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Brackhampton and the 21st century - part 7

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Arrived home from work today to find that the sample side all had arrived from shapeways. This was done in FUD and I must say looks a far better product than previous samples. However this is reflected in the price.

 

I've sprayed in brick red as a primer and also to help it show better in the photos below.

 

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An exterior shot.

 

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close up of the column detail

 

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Another exterior shot

 

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and a partial interior shot.

 

The top and bottom screens will be glazed and you can see in the last photo how I have created a recess to take some plastic glazing. This should also help to strengthen these peices. Although there are not that flimsy.

 

The distorted look is caused by two factors - the hole the column has been planted in is a little too large (so the column is not standing upright) and the bottom barrier is somewhat distorted, but hopefully this will be resolved by the glazing and gluing them together.

 

Cost is going to be an issue - this was about £30. A cheaper material could be used but wouldn't print. I'm not sure whether it would be possible to cast this, given the complexity and I don't think resin would be a solution.

 

Also as Livery Street rose towards Colmore Row on the real thing the heights of the columns got progressively shorter and this may mean designing each one individually.

 

it might be possible to design this with the screens as separate parts and then perhaps these could be cast along with the standard length columns, with the ones getting progressively shorter being 3D printed.

 

Another thought would be to hollow the columns out to reduce the amount of material used and perhaps run plastic or brass tubing up the middle for strength. As the original columns were cast iron dressing on H girders this rather has the merit of imitating the real thing.

 

Dean

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I must say this is looking more and more impressive. With the red primer it really comes to life. With the glazing it will be quite special.

 

Yes 30 Pounds is quite a lot. I suppose over time this will come down and it's good to see what we can expect in terms of quality for the future. Doesn't help your wallet right now though!

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