PART 1
Continuing, the next parts to go on the body have to be made up – the neck, the “tail cone” and the tail itself.
The Neck
One part makes a simple cone. Preshape and glue carefully.
Picture 1 – The part cut out.
Picture 2 – The finished neck.
The “Tail Cone”.
Picture 3 – The “tail cone” is also made up of a single part.
The important thing here is to shape the part properly before glueing it together.
- Place it in the palm of your hand, pointed end up and printed side down.
- Then using the handle of your modelling knife, or something similar in size, push the part into your hand and then move the knife in an arc – from the pointed end of the part to the one edge and then back again.
- Keep repeating this, gently, and the more you repeat the motion the more the part will become rounded.
- Eventually, you will have a shape similar to the one on Picture 2.
Picture 4 – The part ready to glue.
Picture 5 and 6 – The finished part glued together.
PART 2 below is a continuation of this section of the build.