NakedMoleRat
Master Member
Through the cargo hold?
JABBA'S SAIL BARGE 1/6 SCALE
- Thread starter GEEK1138
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Are those window hatches made out of wood?
Lt Washburn
Sr Member
Maybe he's squishy and just kind of ...pours himself through an opening?
Just found this! This build is absolute madness in the best possible way, truly truly epic, cannot wait to see the final product.
Yes, they're laser cut from plywood
Ok, so I've finished detailing the hull;
got the greeblies fitted round the engine boxes and primed it all for painting
Next to do is fitting the rudders and tackling the sail stringers
Lordy be!
Just when I think you are too busy with all those giant scale models, you go and start another one!
Just when I think you are too busy with all those giant scale models, you go and start another one!
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
That seriously needs to be in a museum when it’s done.
This is insane! I wish I could see this in person.
Loved the “squishy” adjective. So appropriate for a slug. What great fictional character.
Great detail. Liked seeing the interior through the open window slats.
Cheers guys...glad I'm helping to keep u on the straight and narrow Joberg
So, I am experimenting with paint finishes for the hull and deck
The hull is gonna be like an aged/rusted bronze effect...I've loaded polyester resin with cold casting bronze powder and painted it on. Then poured ammonia into sawdust to create the fumes that will hopefully tarnish and darken the surface which I will buff back with wire wool
With the deck I want to achieve a distressed black metal effect. So I added Iron Oxide powder to black acrylic paint and applied it to the deck. Then spritzed it with lemon juice as a catalyst to bring out the reactive element in the paint
I'll post some pics in a coupla days when it's had time to react
Also fitted the rudders
And got my head around the sail stringers. I started by steaming Elm battens but they really weren't gonna be strong enough, so I switched to laminating with ply and epoxy
So, I am experimenting with paint finishes for the hull and deck
The hull is gonna be like an aged/rusted bronze effect...I've loaded polyester resin with cold casting bronze powder and painted it on. Then poured ammonia into sawdust to create the fumes that will hopefully tarnish and darken the surface which I will buff back with wire wool
I'll post some pics in a coupla days when it's had time to react
Also fitted the rudders
And got my head around the sail stringers. I started by steaming Elm battens but they really weren't gonna be strong enough, so I switched to laminating with ply and epoxy
Geek1138,
Interesting use of wood shavings & saw dust.
I am sure you will, but when using a large container of NH3, make sure the opening is above your nose. As a student chemistry lab assistant years ago, I opened a large container on the floor to fill the small eye dropper bottles for the next class. This large glass container was half full and apparently in the sun coming from a window. I woke up on the floor.
Interesting use of wood shavings & saw dust.
I am sure you will, but when using a large container of NH3, make sure the opening is above your nose. As a student chemistry lab assistant years ago, I opened a large container on the floor to fill the small eye dropper bottles for the next class. This large glass container was half full and apparently in the sun coming from a window. I woke up on the floor.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
I’m in, depending on price.
Quick update; Iron oxide with lemon juice worked pretty well. I ended up just loading black acrylic paint with the powder and spritzing that when it dried;
I will buff this back a bit but it will act as a base coat for the final deck
The Ammonia blackened the Bronze powder so I'm going at it with wire wool to expose the metal;
I will buff this back a bit but it will act as a base coat for the final deck
The Ammonia blackened the Bronze powder so I'm going at it with wire wool to expose the metal;
