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Not much on the go in my shop. Working on finding a decent picture of the Royal Gull undercarriage and need to buy some chrome yellow paint for my Peashooter wings. I also started (heaven forbid) a plastic 1/48 Skyraider. Argus and Sabre still idle.
Lou
B-25J gunship done.
Ken Pugh
Well not a good start to the month,just scrapped a weeks work today when I forgot to put release agent on my Bristol Buckingham moulds,result one solid mass of latex rubber,attempts to chisel it open resulted in further damage.
Think I will just build a small interesting solid to cheer me up,these things happen all part of the ongoing learning curve.
Barry.
I've got the major components of the Stinson A glued together, so I will be starting the finishing process this month.
Ouch, Barry.
Glad it wasn't on some long-term large project. Lessons learned from mistakes are the ones we keep.
Ken Pugh
I still don't have much going on in the model area at the moment. Soccer season just ended, which hopefully will help our family's schedule a bit.
For Halloween, I ended up sewing two canvas tunics so that my sons could dress up like Jedi Knights, and I made up a pair of Han Solo's trousers so I could go to a costume party with them.
With some of the left-over canvas, I finally got around to making a tool roll for my files, at least my 8-inch files. I have some bigger files that are still trying to beat each other to oblivion in a tool drawer, so I'll need to make a second one. I still need to add a tie to one edge of the roll, but then I'll take some photos and post them.
Garet
Barry, I hate to be wise after the event, but if you used silicon, you wouldn't need release agent.
I've never used it for silicon. It just pops off a treat. More expensive, but much finer.
Martin
Martin I assumed this to be Latex but am now wondering ? the name is Polytek PT Flex 70,does that ring a bell with you Martin ?
Barry.
In keeping with the spirit of the PING I regret to advise the group that, while I was hopping that my P51 and Mosquito would be finished by or rather before the end of 2011, it looks that at least the Mustang will not be finished in the time period that I thought would be sufficient. It would be easier to understand why when I also remark that the P51 would be better called something like "Learner - One" for that pretty much describes its contribution. In fact it just may have a misadventure on its test flight.
Cliff
Barry, that sounds very fancy, but I don't know the name. But you now have what my chum uses (via PM) so you can't really go wrong.
Here's some of what he's done in the resin he mentioned, from my patterns.
The wee Sprite/Midget was mastered in carved pearwood, just like SMM!
Cheers,
Martin
Outstanding workmanship Martin,now that is the colour of the resin that I need for my project, a kind of biscuit colour.
Barry.
Barry, thanks. I'm not sure if anything other than aircraft is welcome on here so I haven't thought to put anything else up, although all my work is effectively carved from solid including the brass pieces.
That resin is the norm, though I have recently seen two models cast in a grey one which feels a little springy, which is obviously better for the slot racers who crash a lot!
Martin
Martin if it is carved from wood then it is eligible,we have had all sorts of interesting things made by those on SMM from spaceships to our recent octypus ! it is not restricted to aircraft but ships and boats etc as well.
Barry.
Oh, well, then.
Since I'm only just making my first aircraft, which my daughter still hasn't sent me the pictures of, here's some other jobs I've carved.
First the brass. This was ordered in the morning by phone and sent by the afternoon's last post!
For an Alfa based Monopoly game for a Midlands Giftware company.
Martin
A couple of Astons in 1/20th scale for Aston Martin's giftware range. These were cast in resin and heavily electro-formed in 7thou. silver and hallmarked,
Carved in CIBATool resin block in one piece, no filler, with brass wheels and tyres. Pirelli PZero tyre treads done with photo-etching from my artwork.
Martin
Finally, for now, a 1/5th scale BSA DBD34 Clubman "Gold Star" engine and gearbox.
Largely carved from brass, the fins are separately carved and then dropped one by one over a piece of 15mm gas pipe, set in the crankcase.
The nuts round the timing case and on the kick start are real 16BA ones, screwed on then locked with Loctite from a needle. The crossed rifles on the stand were home etched using nail varnish and sulphuric acid!
Martin
Outstanding work Martin,I really like the detail in that engine,a challenging subject,you will have no problem with a few solids,a fine pedigree.
Barry.
Help, carver's block
Lou
Just like artists white out,do not worry Lou help is at hand,SMM support group is at your disposal,take a small break because sometimes it is needed,a week or so and you will be carving away merrily again.
November is never a very inspirational month with the grey weather outside here at least.
Barry.
You just got through doing something rather complicated so go for something simple or something completely different. I am going the boat route. Before I jump into the J boat in water, I am thinking of doing a 1:1200 ship. Since I am still thinking, the topic is a secret for now. I am using a card model as the template basis for the model.
Different or simple. Low stress and something that will let your mind wander to what you really want to tackle next.
Ken Pugh
Thanks guys.
Lou
A quote from Pete Morro and pictures of his last creation the B-70.
Hi, Lou
The latest from old "one eye".....I'm still not driving - no peripheral vision! Bottom half blurred. The eye seems to be improving....the Doc said 60 days, so maybe by Christmas I''ll be back to normal.
Stumbling my way through an EC121 now......Things are going slowly!....Pete
Lou