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Bluethroat - Johan Scherft
Well, time to start my first new model of the year (leaving aside the couple I am in the progress of still finishing).
Oddly enough my first new build in 2019 was also one of Johan's birds (the Collared Flycatcher), and oddly also a model in a flying pose - so good training for this one! The Collared Flycatcher build is here if you are interested - Collared Flycatcher - Johan Scherft. ----------------------- The model is available as a download from his site and is very reasonably priced in Euros. It is life-sized (1/1), as are most of Johan's models. The kit consists of a single download containing...
Johan's instructions for this bird say it should be printed on 120 gram paper (in the USA/Canada, 120-gram paper equals 26lb bond or ledger - paper thickness .065 of an inch +/- 0.004 inches). ----------------------------- Interestingly enough, it is the first commercial model that as far as I am aware, Johan has produced of a bird in flight with its beak open. And does it look good! Unlike the Collared Flycatcher – that is placed on a wire stand, this model is designed to be suspended. I am looking forward to making this, as I am interested in the construction method used to display the open mouth. ----------------------------- A few facts about the real bird (which I have never seen, but would like to)…
I'll start the model in a couple of days - as soon as I can get a gap! Pictures 1 and 2 - The two sheets of parts – the white overspray is my anti-pirating work! Also, note that my pictures are low quality - they are just to give an idea of the parts and are not representative of the excellent quality of the actual model. Picture 3 shows a picture of the bird from the cover sheet, courtesy Johan Scherft.
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Hi Kevin, looking forward to this one! Looks like a beautiful model. The bird has an opened beak, which is a nice feature.
Good luck, I'll be following! Erik |
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Thank you, Erik - yes I am very interested as to how the open beak works out in the end!
It may be a feature I can use to modify future models as well!
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JohnM has just picked up that Johan has now posted an instructional video on YouTube.
Here is the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugd...3Fs2Pd6NzoZVh8 Thanks, John!
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looking forward to seeing this...
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Nice looking bird model. You are collecting quite an aviary with all of those bird models you are making.
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Thanks FRD and Doug..
For aviary read "cupboard". Need to give more away - I wait until someone wants one, then they can have it!
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OK - off we go!
Where the number of parts in a kit is not high, I prefer to often just cut them all out at the beginning - which is what I did here. There are a total of 28 parts in this kit - which for an individual bird from Johan is high - and they took about 4 hours to cut out. Ensure that you read the instructions through before starting - there are two parts with cut lines that should NOT be cut at this stage. Picture 1 (bottom of post) - The parts before cutting them out. Picture 2 (below) - Everything cut out. I sometimes use a ziplock packet to keep the pieces in before I use them. Picture 3 (bottom of post) - The slots NOT TO BE CUT OUT are marked in yellow! Assembly of the model (except for the head) looks to follow the standard methods used by Johan in his previous models. Next up - making the simple double-sided parts...
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I appreciate all the information on the bird and the model.
It looks like you are off to your usual good start with the precise cutting out of the parts. I look forward to the rest of this build report/tutorial. Don |
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Thank you, Don. I hope you find it useful and it inspires you to do your first bird!
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