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Ring fingers
Dear all
So time ticks on and gradual progress continues at the glove factory with work continuing. Now up to making the ring fingers. Again a similar construction to the other fingers. I am really rubbish at edge colouring but picked up a great tip from the forum (I think from Kevin WS or dhanners or mbauer if my memory is correct, which is by no means always right) which is to use a graphite pencil to colour the edge for any part (other than white). I find it works really well. I use a very soft pencil, 6B As you can see below it is really soft. Running it along the edge of parts "cuts" into the lead of the pencil So I continue making the ring fingers I seem to be getting more clumsy and loosing concentration each day and keep catching things, cutting things wrong and so on which require "fixes and repairs" Anyway I complete the distal and middle phalanges (see post 289 for medical diagram) and join them together and then strengthen them Next the proximal phalanges are made and connected to the rest of the finger Finally I need to strengthen the last part of the finger. So I need a supply of strengthening strips Each strip has to be cut to the right length. I find this very difficult to judge just by "looking into" the finger so instead hold the finger up to a bright light and measure off the distance that way. I am still concerned about whether I am making the the fingers too stiff where they are going to join onto the hand but have no real way of judging it. So I gradually strengthen the fingers And finally the ring fingers are finished So just the 4 pinky fingers to go. So the end of the fingers and thumbs production is in sight now Regards Kevin Regards Kevin
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You seem to have the fingers sussed, another section you can tick of your build list.
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well your getting there well done
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Yes it seems to be slowly getting there Regards Kevin
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Pinky fingers for life-size models
Dear all
So it is the last fingers, the pinkies. It is the usual method. Cutting out parts... getting a bit of an assembly line going... strengthening... last bits... and done... So these last 4 fingers have taken quite a while, mostly due to having not too much time lately for paper modelling. Hopefully that will improve soon. Anyway, that is 20 digits completed (Gene is "viewing things" in the background!) Now to join them together and then onto the mit. Crucial is going to be how flexible the fingers will be at the base when joining to the mit. They do feel like I have made them too stiff. I hope not since I would not like to have to remake all those fingers and thumbs again. Regards Kevin
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awesome work as all ways cant wait to see the glove completed once again great work
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Fingers crossed, sir
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Regards Kevin
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Cheers Vermin_King. About to post what has happened.
Regards Kevin
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Fingers to mit Buzz's left hand
Dear all
So the last month has been very up and down for me, mostly down. However have managed to inch forward on progress of the model. So last time I had completed all the fingers and thumbs So Buzz's left hand digits were selected Then I started to join the fingers to each other. In each case deciding which joining tabs to remove between the fingers The joins were too weak and needed strengthening straight away. Then came attaching the fingers to the mit. Gluegate! The fingers were too striff near their base and would not flex into the right position to fit into the mit. Ended up tearing and bodging the join near the base of the pinky I then needed to get some strengthening layers around the joins to stop the whole thing tearing every time I touched it. This was slow (surprisingly delicate) work Eventually got the hand stable So now the thumb needed to be attached I now knew these hands are going to need a lot of careful multi layered strengthening. At least 3 layers but possibly up to 6 layers in places. And so began the very slow process of doing that. Because of the curvature and very tight angles the strips could not be very big and each one (it seemed) required several dry fits and trimmings before it could be glued. I "discovered" (what everyone has probably known for years) that a dry glue spreader makes a good pressure rubbing stick But slowly and surely strengthened the mit and fingers until it was finished! There was a totally unforeseen surprise, in that the "wrinkling" effect of the glue made the mit and fingers look leathery, as is really made from a cloth like material. I now need to do the other 3 hands . I am not sure if they will have their own "gluegate" issues but at least I know it should be manageable. Regards Kevin
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