A Working Carousel for the Lobby of Drayton Manor Hotel Most of the Characters Were Hand-Carved Areas of the Carousel Were Designed in 3D CAD and 3D Printed in Nylon Roof Section Designed in CAD with Intricate Twisting Mouldings All The Horses Were Replicated Using Vacuum Casting Characters and Horses Alike Were Painted with Colorful and Lustrous Finishes Malcolm Nicholls and the Owner of Drayton Manor Colin Bryan Get a Quote Now
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Drayton Manor Hotel Carousel

Market Sector: Sports and Leisure

Processes Used: CAD Services, SLA - 3D Printing, SLS - 3D Printing, Model Making, Vacuum Forming, Vacuum Casting, Finishing Touches

Model Type: Exhibition Models, Scale Models

Looking for a large scale model? Coming full circle in the 40th year for Malcolm Nicholls Limited (MNL), one of the company’s recent projects was with the same company with which Malcolm Nicholls started producing prototypes at the beginning. This project was the development of a scale model for a carousel at Drayton Manor Theme Park and the results speak for themselves. The theme for the carousel is a blend of the old and the new, a chord struck in parallel with the technologies used to create this magnificent attraction. This case study not only demonstrates our exceptional capabilities but also illustrates why companies that partner with us keep coming back time and time again.

Size of the carousel

The carousel was built with a 2-metre diameter by 2-metre high, the exhibit was installed in the reception of the new Drayton Manor Hotel only weeks before its grand opening on the 15th of August 2011.

The fully working model was a combined effort by all departments at MNL. Using a combination of traditional model-making and 3D printing techniques the carousel took shape. The horses that would circle the carousel, were all the names of some of the grandchildren of both Malcolm Nicholls and Mr Colin Bryan, one of the owners of Drayton Manor, these very same horses were hand carved by Malcolm and then replicated by MNL’s soft tooling (silicone tooling) and vacuum casting.

The curved “drapes” that make up the roof sections were drawn in 3D CAD and produced on a large frame Stereolithography (SLA) machine. Again the sections were replicated using vacuum casting in a durable Polyurethane.

If you want to see the carousel in-person visit the Drayton Manor Hotel

A Working Large Scale Model of the Thomas The Tank Engine Themed Carousel for the Lobby of the Drayton Manor Hotel

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