Victorian Renaissance

[billygoat333]

oooh... me likey the window!

[msmrx57]

I love that look. It reminds me a little bit of the turret (not positive thats what it is) on the Millenium Falcon. Only a little thought. Has the feel of a fancy leaded window.

[billygoat333]

funny I was thinking it looked Star Wars-y and I couldn't place why. haha that makes sense, it does look like the Millennium Falcon.

[Cheron]

lol It was mentioned also Work at today. but no... it was based a lamp in the main hall of the natural history museum in London.

This was a goldmine for inspiration.

[Cheron]

I have some bad news.... and I am not killing this project.... I have to rebuild my cars engine(arrrggggg)....And this is draining my money for this project so instead big changes to the chassis. ill be working on smaller stuff for this mod. like the resevoir and dvd-drive.

And I have to warn you all, this is going to be a really slow build from this moment on.

[Kayin]

Cheron, you aren't the only one to ever have a financial crisis.

I'm building the Bat while going through a divorce. These things do happen.

[msmrx57]

It may take you longer to build it, but we'll still be waiting to see it. I sympathise completely, I just had to replace the motor in our car in October.

[Cheron]

Thanks for understanding. I just wanted you all to know. but since I have still loads of things I kan do lets focus on those for the upcomming weeks. I'll be starting on the cuts that i have to make for the Resevoir. It will be nice to see how that works out. keep you tumbs up for me. and you all be getting a nice update for the weekend.

Yours Cheron.

[artoodeeto]

wow....I need to go to that museum. I adore gothic style architecture, even started a 3d cathedral model in maya years ago (sadly it finished off my computer before I could finish the model, it got super complex). Nice to see someone use that sort of thing for inspiration! my first thought on your window is it looks like a TIE fighter cockpit window, but seeing the photo of the lamp I understand where the idea came from. Good job! looking forward to seeing more!

[Cheron]

Hello there I got an awful lot of cutting done yesterday. but not yet done.

Wile talking to an fellow employee today at work I decided not to laser cut anything. We agreed that the Soul or character of an Object is in the imperfections that the maker of the object left. With this in mind I'll be crafting everything myself from sheet metal or I should say sheet brass.

now on to what I have done.

Since some of you warned me for the hard time I would get cutting my P182. I decided to drill an awful lot of holes with my drill-press to weaken the P182, on the places I would be cutting anyway. This also helped me keep the length I was making noise(next door they have a newly born and I am on a good foot with my neighbors).

After Drilling all the holes I cut it with my Dremel. and did some grinding to give em a smooth edge.

And then this.... its an rubber trim to get rid of the sharp edge.

And a test fit....

And you could have guessed it. The location of my Reservoir.

The Radiator on the to also fits.

Not to worry about the dust it will be cleaned in time.

I placed the dvd player on its future location(so you can see the room I have reserved for my dvd player)

And a shot to give first impressions on what you might be able to see through the window..

Now stay close.
Yours Cheron