"Sculpey" Logs...
Well,I got kicked off the internet before I could post one last message...I had wanted to know who else had tried this method. According to the article, the next step is to stain the logs with a variety of woody colours. In the second picture, the log is still wet. I found that it took a bit of effort to get the Sculpey to"stick" to the dowling, as it kept trying to unravel. I roughed up the sides with a razor saw to give the dowling a little more texture for the Sculpey to hold on to.
ImaTBF, yes, I did make the stump,too. It had just come out of the oven, and hadn't been painted or stained yet. Thanks for the tip with the mineral oil.
Vic, this article was published in the January / February issue of the
GAZETTE and I have included a picture below. Yes, the log buggy is as you suspect. They were offered as "log cars" in 3 packs, a great deal at about $3.00 per car. In O scale, however, they're only 16 feet long. But I don't think that they look too bad, and as far as I'm concerned, they'll do until I can justify the price of the $30.00 per On30 version...or better yet, until I can build my own master and cast a bunch in metal. Until then, my little loggers will just have to cut the logs to fit the shorter cars.
Finally, thanks to all for the kind compliments.