For the display case I created a project in Illustrator (since I have always used it in my previous job). It was the first time for me to work with pexiglass since in my previous job I worked with cardboard and similar materials but my knowledge came quite handy and in the end the top was solid enough even with a 3mm thickness which reduced significantly both weight and price.
This is the top before the gluing part.
These are the blocks that are going to be glued to the base and then can be screwed to the top so that it doesn't accidentally open. This is a big boy and didn't want to run into any problems later on.
Same blocks ready to be screwed and glued to the base.
My pexiglass supplier made a big mess even with the base. I asked for a 6+3mm base and he gave me a 2+2+2+2mm ... I had no words. So instead of having 2 pieces to glue together I had 4 ... what a joy:
For the small label I just had to bend it ... but next time I will have to create something better: it curled like crazy in the wrong points ... oh boy what a nightmare. But in the end it came out quite alright:
My father wanted to have a background and I had already the same idea for my other ship. No problem. I created a support:
I searched a bit over the net and came out with 20 pics or so and PS made a quick collage and picked the best 3. My dad selected this one:
After gluing the blocks and layers together, the base here should be a bit more understandable:
And finally ready to make the holes in the top:
But just in case I used some kitchen wrapping paper to protect the Pexiglass so here is the result I can give you right now:
