Glad you like it Dave, feel for the old dog.Who is going to give you the award i would but our dogs lost his well they weren't lost exactly a vet stole them. Super smashing great well done buddy looking forward to the final touches. Dave
Cheers Tim.Looks great John. Really toxic looking pool…..
Many thanks Neil .Blimey John that's stonkingly good!
Cheers Andrew.Hi John
Just had a catch up.
That really is looking excellent. Absolutely top notch work my friend.
Very well done indeed!!!
ATB
Andrew
Thanks John, I do hope so after today's sanding !This is looking very, very good, John. It will be amazing when finished.
John.
Many thanks Mike, surprised you didn't hear the swearing this morning when I dropped the whole piece on the floor , broke off the turret. !Wobble,
What a credit to you, excellent build and carried out with finesse.
Hi and thanks Graeme, not certainly not .Just had a catch up John, very impressive work, the water does look very good, but not for swimming!
Butter fingers alright Chris, mind when it fell it was one one side being sanded on the front curve, " just jumped out of my grip sir "OLE butter fingers strikes again lol sorry john could not resist it but hope it turn out ok as that was a very good dio
CHRISB
You could have heated it up with your bunson burner....As I said the Wibble above while sanding the Tamiya tape off I dropped the whole thing on the floor !!!!!!
Saw the the turret had broken in three, luckily I'd not gone mad with the glue when assembling.
For some unknown reason the Tamiya tape which in the past has peeled off with out any great difficulty decided to stick to the resin.
After sanding by hand and getting nowhere fast out came to Bosch orbital sander , this managed slightly better.
In the end I used my Bosch jigsaw to remove a complete edge, it cut through the resin well and no doubt because I've had years of use with power tools I managed it well .Not some thing for a beginner to attempt.
Following a sanding of the surface around the tank I made up a final batch of resin, just 30 ml resin and 10 ml hardener. Strange to watch a sanded surface turn into a clear shinny surface. I let the resin flow over the front edge and made sure the front surface of the resin was fully coated as well .Left on some paint drying supports, covered with the bucket and after an hr looked to check for bubbles. None , looked good .
Tomorrow the check !
Thanks Neil, think its a good idea,. The photos will prove you point.Now that's a craftsman for you! Fingers crossed for the resin edge, John.
If it works,it might be worth doing intentionally next time you do a dio with water at the edge ...
I've always found the way the meniscus builds up against the fence of the pour detracts from the realism. Sounds to me like you have probably trimmed it off which will make the whole thing look a lot better in my humble opinion
Wibble I'm being very careful with the use of FIRE on this.You could have heated it up with your bunson burner....
Not quite what I said when it happened !You turned it into an open-topped SP gun
Thanks Joe, all that final coat resin came off since then as it failed to harden.FREAKING FANTASTIC LOOKING Mr Race
I’ll betNot quite what I said when it happened !
It was luckily Si, the result was pleasing.Hope it’s salvageable John!!
Thanks Paul.That is a great scene John, very nice indeed.
Its only 40 mm deep so think you'd be ok Jim . Thanks and good to see you.Great work John, always wanted to do a water based dio but I'm not a very good swimmer.
Jim.
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