New Sizes From Xpert - Step four

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Sotiris Kyriazis, director of Imaginary Reality, with a model of a container ship.
The whole world at a scale of 1:100
In his company Imaginary Reality
(www.architecturalmodels.gr), our customer of many
years, Sotiris Kyriazis from the Greek capital of Athens,
now works on his extraordinary models with the aid of
three Step-Four machines.
The wide range of subjects modelled by
the specialist reach from country estates
to special trucks and industrial plants to
enormous container ships. He mainly uses
polystyrene sheets of varying thicknesses,
which, to a large extent, are processed
with 0.6mm milling cutters. MDF is also
used for the hull of his ships. This material
is particularly suited for the construction
of the prototype, because the hull of
the ship can subsequently be used as a
master form for a form made of epoxy or
polyester resin.
Why not a laser cutter?
Some readers will probably ask themselves
why no laser was used for the processing
of these models. Mr. Kyriazis is
totally convinced that there is nothing better
than milling technology for processing
polystyrene. In addition to this, the experienced
model maker swears by the advantages
of speed and low investment costs.
The model ship has been built to a scale
of 1:100. Thus, the original super-freighter
has an incredible length of 230 metres.
Mr. Kyriazis’ company will be moving into
larger premises sometime during the
next few weeks. Considering the size of
his models, that’s not at all surprising. You
can find other pictures and information on
Sotiris Kyriazis and his company Imaginary
Reality on the page www.architecturalmodels.gr.
Contact:
E-mail imaginar@otenet.gr
Phone: +30/21 02 71 71 13
10 STEP-FOUR | March 2011