Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
You have excelled yourself on this project Mr T. There is so much to luv about this build. Figures are great to watch coming together Beautiful craftmanship all round
You're suppose to restrain yourself...what are friends for.Steve - good idea
John - oh no, the bucket of shame
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having got a bit lazy last night just attaching the bucket as it came off the sprue I was quite rightly taken to task by John
so.....
soaked it in Tammy cement until it came loose and then prised the chain out of it
pulled off and binned the handle then pared it down on the inside with a blade and thinned the rim
since it was now in pieces I distressed the surface with a micro file to create a dented look
made a couple of handle mounts from copper sheet with 0.5mm holes for the handle and CA'd them to the rim
made a new handle from 0.5mm steel wire - the spring of the wire holds the ends through the mount holes
hung the bucket back on the hook and put the chain inside - the weight caused the bucket to tilt nicely so CA'd everything in place
mixed up a small piece of Duro and rolled it out wafer thin - cut the edges off to form a square rag then used a rubber tipped sculpting tool to push it in to the bucket and shape it
hopefully it is no longer the bucket of shame and will pass inspection
Not much to show tonight - couldn't be bothered due to heat
Now that is dedication - clever way of doing it. Looks good. Quite common to see stuff just "placed" onto vehicles with no visible means of support. Shame 'cause it never looks right.tried bending some clips but they proved to be just too small so I resorted to using two links from a piece of Aber etch chain
the two links were twisted 90deg to each other, CA'd to the back of the water bottle and then strung on some nylon thread
Excuse us Wise One.Morning Simon
Bucket looks good now. Nice of John to keep you on your toes - we really can't let you get lazy in your old age
Figures are coming on nicely. I suppose the cling film is just to stop the putty sticking when getting the figures to "place" naturally. Little sculpting tool looks useful.
Jim
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