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Kevin,is looking great!
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Truly gifted mate.
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Vinalssergio and Mike - thank you for your kind words! Appreciated.
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Making The Body - Part 4
Part 4.
Having made the tail cone this is now attached to the body. Picture 1 - This shows the body parts (excluding the head which I have yet to make). The easiest and cleanest way (in terms of glue) to attach the tail cone, is to proceed as follows...
Pictures 2 and 3 show the tail cone in place. Next step will be to "stuff" the body with tissue and also then add the supporting dowels for the wings.
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I've been known to stuff birds and small animals with tissue, but I've had a problem with doing that on Johan's models because of the skewers.
I do hope you will show how you stuff and still allow the skewers to run through. I found that very frustrating
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Thanks, VK - yes I will cover the stuffing method I use.
But this time around I am thinking of a change to the model as well maybe, which will also affect how I stuff it!
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Making The Body - Part 5
Part 5.
Before inserting the dowels and “stuffing” the body, the tail feathers should be attached. These were made up earlier (to reduce the loose number of pieces after I had cut them all out at the start of the model). Picture 1 – This shows the tail ready to be attached. Picture 2 – Now the tail has been inserted and has dried, before the tail feathers are inserted the additional slots should be cut out on either side with a pair of scissors. The area to be cut is shown in yellow on the picture.
Can't wait to start on the head, but still have some work on the body to finish!
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Look great Kevin ! Can't wait to see the end product !
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Yes, the head is the cherry on the cake because of the opened beak. Keep it up Kevin, you're doing great.
Have you already thought about how to display the model when it's finished? Johan turned into a bird mobile, but personally I would prefere a thin steel rod and small wooden stand, similar to e.g. the fly-catcher and finch. In that case you have to estimate where the center of gravity would be (likely underneath wings, as expected) and fix something that holds the rod in place. It certainly would look nicer than nylon strings or similar. |
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Thanks hrodgers!
---------------------------------------------------------- Erik - you read my mind. In one of the posts above, I said: "But this time around I am thinking of a change to the model as well maybe, which will also affect how I stuff it!". That's what I was referring to! I hate and loathe suspending models, and the Flycatcher on a wire looks so good and is so easy to handle, that I have decided to attempt a similar approach. I just now need sufficient pieces made up so I can use these to ensure I have the best approach.
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