "quite" good?!
Damned by faint praise methinks! :)
Seems that Magikan is using the old Lego technique for the mould boxes.
They are looking great. Would you sell some to me, to Germany?
Regards Carsten
Contact me on the G-mail address and I'll pass the request on to the relevent Igor.
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