mellons Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Heres another one- this time very heavily worked. more to do on lugs but main aspect on this is the crease between the lugs. I have wanted to do this for a few reshapes but the curved lug section always looked good so never got around to it After the heavy work on the previous dsn version i thought i would give this a go and see if there was enough material here- there is for anyone who is thinking of doing the same Here is the midcase part completed- custom bbb non-domed caseback to go on as well as lowered plexi and more work to lugs etc. Crease between the lugs is a lot of work but certainly adds to appearance of the case (although not that visible with strap mounted!!!) In addition here all flat surfaces have been slightly curved along with lugs lowered and caseback area softened etc. When i get caseback on etc. i will post overall shots of this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 wow, very nice work as usual mel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 here is an interim mock-up with stock bezel and custom bbb caseback. The bezel is great but i will lower plexi slightly. River's stock caseback is very nice but the domed plexi makes the case ride a bit high on teh wrist imho- particularly as this is to be a slimmer 6154. A flat display (like the one shown here) I think works better and looks (and feels) a bit more balanced on. More to do on lugs and case etc. For lug shapers you can see the material left near caseback and also on the bezel between the lugs- plenty here (just about). be careful not to go at too acute an angle (particularly on top) as you will undershot bezel too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 progress update- more weight loss! Case slimmed down by approx 0.2mm to 5.8mm, plexk lowered and more work on sides. Lugs have been reworked also to get more tuttle shape. very tricky working on these lugs- i thought i had lost case at one point. There is very little material to work with and one slip up means the bin....definitely not for the faint hearted lol temporary slim display caseback mounted before i get athaya's slim bbb display caseback. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mt666tm Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Nice work! Much better with the thinner caseback too. What dial do you plan to use? Edited September 28, 2013 by mt666tm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted September 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 I have a nice brown southy rp with slight radium burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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