Intro to Professional Model Making DVD - opinion?

Sluis Van Shipyards

I don't recall the name, so if he's a widely known ILMer you can laugh at me. Anyway he has a 2 DVD set that looks interesting. Has anyone gotten it yet? Fonco Store

jedimaster

I think Frank posted a link to it last week. Looks like a good set though. Shame it's prob only NTSC so it won't work here.

MonsieurTox

Maybe not widely known but he worked on several great movies !

Fon Davis - IMDb

Would love to buy it but like Simon said, it's probably only NTSC... it wont work here either.

3d-builder

I want to check this out thanks for posting it I never knew it existed.

DaddyfromNaboo

Julien, if you have a dvd player that supports region 1 discs, then the DVD will def play. On most pc dvd drives you can change the region settings.

Michael

PoopaPapaPalps

I know my computer does but mine, however, can only do it a certain number of times. So as an alternative, instead of having to whittle down the amount of times I can change my region settings, I just up and bought a region free dvd player.

It's still in use today, even though things are transitioning to Blu-Ray, but I've not quite cared enough about Blu-Ray yet to bother.

star-art

I have this DVD and I can highly recommend it. It was so interesting, I watched it non-stop all the way through. It's full of great tips and tricks, only a few of which I already knew.

I'd love to get more info about his spray booth setup. I'm wondering if this is something standard he adapted for his shop or if it was completely custom built.

Also, his vacuum chamber is very interesting. I've never seen one like that before. I liked the way he could bleed the vacuum to keep the RTV from overflowing its container during de-gassing.

T2SF

I bought the DVD and it worth it see many techniques in action. Although I knew most of the tricks I just have not used them in my personal projects. Fon covers a lot of techniques and tricks for those more curious about model building. He covers vacuum forming, scribing, mold/casting, basic electronics, washes, weathering. I may put my DVD up for sale soon as I took a few notes and do not need the DVD set. But anyone interested in the tools/tricks of the trade, most definitely get the DVD set. It will clear up any foggy ideas of tool use, tricks, approaches, techniques in plain sight. I'm much more visual so this just helped in that respect.

MonsieurTox

Never thought about my pc DVD player ! I should be able to read it then, thank you for the tip Michael !

breen2057

here's a link to a program i use it makes your pc dvd region free and you dont have to change the region settings of the dvd rom. it works great.

SlySoft AnyDVD | any dvd, region free, dvd copy, copy dvd movies, dvd decoder, dvd ripper, macrovision, dvd copying software

Go Flight

I have the DVD as well and it's excellent. Need help with vac form? He covers it. Can't make that smooth canopy? He shows how. Lighting? He does it.
The info just goes on and on... 2 thumbs up from me.

Constantine

I just got my Intro to Professional Model Making DVD for Christmas and I watched the first hour and so far it's very informative. I am so glad I got it, so many tips you can pick up just by watching it. Tools, types of material, methods and how he handles the materials, its well worth it. The DVD also played fine in my Samsung Blu-ray player (BD-D5700), I had no problems with it at all.

Clerval

A heads-up that Fon's dropped the price on these.

To recap: if you're wondering about some techniques or are curious about rounding out your foundation model building skills, this is a good double set to grab. Get these techniques down and you're far ahead of most hobbyists (and probably even a few pros, ugh). Anyone who's been working a few years may think that they'll get less out of it, but it's always good to see something in action and get a few reminders and tips.

opal1970

Thanks for the information, sounds like a very good investment for anyone wanting to improve their skills.

The link at the top gives me a "404 Not Found" error. I was able to find it at Amazon.com (unfortunatly, they do not ship overseas and Amazon.de doesn't have it )

but I was able to find it at ebay.com that ships worldwide

Jason

knightdriver2001

Just ordered mine from Micromark.com.

Can't wait to check it out.

Grant Da Modeler

He changed the part of the link that takes you to his online store.
It's still there.

Steamtech

I just ordered it as well, since it's so highly recommended here! Now I'm all excited to watch it and see all the new techniques and tricks of the trade. Weee!

b26354

Good tip about micromark... Amazon won't ship it to New Zealand and S&H fees direct from Fon's site were an extra $25 .

With micromark I can order a bunch of other useful stuff + the DVD and still only pay $13 for shipping

DS Operative

Last week I was just asking about videos in this thread:

http://www.therpf.com/f11/looking-in...inting-139775/

I hope this covers some of thing things I'm looking for and to see performed. I just bought one a few moments ago too. He's probably getting overwhelmed and wondering why increased sales all of the sudden!

Are there any other good videos out there?

NormanF

Got my copy and watched most of it. Very informative. I did start getting annoyed the first time I saw a time lapsed section thinking, "Gee, sure would be nice if I knew what he was doing", but then he went back and described it. I am really looking forward to trying some of the techniques I saw. One right away is going to save me a lot of trouble.

trooper

just ordered mine on amazon

trooper

got the video today, some very cool techniques. i to wished they didnt speed up the footage in some spots. i would have never thought of doing the double layer vacuum forming, very cool trick

zer0zen

I just ordered my DVD as well today from Amazon. It was recommended on the SS Betty build thread.

Canadianghandi

I know I'm way late on this but I just saw this and I thought I should could give a little input (I go to school for model making). I haven't ordered the video so if I'm saying things that are already in the video sorry.

If you guys would like a nice, free source for advice on molding check out smooth-on's website. Smooth-On, Inc. - Mold Making & Casting Materials Rubber, Plastic, Lifecasting, and More. They have tons of videos on cool things you can make with their products, and they sell starter/sample kits to for stuff. They are a great source for hobbyists.

I also recognize that red foam he's using. I take it he called it model board or tooling board or something of the sort? I use A LOT of that stuff on my projects at school. If you actually want some for yourself you can get it from BCC products. BCC Products. At least, that's where our school gets ours from

trooper

i wish we had a model builing class around here.....