My First Mini!

Hi All,

Sorry to fall victim to a bit of hubris, but I'd like some unbiased
opinions ;-)

My first sculpting attempt is at

http://www.tonyfrancis.free-online.co.uk/brigadeframes.htm

in the Design section.

Oh my! I want some!

I'd like a squadron of at least eight. These can be painted up in a variety of
different methods and different squadron colors.

Beautiful work on your first attempt, Schoon. I would greatly encourage you to
continue to increase your sculpting skill and talent.

What is your next project, by the way?

Jon

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It occurred to me to give some technical comments about your work as well.

The symmetry about the fuselage axis is very good.

The lines of the wings appear identical and orthogonal to the main structure.

There is a slight mismatch near the bridge structure along the raised panels,
but it is not obvious. The port side panels appear to be a bit more forward
than the starboard.

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By the same comparison, look at the figure above it. The lines are not as
orthogonal and the bridge structure is offset to the starboard. The engines
are not aligned.

Jon

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> At 06:08 AM 3/4/00 -0800, you wrote:

Schoon, Very nice! How did you sculpt these? I've begun feeling the urge to do
some sculpting lately, though mainly for infantry figs. A long while back I
bashed together a fuel tanker for FT, though it doesn't look like much. I may
go back and see if I can't make it work a bit better.

Schoon,

It looks great! How did you go about sculpting it and what did you make it
from?

Hope to see more of them.

Nathan

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> What is your next project, by the way?

I was thinking of doing a compliment of Swiss ships. I've got to get with Tony
and see if my new concepts are legal in the casting world.

> Very nice! How did you sculpt these? I've begun feeling the

It's all styrene. Evergreen and Plastruct make a wide variety of "chunks" to
play with.

However, I've done regular figs on occasion - though more modification
than building entirely from scratch. Green putty (the blue and yellow kind)
and fine milliput are the substances of choice there.

> Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote:

I know the answer to this one. Replicating Swiss cheese without permission is
definitely a copyright violation.

Gouda one.

In a message dated 3/4/00 8:10:07 AM Central Standard Time,
schoon@aimnet.com writes:

<< Hi All,

Sorry to fall victim to a bit of hubris, but I'd like some unbiased
 opinions ;-)

My first sculpting attempt is at

 http://www.tonyfrancis.free-online.co.uk/brigadeframes.htm

in the Design section.
> [quoted text omitted]
I like it! Good design, and I've always loved the strikeboat concept, even if
it's not cost-efficient in FB terms...

John