Harry Potter Replica Scale Knight Bus

[margarine90]

Hello I'm Marguerite, this is my first post on this forum.
I just wanted to get any opinions on my first third year project, which I completed at The University of Hertfordshire... a scale replica of the Harry Potter Knight Bus.
Here are a few photos..






Any advice and questions are welcome!?

 

[java]

Hello Marguerite, welcome!.

That is fantastic work,you should be proud of that.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Welcome, excellent work.

Advice? Keep at it! 8)

 

[margarine90]

That's very kind of you, thank you! I will

 

[noname]

Very good indeed. Is that a kit or a scratchbuild??

 

[JohnSimmons]

Great! I'm going to the exhibition week after next ;D

 

[Shunter]

Brilliant work and nice attention to details.....i take it you made the curtains?

 

[margarine90]

Very good indeed. Is that a kit or a scratchbuild??

I wish it was a kit! I did it from scratch, including all the drawings etc myself.

Brilliant work and nice attention to details.....i take it you made the curtains?

Yeah I made the curtains too

Great! I'm going to the exhibition week after next ;D

Oh it's amazing, I've been twice! The second time I asked one of the staff to take measurements of the bus for me to make sure my technical scale drawings were correct!

I can post some method photos if any of you would like to see?

 

[noname]

From scratch, that is really something else. Ya we'd love to see some in progress/ method shots.

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Ditto....scratchbuild? I just assumed you had taken the Revell Germany London Bus and put a 3rd level on it, which would have been a feat in itself, but the while thing being scratchbuilt?

My hat is off to you my lady!

 

[Drpepeprz]

WOW

Super nice job! Love it!

 

[bdr65]

What a great subject and an awesome build 8) Method photos "Yes Please "

 

[The Nylon Gag]

What a great subject and an awesome build 8) Method photos "Yes Please "

Ditto on the photo's

Great stuff

Gag

 

[Quaralane]

Hat's off on this one. Excellent work

 

[Subhuman1]

Very good indeed. Is that a kit or a scratchbuild??

I wish it was a kit! I did it from scratch, including all the drawings etc myself.

Brilliant work and nice attention to details.....i take it you made the curtains?

Yeah I made the curtains too

Great! I'm going to the exhibition week after next ;D

Oh it's amazing, I've been twice! The second time I asked one of the staff to take measurements of the bus for me to make sure my technical scale drawings were correct!

I can post some method photos if any of you would like to see?

Excellent work!, and yes by all means bring on more pictures of the build process! Looking at your work I am sure you will have some good ideas some of us old dogs can steal .... er ..... um ... borrow ;D

 

[dazed1]

Wow! I have to echo what everyone else has said. For us it's even more incredible that it's scratchbuilt. Many kudos, Marguerite. Look forward to seeing your future endeavours.

 

[myhobbyroom]

Brilliant. Keep up the excellent work.

 

[trdnick]

WOW! That bus is amazing! Great job on it!

 

[margarine90]

Awesome.....do you have any building pictures.... What is it made out of?

Yeah, I have such a large quantity it took me a while to sort them all out, but here they are..

http://i.imgur.com/r8SjSLz.jpg
This is my initial maquette, made from card and blue foam.

http://i.imgur.com/edXlRgp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZoCGM0H.jpg
My laser cut pieces. Drawn up on Rhino from scratch and laser cut in 1.5mm acrylic.

http://i.imgur.com/MissvtU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n4NyMtq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UQdfEOz.jpg
The start of the chemiwood pieces.

http://i.imgur.com/HAx5dp2.jpg
The vac form roof. The mould was made from chemiwood and MDF and I used ABS for the vac form.

http://i.imgur.com/9AhKGvd.jpg
My 3D printed wheels, which were also drawn up on Rhino.

http://i.imgur.com/4r4wgzf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nm0aupD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/A5CYtGS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Dw32d95.jpg
They were then filled and sanded and mould and cast in Fast Cast Resin.

http://i.imgur.com/UIlG0LY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/a2uQ4ER.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QqLIIgc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BayOHdf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ETDd8yJ.jpg
The assembling and sanding began.

http://i.imgur.com/DeVBLhK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NcSILEZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ECAb6zm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PJkGvDX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/I6VDRxs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wWF2hn7.jpg
Various details and finishing touches, including working lights.

http://i.imgur.com/t7iPu3l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/M4iVzrw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yNBHDYd.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ojSrWN8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SPjzr2H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XU9EMNR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JKGX9HG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/S2DNI9L.jpg
It's finally starting to look like the Knight Bus!

http://i.imgur.com/l96mi5Y.jpg

Let me know if they're any other photos you would like to see, as I have many more!

 

[margarine90]

Okay well those photos didn't show up as I had hoped, but if you follow the links you can still see them