The build is complete for the 18' LA Class Submarine

The US Submarine force Museum in Groton Ct. Now has on permanent display our version of the LA Class Attack Submarine. This project took about a year to complete and is completly made from
Styrene and Cast urethane resins with a steel frame. Also attaced is a neat video from
KGW Newschannel 8 a local NBC affiliate that ran a segment on our project. Hope you enjoy.
cheers
John Geigle

Masterpiecemodels latest aquistion

Masterpiece Models is proud to announce that we now have large format roto casting capabilities.
Our new machines will roto cast 6'X6' parts up to a 1,500 pound balanced mold and material.
As you can see in some of the images below we can cast hollow lightweight parts out of urethane resin. We can also Cast Cold Cast Bronze sculptures. For more information please call 360-256-1488

The images below are hollow cast animals done for the Nike shoe company as a promotional display for the unnatural series of shoes

Saga of the LA Class Sub continues

We are now on the final stretch of the LA Class Submarine for the US NAVY Submarine Force Museum. We will be shipping the model on February 13th for arrival on the 18th of February.

Due to a lack of information on the still classified sub. We can only guess at what
the sub really looks like inside. We did have some interior images but budget constraints only allowed us to place so much detail

Aft of the periscopes


Back up diesel engines the empty space above will be the galley and ward rooms



Reactor Room



Maneuvering Room



Captains Quarters



Crew Bunks



Forward Part of the Main Engine Room



Rick working away

Special thanks to Bob, Ed, Ric, Don, Bruce and Rick for the effort put forth on this project
Please stay tuned next week for the final finished model in place at the museum

The victim Viper for BAE Systems

In mid 2008 we were contracted by Bob Sanchez of BAE Systems and Two Bobs Aviation Graphics asked us to create a motion control model of the F-16 Victim viper. Masterpiece Models was tasked to make an F-16 that was fully articulated with both pitch, yaw, moving control surfaces, afterburner petals, landing gear, speed brakes and tail hook including lights and sound. Please see the video below the sound does not do justice to the actual model. This video is also before paint.






The model is 1/6th scale and that make the F-16 8' long and all of this including the stand
had to fit into reusable travel crates.
BAE Systems will use this model for trade show purposes promoting their upgrade of older
block 15 aircraft into target drones.

At the time of these pictures marking have not yet been added




This image shows the LED's that glow proportionate to the engine throttle




Special thanks to BAE Systems

Decks for our latest project the LA Class Attack Sub

One of our latest projects is an 18' long models of an Los Angles Class Attack Sub for the
United States Submarine force Museum In Groton CT. The images below represent the progress
of the interior decks and bulkheads. Just an FYI: this post is for the gang at the Subcommittee
Message boards please visit the Subcommitte it is a great site for anything and everything related to Submarines.

New satellites for Patrick AFB

In June of 08 Masterpiece Models was contacted by
Patrick air force Base to fabricate 3 satellite models of the
DSP defense Support Satellite and two GPS satellites the
GPS IIF and GPS IIR. All three of these models were made at 1/24th scale.
The models were delivered in October of this year and were well accepted by the staff at the Patrick Air Force Base.



"DSP" Defense Support Program

"GPS IIF"

"GPS IIR"

We are now developing these satellite models into resin assembly kits so please watch our
for sale page for the upcoming release.

A Departure Board to be Proud of

CHALLENGE
In May of this year we were contacted by Andrew Martin Studios to fabricate a 1/3rd scale replica of a departure screen for the upcoming Samsung Instinct ad campaign.
Andrew asked us to fabricate this in a two week time frame.


SOLUTION
The project was pretty straight forward as the departure board was made using
1/8" white styrene then painted the light blue. The openings in the board were
covered with clear Plexiglas to be back light on the set. The lettering and images were
vinyl lettering.





RESULT
Andrew Martin was very pleased by the success of the ad campaign. Please see his
comments below

"Thanks again for a good model on a tight schedule. The agency was very happy with the final product, as was I, and you can see it photographed well. The green color gives it a nice LED sort of look".
The ad was seen is Time Magazine
and US News and World Report

All in all the model and ad campaign was a success thanks to Andrew Martin for the
Project