It's been a bit quiet on the 4x5 front for me recently but it's still ticking along! I haven't built the bellows yet, I'm waiting for the body to be ready so I can build them around it. I have been refining the design a bit though to make it look a bit less 'industrial'! Mainly playing with some of the sizes and rounding the corners. As it stands, every part will be cut from one sheet of 6mm material. The first build will be made from MDF to test the alignment/sizes on something cheap. once I'm happy with it, I'll make another out of 6mm acrylic but as it's not a standard size it will have be ordered in so I want to know it's right before I do.
Render1 by
Steve Lloyd, on Flickr
Render2 by
Steve Lloyd, on Flickr
There are a few parts that might not work too well in 6mm material, particularly the lens board and brackets. I'm going to test them out first anyway and make a decision after that :0)
For reference, the rear standard is 30mm thick in total (layered from 6mm pieces that are essentially frames so won't be heavy). The front standard is 18mm thick (3 layers).
If anyone's interested, there's on online model available
here that can be rotated/zoomed to see more detail.