torsdag 18 december 2014

Time for some belly furniture

It was time to build some furniture and some other parts that you need when you have a fika.
Table and chairs are made from the same pinewood that the rest of the robot is built from.


I made a tea cup and plate from super sculpey, and later I made a silicone mold to cast them in  urethane plastic.


I had no problems with casting cups, but the plate was another story...
I had to modify the silicone mold a few times before I would get a good result.


To simulate tea I filled the cups with epoxi, and I made the teabags from normal printer paper that I folded and painted i watercolor.


Since this fika is about when I was on my first date with what later would be (and is) my wife. 
I wanted to have some  pictures of us from the time before we meet on the walls behind us.
I did some research on old CDs and hard drives to find some old pictures and printed them on Inkjet Photopaper. Pictures need frames and I made some tiny frames from pinewood and painted them in different colors. 


The belly café is almost complete!
I also added a over the table light and some yellow screens for the spotlight leds for a more natural indoor light. The table light is made from paper and a plastic from a Oatly iscream box.



fredag 5 december 2014

The robot belly need some heat!

I was a little tired of all the woodworking and decided to make some details for the belly.
Every room needs a radiator, and this room is getting a classic water based radiator in (1:6 scale of course).   I started of with two aluminium sheets, and the next step was to glue thin wood stripes.


I made 2pcs because I thought a double layer radiator would look much better than a single layer..


When I was done with gluing wood strips to the aluminium (and my fingers), I used super sculpey to shape the spaces in between the wood to the correct shape.


Here is after the first layer of spray filler. I used some more fine wall putty/filler for some areas and after some sanding and another layer of spray filler things started to look pretty good.


The radiator is white! I used standard hobby Enamel paint for a glossy look. I also added a thin aluminium pipe on the left side of the radiator. the 90 degree pipe conectors was made from supersculpey. By this time I realised that a single layer radiator would look better than a double layer...



Here is the radiator mounted to the wall, I also added some aluminium pipes with small wall mounts.
The room also have new Floor panels and floor skirts, and the window also have its trimmings in place.