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Small paper cut out form with a special resin called Raychem that filled in, creating the 3D bird. Boy that was a pain!

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Warbird Kid wrote:
Small paper cut out form with a special resin called Raychem that filled in, creating the 3D bird. Boy that was a pain!


Not the answer I was looking for, but thanks anyway! :lol:
I'm sure I can pull together a similar solution.


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Well, any epoxy will work. Its just a matter of sizing up the creature you want to make: (Drawing out the shape of whatever you want to make, then cutting it out.) For example the seagul is a two piece project.

1. Fuselage
2. Wings
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From there it was a matter of super gluing the body onto the tip of a toothpick, then gluing the wings onto the body. Probably a 5 min Epoxy would work even better then the Raychem since its 5 min quick dry and not 5 hr slow dry. Once you have applied the epoxy onto the cutout mold (gingerly) and it begins to set, you have the opportunity to pull certain features out that are wanted.

Example: When the two Scottish Terriers were created for the Hurricane diorama, the tails were made by just pulling gently when the epoxy was curing.

What, were you hoping for a link to go to where you could buy some? :wink:
Hey that gives me an idea! 1/144th animals for sale!

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All very nice builds.

The 1/144 Seagulls are just crazy!

My last two builds were 1/288 and 1/144 I hope to never build anything that small again :lol: It has to be a large 1/72 or 1/48 for me.

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