Screen

I had a chat with my tutor today about certain aspects of my model. The screen being the most important. I have now decided to mark off a 44mm by 77mm screen which matches my drawings. I will mill 0.5mm into the chemiwood so that a 0.5mm piece of acrylic will be able to fit into it. I will use a high quality print of a simple but eye catching windows screen saver behind the 0.5 acrylic to give the affect of a working screen.

Update!!>>

Filler!

I have now stuck the mouth and ear piece onto the base of the model. I have used body filler to seal small gaps, being very sparing so not to over fill thus more time spent sanding.

As you can see I have also milled in to the keyboard area of the keyboard section. I will now be able to draw out the keyboard with letters on rhino and transfer to illustrator ready for lasercutting.

Materials!

I chose to use Chemiwood for this model as it has similar characteristics as wood but I dont have to sand seal the model, which will save me a fair amount of sealing and sanding. I also used it due to the fact that I can Mill the material and fill and sand without any issues.
I will be using 1mm and 0.5mm laser cut acrylic for the keyboard and detail on the top and bottom of the mobile phone.

I am still waiting for information on what materials the actual mobile phone uses. After I have heard back from my designer, I will be able to sort out what paint will be used.

One problem that I have not yet solved is how to do the screen. I will be having a talk with my tutors soon and will work out what I will have to do to produce a screen that looks as high standards as possible.

Correct Size!

Size issues have now been corrected and the model now looks alot smaller and more like a mobile phone. At the moment my time planning has been very poor due to complications at home and complication with my designer. I have been putting in more and more hours everyday to get this model finished to a high standard. I am pleased with my progress this week and have produced a smooth chemi wood model of the Velocity Mobile Phone, which I will be able to add detail and finish during the next couple of weeks.

Materials!

I have used Chemi-wood for the keyboard and screen section of my model as it can be finished to a very smooth standard and will not need sand sealing, which will take up a fair amount of time. I find Chemi wood is a great material, as it sands well and machines even better.

Contact with designer - Extremely Important

I have chosen my design from David Turpin - http://davidturpin.fr/
I was given drawings from David, that didnt seem to be right due to the model being far too large for a mobile phone. After several e-mails, David finally realised he has sent me the wrong drawings, which frustrating as it is, I had to face the fact that this happens in industry occasionally. My tutor Emily assured me that this wasnt my fault and that if I was being paid for this David would be paying out his own pocket for this unfortunate mistake.
I have now been given the right size and scaled down my drawings to match them.
I must make sure that from now on I check all drawings through with the client before making a start on the project.

SIZE ISSUESSSS!

I have had a response from David Turpin and am very frustrated to find that he has actually sent me the wrong drawings even after he assured me they were 1:1 scale. He has sent me new simple, length, width and thickness dimensions, which I have used to scale my Rhino drawings down. I am very frustrated as I am now 4 Weeks in to my project and am having to start again. I had a talk with one of our tutors Emily and she assured me that this is David's fault and in industry, David would be paying out of his own pocket for this mistake.

The model is much smaller and looks much cooler now. I think I will be able to produce the new model much much quicker due to knowing exactly what I need to do.

Size Issues again!

Here is the rough version of the Velocity Mobile Phone and talking to classmates and tutors I am now 100% sure that my designer David Turpin has supplied me with wrong size drawings. I am going to email these photos to David with simple, length, width and thickness dimensions so that he can admit to sending me wrongly sized drawings.

Size Issues

I have finalised all my drawings given to me by my designer, David Turpin and I am worried that he has sent me drawings that have been scaled up. I made a simple foam model, which seems overly big for a mobile phone. I have e-mailed him and he assures me that the drawings are 1:1 scale. Here are my finalised Rhino Drawings.