Slick Rapier Model Now Painted
Klavs has an update to his awesome resin Rapier model. The rough edges have been polished away and the ship has its first coat of metallic paint. It already looks great, and Klavs isn't done yet! Let him know what you think at the CIC Forums.
Man what a couple of weeks this has been. Phew! I managed to throw a coat of grey on her and pick out some details. I'm particularly proud of the gold radiator.Overall I'm happy with Shapeways customer service, delivery, pricing etc, but the "terracing" on some of the slanted surfaces is really frustrating. The panel lines show up beautifully, but in order to get a smooth transition on some of those terraced surfaces I've got to sand, and it's obliterating my panel lines!
I'll probably wind up going the CnC machine/Injection molding route if I make these available to the community, it's not quite up to my standards yet!
Also, speaking of work: Check out my conceptual design and visualization section on my company's website. The Rapier II is being used as example art at a genuine aerospace company! Now if I can convince my boss to move away from re-entry vehicles to full blown aerospace fighters, we'll have a REAL product on our hands!
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