Today I cut out styrene supports for the window arcs. Meanwhile Ed back sprayed the arcs matte black. There was a problem with arc 6 due to it being masked off on the wrong side.
Me and emerald cut out a new arc 6 during the laser cutting session at 1.30 then gave it to Ed to backspray it. We also cut 'shelves' to sit on the front of arcs 4,5 and 6 to support the outer layer.
We then laser cut the top veneer details.
Ed laquored the aluminium to matte the colour down as emerals attempt to do it using soda over the weekend didnt work. He tested several strips of aluminium catering foil first to see how different consistencys turned out.
Me and Emerald stuck top veneer and unfortunatly messed up the last two pieces causing causing a darker patch around the edge. However after sanding it back and sanding down the rest of the board details it doesnt look too bad.
We also made trees from wire. Still have to body filler them and solder the 'trunks'.
Once the arcs were dry we began to stick the front ones in place using araldite on to a layer of double sided tape to prevent damage to the backsprayed paint. The angle of tilt although taken directly from the drawings doesnt look quite right. We'll adjust it tomorrow to meet the vac formed layers.
A very productive day!
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