A little Diorama for Christmas
- Thread starter OldMiner
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I have never had that stuff. What brand/type do you use? Thanks for the tip!
I hope you get feeling better. Stay warm and get plenty of rest, and have a Merry Christmas!
Bondic is the name brand. I first got it from HobbyTown USA, now I order the cheap knock off from Amazon.
Thanks! That is the one I was looking at.
I‘m still out of commission but Mike likes what I have done and will wait for me to finish it. The Bronco was a surprise.
I‘m still out of commission but Mike likes what I have done and will wait for me to finish it. The Bronco was a surprise.
Thanks! I do feel some better, but now my wife has the same thing. We are waiting for a call from the doc so we can go to the clinic.
The wheel/tires don’t fit under the Bronco model well. I downloaded Bronco fender flair pics yesterday. Ours has the added flares so putting them on the model should do the trick. They are cut out quite a bit.
I want to work on the front door of the house diorama next. I’m putting an idea here so I don’t forget it. Tyvek should make great hinges for such things.
The wheel/tires don’t fit under the Bronco model well. I downloaded Bronco fender flair pics yesterday. Ours has the added flares so putting them on the model should do the trick. They are cut out quite a bit.
I want to work on the front door of the house diorama next. I’m putting an idea here so I don’t forget it. Tyvek should make great hinges for such things.
We made it back from the doc with two sticks each… steroid and antibIotic. Not much can be done for bronchitis, but they want to avoid pneumonia by using the antibiotic while our lungs are gooed up.
I did a little paper cutting while waiting for the doc to call us to the clinic.
The little prototype bronco printer paper test piece showed me how to make the fender flares. I penciled the outline of the top edge of the flare on the side and cut tabs up to that line. Then they were trimmed to the width of the flare. This will work. So, I printed some card stock parts to prove the concept with. The second pic shows the idea. Tabs, cover piece and then an outer piece for the edge of the flare.
The idea is to end up with something similar to this:
Any suggestions on a ‘filler’ for paper models? I have never attempted smoothing joints on a model.
Maybe coats of PVA and sand smooth after it dries?
I did a little paper cutting while waiting for the doc to call us to the clinic.
The little prototype bronco printer paper test piece showed me how to make the fender flares. I penciled the outline of the top edge of the flare on the side and cut tabs up to that line. Then they were trimmed to the width of the flare. This will work. So, I printed some card stock parts to prove the concept with. The second pic shows the idea. Tabs, cover piece and then an outer piece for the edge of the flare.
The idea is to end up with something similar to this:
Any suggestions on a ‘filler’ for paper models? I have never attempted smoothing joints on a model.
Maybe coats of PVA and sand smooth after it dries?
A build on steroids... 
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!
I really hope both of you are getting better soon. )
@Rhaven Blaack has made a tut on paper putty.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!
I really hope both of you are getting better soon. )@Rhaven Blaack has made a tut on paper putty.
That looks perfect! I have a jar of oak sanding dust from when my wife refinished our deck furniture this summer. I will give this a try.A build on steroids...
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!
@Rhaven Blaack has made a tut on paper putty.
Arrggg… I feel worse today than yesterday. Steroids and antibiotics… lions and tigers and bears. Oh My!
But Brown brought a goodie box today so I had to open and test the contents.
These are hair clips. I’ve used them for years as glue clamps but couldn’t find the ones that are somewhere, so more came. They are cheap.
The single point ones go into small areas nicely. I clipped the rounded points off of those I tested so they would fit the job better. They can be bent or trimmed lots of ways. The double point ones are my favorite. Trim, bend, cut to your needs.
I bent this double point to show one way to use them. This is for flat to flat clamping. You can of course cut off one set of prongs and have a really skinny, long reach clamp.
Gonna take a nap now. Most of last night was spent flopping around because of the steroids. I’ll take more drugs tonight.
But Brown brought a goodie box today so I had to open and test the contents.
These are hair clips. I’ve used them for years as glue clamps but couldn’t find the ones that are somewhere, so more came. They are cheap.
The single point ones go into small areas nicely. I clipped the rounded points off of those I tested so they would fit the job better. They can be bent or trimmed lots of ways. The double point ones are my favorite. Trim, bend, cut to your needs.
I bent this double point to show one way to use them. This is for flat to flat clamping. You can of course cut off one set of prongs and have a really skinny, long reach clamp.
Gonna take a nap now. Most of last night was spent flopping around because of the steroids. I’ll take more drugs tonight.
