Models

Model Making

No - this is not a commercial activity ! But it is an example of the skills we have in-house for model making and the attention to detail that we apply.

The model is in fact a wine bottle holder for a keen vintner and gardener. Click on the image to enlarge it.

On the left is a half barrel that forms the holder for the wine bottle. Looking closely on the enlarged image you will notice that it is made from multiple segments of wood glued together. The wood has a fine grain resembling "miniature oak".

The spade is about 80mm long. The blade and handle were rough machined from 316 stainless before being hand finished and polished. Only needle files and sandpaper were used to blend the steel stem of the spade to the flat blade. Similar painstaking effort created the handle. The wooden shaft of the spade may appear fragile at a diameter of only 4mm but it is reinforced with a 1.6mm tungsten rod down its centre.

The shears are about 40mm long from end to end. They are lap jointed, have pips to stop the handles closing too far, and miniature collars around the wooden handles. They work and can cut paper.

The flower pot was turned from solid in a wood similar in colour to terracotta. In the top, finely powdered Sri Lankan ebony, mixed with Cascamite and dampened, was used to create the soil.

Not shown, and further to the left is a scale model of a hand pump whose spout overhangs the barrel.