I just completed work this evening on a gift that I plan on giving my son some time in the future. What I created was two images of the drawings of the Wright brothers 1903 airplane named “Flyer”. This was done the same way I had created another image of a one wheel pedal vehicle patent several weeks ago.
I engraved the back side of clear plexiglass so that the front would be smooth once it was assembled. I used stainless steel button head bolts to attach it to a blue sheet of plexiglass. Once these parts were assembled the end result is what you see here. A nice looking image that looks like a blueprint. Both views of the “Flyer” are 10" x 12" with a small wooden frame (draft board) epoxied on to the back of the assembly for easy assembly and hanging on a wall.
Please let me know what you think of my latest project.
Thanks.
Man - so awesome! Now I have to redo all of my engraves of different planes, rockets and various blueprints because they look lame on wood compared to this!
You are correct. The engraving of the images do all the work. There is no painting in this project. Makes things a lot simpler for a great effect over all.
Thanks for your comment. Here are a couple photos of another project that I put together for my dune buggy. This gave me the idea to try and put together the blueprint projects. You can see the difference of just and engraving of the clear plexiglass and then installed into the “Speed Buggy” plaque with a black plexiglass that is now in my buggy.
