Same old tune

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks for the nice words! Hector, here is a link to one source for the jute material. Back in the sixties and seventies it was commonly used for making plant hangers and other Hippie items.

http://www.dickblick.com/zz652/01/

I did a quick paint up of a lizard from The Backshop. This is as far as I got:



I lost interest when I realized it should have longer toenails and briefly considered ways to do it

CD

[finescalerr]

Doubtless a good decision, Chuck, because model judges, hobbyists, and I myself all would deduct a substantial number of points from your model because of the "unprototypical" length of the lizard's toes. Perhaps you could replace the offending figure with a squatting rat whose fur would obscure the unrealistic toes. Or perhaps a sloth. Or maybe an enormous pile of oats. Great Guns, it is SO hard for me to express the extent of my disappointment! -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Leapin Lizards!

CD

[Chuck Doan]

Steering wheel done. Cleaned up metal casting. Added cracks to ?hard rubber? rim with X-acto blade. Painted with Polly Scale black and Gray. Chipped gray, then dipped in Blacken-it. Final treatment with Bragdon powders.





CD

[John McGuyer]

Mac McCalla's signature on one of his weathering jobs is 'bird poop' somewhere on the model. I've offered to bring my parrot 'Chablis' over to his house to create him some prototypes to work from. He just doesn't seem to be into that. Somehow there seems to be a limit to how prototypical we get.

John

[marc_reusser]

Chuck,

Great look and finish. The cracks are a nice detail.  Was there any effect on the Polly-Scale when/after dipping it in the blacken it?


Marc

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks, Marc. No effect at all. Blackens the exposed metal perfectly.

CD

[RoughboyModelworks]

Agreed - super work. Paint wear on outboard end of spokes and on hub-nut is especially convincing.

Bill

[TRAINS1941]

Chuck

Nice work on the wheel it looks perfect wear from people holding on to the spokes instead of the wheel itself.

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Here's a couple of update shots. Inbetween fixing leaks this weekend I actually got a little done!




CHuck

[marc_reusser]

Just beautiful. It's great to see it finally coming together.

Are you using ACC to hold it all in place?


Marc

[finescalerr]

Adequate work, Chuck. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Marc. I'm mostly using a combo of 5 min epoxy and JB Weld. THe 5 min. so I can do final align, and the JB for strength, especially the metat to metal bonds. But, JB takes 17 hours to set...

If I can get away with no finicky alignment, I use Loctite 454 gel. Super hold, but near immediate bond.

Russ, I WILL try harder!

Chuck

[TRAINS1941]

Chuck

Perfect just Perfect.  This is really starting to look like a real Tractor I believe when its all done and sitting in front of the barn on the diorama, one will not be able to tell whether its real or a model.

Jerry

[RoughboyModelworks]

Outstanding work Chuck 

It's interesting that you're using JB Weld. I've used it many times in motorcycle applications ? emergency repairs and so on. Incredibly tough stuff, but I've never thought of using it in the model shop. It's a little thick and heavy for most 1:48 work but there could be some future applications. Thanks for the tip.

Bill