Modeller for internal aircraft structure demonstration, Space Shuttle model custom manufacturer

Case of modelling of internal structure of aircraft

Project requirements

Clients provide complete aircraft engineering drawings requiring a 1:50-scale internal structure demonstration model with a focus on core areas such as passenger seat layout, cockpit metering areas, cargo compartment partitioning. The model needs to have a demoliable hatch/cap function that allows for a multi-angle presentation of internal details, with an overall reduction of not less than 90 per cent.

Core processes and materials

1. Data pre-processing and component design

   • The client drawings were reconstructed three-dimensionally and the models were broken down into modules such as body casings, moving parts (barrel doors, landing gears) and transparency units (barrel windows) to ensure the accuracy of assembly.

   • Locally thickening of thin wall structures (e.g., wing front) to avoid printing deformations.

2. 3D printout

   • Main StructureTechnical-grade photo-sensitized resin printing to ensure a smooth curve-free ladder, with 0.1 mm of mass differentials reserved for critical connections.

   • Transparent Component(c) High-perceived resin printing in cockpit windshields, passenger-barrel windows, and mist polishing later.

   • Fine PartMicrostructures such as seats, dashboards, etc. are printed with 0.05 mm thick surfaces directly up to class A light.

3. Reprocessing process

   • Support removal and repair: Removal of residual resins with ultrasound washing equipment, manual refinement of modulation lines and supporting point marks.

   • Moable Structure Debug: Seal doors, landing gears, etc., are embedded in microaxis to ensure that there is no glitch.

   • Colour preload detection: test assembly of unpainted group models to verify structural interference.

4. Painting and Mass Expressions

   • Bottom Paint Processing: Full grey base paint to fill micro-deficients, 400-coloured sandpapers partially flaring.

   • Colour Spray：

     • The main body colours are whited by duds, which are replaced by the masking process to restore the customised waist line coating.

     • The inside seats, dashboards, etc., are the details of the leather texture and metal buttons that are restored through the printing process.

   • Ageing and marking：

     • Light-drying at the edges of the hatch, the landing gear, etc., to simulate metallic wear marks.

     • The Division ' s LOGO, security marker, is adhesively located and partially modified with paint.

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