Wintertime Hobbies

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Re: Wintertime Hobbies

Post by a_contemplative_life » Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:53 pm

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Masking off all this plexiglass is a pain...
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Post by a_contemplative_life » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:09 am

Here's something kind of fun. It's an old cast iron doorstop or mantel piece shaped like a London mail coach. It has a small red light bulb that mounts on the inside. I'm having it media blasted to remove all the old paint, and then I'll repaint it and put some sort of lamp shade material in the windows.

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Possible painting scheme...

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Post by dongregg » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:09 am

Beautiful work!

Edit: I mean beautiful goal!
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Post by a_contemplative_life » Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:08 am

Media blasted to bare cast iron

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First primer coat

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Post by gattoparde59 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:10 pm

Do you have a spot picked out for it?

I'll break open the story and tell you what is there. Then, like the others that have fallen out onto the sand, I will finish with it, and the wind will take it away.

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Post by a_contemplative_life » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:01 am

gattoparde59 wrote:Do you have a spot picked out for it?
I think it'll end up in my office. If you mean the carriage.
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Post by a_contemplative_life » Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:22 pm

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Next will apply black-green splinter camo.
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Post by gkmoberg1 » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:34 pm

Nicely done! That looks really sharp.

I did a 1:72 scale F-16 once, doing a similar job with the taping and spray paint.

It takes a good level of concentration to lay out the tape, make sure its secure and in the right spot, and then doing the spray applications.

How are you doing the underside? Is there is similar camo configuration?

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