Building the board

So, by this point i had decided on a name. MediSeal and i had already come up with an idea for the display. I wanted to keep the board and display box simple and "clean".

I had thought of using a light box to show off the model but in order to keep the lines of the display clean i wanted to hide any obvious lights.

I decided to create a light box stand with a reverse etched top face. this would allow any writing to show through when lit but not be obvious when not lit.

I chose a font and cut out the design on the laser cutter. Then used a thinner piece of plastic over the top. Initially i intended to light the box with red fairy lights, this proved to be a problem as the lights gave of varying intensities of light depending on how far away they were from the surface of the box. In the end i used some  Surface mounted Light emitting diodes (SMLED). These give of a high intensity constant light and can be cut to any length.

 

Once these had been stuck to a perspex sheet and placed behind the light box the lettering would shine through.

So time to attach my images to the board... also i created a mock up of the device in use. This would show what the model was intended to do without having to write a detailed explanation.

To be honest and without blowing my own trumpet i am quite good with Photoshop. Years of photo-manipulation has stood me in good stead for this task.

I found an image or surgeons on the Net. Took one of my shots of the model. Reduced the size and masked the model image so it looked like one of the surgeons was holding it. Next i created a red gradient over the image and then masked a triangle to look like a beam coming from the device. Et Voila. One finished image of the MediSeal in use.

So i had the images, the display box and the light. all i had to do was put them all together. The finished board looks like this.

And that is the end of the modeling task.