| J Lawson Modelmakers » News http://www.jlawson.com Modelmaking Technical Display Models Prototyping Aerospace Architectural Defence Marine Engineering Industrial | Tue, 04 May 2010 16:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 1:4 scale Light Armoured Vehicle http://www.jlawson.com/news/14-scale-light-armoured-vehicle.htm http://www.jlawson.com/news/14-scale-light-armoured-vehicle.htm#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:20:08 +0000 yeti http://www.jlawson.com/?p=523 FinishedLast minute details

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Recently completed in just 3 weeks, was this 1:4 scale model of the US LAV with Bushmaster 25mm turret. This model was built with minimal information and an extremely tight timescale.

]]> http://www.jlawson.com/news/14-scale-light-armoured-vehicle.htm/feed 0 Develop 3D article http://www.jlawson.com/news/develop-3d-article.htm http://www.jlawson.com/news/develop-3d-article.htm#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:12:16 +0000 yeti http://www.jlawson.com/?p=512 Develop3D magazine has published an article on Lawson Modelmakers. The article appears in the March 2010 edition and is written by Stephen Holmes. The article concentrates on the use of 3D cad to produce scaled and full sized models.

The published version of the article can be downloaded as a PDF here.

DEVELOP3D – John Lawson Ltd

A slightly different version with alternative images can be viewed on the Develop 3D website here: develop3d article

]]> http://www.jlawson.com/news/develop-3d-article.htm/feed 0 Eurydice Superyacht http://www.jlawson.com/news/eurydice-superyacht.htm http://www.jlawson.com/news/eurydice-superyacht.htm#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:29:57 +0000 yeti http://www.jlawson.com/?p=472

The Eurydice Superyacht was delivered to QinetiQ GRC in mid September 2009 and was immediately shipped to an important exhibition in New York. The Eurydice design won the prestigious Young Designer of the Year award at the 2009 Superyacht awards.

The model was built to a scale of 1:100 making it 0.82 meters in length. Manufactured mostly of composite materials, the most difficult problem to overcome was the complex hull shape. This was modelled using a combination of Rhino and SolidEdge drawings to produce accurate hull profiles.

]]> http://www.jlawson.com/news/eurydice-superyacht.htm/feed 0 DSEi 2009 Exhibition http://www.jlawson.com/news/test-2.htm http://www.jlawson.com/news/test-2.htm#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:18:46 +0000 admin http://www.jlawson.com/?p=451 This week Lawson Modelmakers have been heavily involved with the UK’s foremost defence exhibition, DSEi 2009.

As well as delivering some new models to clients, Lawson’s have also been helping clients to incorporate their models into their overall stand design.

Here are a few images of just some of the models Lawson’s have at the exhibition:
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The M230LF is ideal for use on ground vehicles and patrol boats in turrets or remote weapon stations. This model was manufactured for ATK Full scale model of the M230LF gun. The M230LF is a link-fed version of ATK’s 30mm Chain Gun used on the Apache helicopter. The weapon fires M788, M789 and NATO standard 30mm ADEN/DEFA ammunition. The model was built to a scale of 1:35 and shows both the existing US MLC70 bridge and the UK number 10 bridge. Both systems utilise the Titan launch mechanism in service with the British Army The Joint Assualt Bridge is a cost effective modernisation program for the US Army and US Marine Corps for the Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) fleet. Caimen®-200 is BMT’s design for a fast Landing Craft Tank (LCT) capable of achieving a transit speed of more than 16 knots fully laden with up to three Main Battle Tanks (MBT). This model of was made for BMT Defence Services. The Aegir® family of naval task force support ship designs for licensing by local ship-builders. Aegir offers navies low risk and cost-effective acquisition of highly capable, flexible and environmentally responsible replenishment at sea auxiliaries. Type 45 Drive Motor: During sea-trials in August 2007, HMS Daring reached her design speed of 29 knots (54 km/h) in 70 seconds and achieved a speed of 31.5 knots (58 km/h) in 120 seconds. Alstom (Converteam) 20Mw Electric Drive motor for the new Type 45 Destroyer in service with the Royal Navy The Talisman UUV is a fully autonomous unmanned mini-sub designed and made by BAE Systems. It has the capability to perform shoreline reconnaissance when the risks may be deemed too high, or conditions unsuitable, for human operators. The model is 1:4 scale This full sized GRP model of the Stingray torpedo was manufactured for BAE Systems. Sting Ray is a lightweight torpedo for carriage by aircraft (fixed-wing or rotary) and surface ships for use against submarine targets. The LAV III armoured vehicle is the latest in the Generation III Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) series built by General Dynamics Land Systems, entering service in 1999. It is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha IIIH 8×8 Based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle, which in turn is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III 8×8, the Stryker is the U.S. Army’s first new armored vehicle since the M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the 1980s. The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. The LAV III was developed in Canada and is the primary mechanized infantry vehicle of the Land Force Command and the New Zealand Army. The United States Army uses a more lightly armed LAV III derivative named the Stryker.

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