We were delighted to hear of the opening of the How To Train Your Dragon area at the MotionGate Park in Dubai a few days ago. All reports I've heard are positive, as they should be, for this entire area is truly spectacular! I was searching online today and came across the first pictures I've seen of the finished area. The pictures were taken by David Arnold, www.MEthemeparks.com and used here with his kind permission. Imagination Corporation built the two Viking ships and two target sculptures. All of the work around the ships was done by other companies.
MultiCam colour
The MultiCam sign got it's base colours today and is starting to look pretty good already. Tomorrow the glazes will begin which will really make things pop in a hurry. It won't be long until this piece is ready to head out the door.
Plasma magic!
I can clearly remember the time I first fired up an acetylene torch and cut some plate steel to make a custom part. The resulting part worked but it was crude and required lots of grinding to make it passible. Years later I thought it magic as I fired up our hand held plasma cutter and did the same procedure. It was much, much faster and the part came out much better but it was a little shaky and still needed plenty of grinding to get the results I wanted. These days things are a whole lot easier. We have a computerized MultiCam CNC plasma cutter. I drew out the piece and scanned it into the computer. In seconds the file was vectorized. I exported it to the cutting program and pushed the start button on the CNC plasma cutter. It was only a few minutes until the complex part was cut and off the machine. A few seconds with the sanding disk will make it ready to incorporate into the sign. This is pure magic!