Sony Headquarters - London
Using 10mm opal acrylic, we created this pillowed effect wall and reception desk area. Originally the designers wanted the material edges to butt together to achieve a seamless wall. When we advised that this was not going to be achievable over such a large area, we came up with the pillowed effect which was achievable and looked fantastic. We spent many days on site cutting and fitting the panels to individually fit the interior fit-out. All the panels were moulded in our large 3m x 2m ovens and trimmed to fit.
Large Dunhill Watch for Golf Tournament
For the 1990 Dunhill Golf tournament in St Andrews, Scotland, we were asked to fabricate an acrylic replica model of a Dunhill watch. The only tricky part was that it was needed 40 time's life size and had to tell the time and display the date.
The casing was fabricated from 50mm clear acrylic block whilst the strap links were individually vacuum formed and vacuum metallised. The 48"ø face was screen printed with all the numerals laid up and cemented. Finally to hold this enormous watch we fabricated a 40 times size metal watch display.
Grima Acrylic Staircase
Although this job was completed over thirty years ago, the same standard and approach was used then as it would now. Grima Jewellers had this staircase designed for their prestigious West End and it was to be the first all acrylic staircase with acrylic treads inset with rubber.
The acrylic treads were hand fabricated from 50mm clear block and the material was sourced from the same supplier and the same batch so as to be certain that was no colour deviation. It is that attention to detail that has kept our clients coming back year after year.
Spitfire Canopies
During WW2, the RAF needed to be able to photograph the opposing forces for reconnaissance missions and be undetected whilst doing do. This meant being able to fly at very high altitudes. A stripped down gun-less Spitfire aircraft was used to be able to achieve the altitude and speed needed to avoid the enemy fighters. It was assigned to No. 16 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force. It had a top speed of 445 mph and a service ceiling of 42,600 feet, making it almost impossible for the Luftwaffe to catch it. All but the first 22 of the 225 produced had a pressurized cockpit.
The original aircraft had a double skin pressurised canopy specially constructed for these dangerous missions. We used the original tooling and original canopy as a point of reference to re-create the component for the original aircraft.