> On a FT note: does anybody have a reliable way of carving 'decking'
Usual ways to add panel detail in say a styrene kit which is probably softer
is to use a scribe tool. This is like a very sharp needle with a hardened tip.
Scribe the lines
using a steel rule - or pencil them in and do by hand.
Rivet marks can be cut with sharpened tube ends. The other way is the
Thunderbirds effect (based on the way jerry anderson model are painted) the
panels are formed by airbrushing using card as the panel edge mask and lighter
and darker tones.
Look at any of the jerry anderson models to see the effect. This is probably
your best bet. As you say its a lot easier to add detail to soft material.
> > On a FT note: does anybody have a reliable way of carving 'decking'
Another way, I think, would be to add detail, rather than carving it. Cut bits
of plastic and glue it to the basic shape you already have. This could be
little bits of models (I think a cheap plastic battleship model goes a long
way for bits), or pieces of plastic sheeting cut for armor plates.
Not that I'm an experience modeller, but I think it would work.
> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Andy Skinner wrote:
I did this with the GZG resin vehicles -- I had some plastic bits &
pieces left over from a model tank kit (the one I used to make the 25mm grav
tank). I cut the plastic bits & pieces into squares & rectangles, and glued
them onto the sides of the resin vehicle. Of course, this led the more
observant people to ask, "Why are there spare treads attached to a Goliath Mk.
II grav tank?" (Answer: Oops... I thought it looked cool at the time...:)
> > > On a FT note: does anybody have a reliable way of carving
Damn.. that's it, the trade secret is out now. Look at some of GZG's FT ships
(the CMD ones) and you can see that that's precisely how they're made. You can
even go as far as spotting which particular
sheets of Evergreen sidewalk, v-groove and metal siding plastic Paul
Copeland used on each master (if you're that interested!). Not that
I'm criticising - I make masters in exactly the same way.
> This could be little bits of models (I think a cheap plastic
The Model Aerodrome chain here in the UK is currently having a big
clearout of Fujimi 1/700th warships (half-price or less). They're
excellent value for spare parts - the only bits you can't really use
are the hull and deck (unless you're making a very big ship).
-I did this with the GZG resin vehicles -- I had some plastic bits &
pieces
-left over from a model tank kit (the one I used to make the 25mm grav
-tank). I cut the plastic bits & pieces into squares & rectangles, and
-glued them onto the sides of the resin vehicle. Of course, this led the
-more observant people to ask, "Why are there spare treads attached to
-a Goliath Mk. II grav tank?" (Answer: Oops... I thought it looked cool
-at the time... :)
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-Rick Rutherford
-rickr@digex.net
-Custom Enterprise Networks
-DIGEX Inc.
What?!? They aren't aware of the Goliath's auxiliary tracked bogeys for towed
recovery? Haven't they seen UFFS:
AD/2443.134/rr/6115/GropposOb/boSS?
What were they going to do, float it out with little helium party balloons?
Disallowed, UFFS: EH/2446.005/jr/6116/DingusSillius/poinTyhEAD!
What can I say, PSB is my LIFE. It covers EVERYTHING.
The_Beast
Rick spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> I did this with the GZG resin vehicles -- I had some plastic bits &
I thought you told me those weren't tracks.... (grin).
But yes, components of modern military models are good. Another good thing to
look at is the stuff they use for model railways. You can get metal mesh,
plastic girder material in various scales, and metal tubing. So you can make
all manner of things with these goodies.
Tom.
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Thanks everybody for the suggestions.
Hopefully, I can make my Bolos look like Bolos as opposed to little
lumps of clay. (Anybody for ClayWar? (8-) )
J.
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:00:14 -0500 (EST) Rick Rutherford
> <rickr@ss1.digex.net> writes:
> >more observant people to ask, "Why are there spare treads attached to
Damn near everyone did.. a lot more common than sandbags.