1/144th Prometheus scratch build

[peza]

Eh up dude.hope ya ok r kid?your Doris must be in agony...I've suffered with a hernia for a fair few years now,not got it sorted just work around it!hope ya both get on the mend mym8.BIG loves from family pez.xxxx

 

[Go Flight]

I hope the medical problems are resolved quickly with you and the Mrs.
Excellent build. I find it absolutely amazing. ;D

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Gutted, need a wrist surgery

My hand surgeon took one look at the MRI and said

"You have the wrist of a 70 year old"

:'(

I'm only 46.

July 1st

Cast for 2 months

And the final kick in me plumbs was, $150 worth of styrene goodies arrived in the post today

A full range of squares, tubes, angles and everything.

Best get cracking then, only got 68 modeling days left

Gag

 

[LrdSatyr8]

So sorry to hear about that bro! Hope things get better soon!

 

[Quaralane]

Here's hoping you can rehab it quickly.;
But I think you have good incentive

 

[Belugawrx]

Hey Dude
Sorry to hear about the thing, but,..
We all get old,... and we all need to slow dow
No,.. I was gonna say,..
We and you will all be here to watch this come around
So take it easy for a bit... Get well,..
Both of Ya
Cheers (I'm buyin')

 

[Dark Kyp]

oh no, sad to read that dude! ???
Best wishes for the next

 

[Jaitea]

Brilliant work so far mate,....mind blowing,.....take it easy,.....hopefully this setback will be really short,....& you can get building again

John

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Wow Gag,
Take it easy on the wrist. I remember how much problems I had with my shoulder and the timeout I had to suffer.
But the operation really helped and the timeout gave me a new point of view on the hobby - now I have more fun than ever before
Best Wishes Mate!

 

[stretch]

THE most important thing is to do whatever is best for you, LONG TERM...
If that means putting things on the back burner for a while so be it...

Best wishes NG

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Wow guys,

Thank you so much for all the kind words and support

I know i say this every time but its so true that i really appreciate it and that it really does mean a lot to me
that i have alot of great followers

Thanks again guys

Well last time i also mentioned that the post man had popped by with some stuff, well, the next day just to pound the final nail in my wrist i also had a delivery from Smooth-on

Here's what we got











This is what $413 looks like





On with the news



Cleaned up the engine top piece some more








Started adding some small panels












Trimmed the top edge






Both ready for filler










"Offered up" as my Grandfather would of said






Ring filled






Dome epoxied.......




Roughed out the ring





Finished sanded





Dome sanded






Filled








Rough sanded, using the ribs for a guide








Finished ring and dome together








Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Primer






Mojo has been a little scarce this last week even with all this new material

I have so much to do its a bit daunting to know what is the best logical way to continue

Overwhelmed is the word & pain from the wrist but i explained that

No pain = model
Pain = model with pain

Im sure a solution will present itself


Stay tuned

Gagster

 

[Quaralane]

The work is looking good, Gag.

 

[Hagoth]

Hey Gag,

Your work here is an inspiration. Looking very nice. Very enjoyable to watch the various parts materialize from raw stock.

I hope all goes well with the surgery and you recover quickly. Take it easy and don't push it.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Amazing work as usual mate, hope that wrist sorts itself out

 

[The Chaos]

Gread Job And I wish you a speedy recovery, your work is always so great.

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Very Good Evening to everyone,

Well, this is my 801st post.

So, before i get to the update bit, i just wanted to say to the members at this great site that for the three builds i have submitted here at SMA, (1 finished, 2 pending) the support i have received has been nothing short of fantastic.

When you are at your lowest point on a build, you can read an encouraging word on a post and for me it really is inspiring, for me it helps me lifts my game so i don't disappoint you guys or myself.

Scott, Bossman, you have inspired thousands of people to come together and share our art, and it is art people.
I tell people i'm a plastic sculptor, pretentious f............. any way ;D



Thanks again mate, you did save my life.

I will shake your hand one day my friend.

Thanks guys

And remember

If you have no pain.......Model,

If you have pain.....model with pain.

And we still have 'NO BANANAS'

Enough poop.................Hold on folks
Not much coming at you fast.


My first try at molding from what i've seen online and stuff

Fix blank to poster board base with hot glue, leave plenty of room around the outside







Make a surround high enough to cover the blank, seal all edges with hot glue





Arrange required Molding gubbins, Digital scales, paper cups, palet knife, a mixing pot, your chosen Smooth-on product, in this case OOMMOO 25, paper towels and i have a manky towel that is more useful than you think, to cover the bench.





50-50 mix, 2 mins and in.








Bish, bash, bosh......got four done.







You can de mold in about 75mins but to be safe i left it over night
Removed the poster board








Bit of pulling and out popped the blank






Casting. Trimmed the mold with scissors, very badly and then mixed

50-50 of the Smooth Cast 300, mixes very thin so no vacuuming required



Two mins




Four mins






Twenty minuets later removed from mold and fitted

This stuff is magic





Finished more engine parts, top ring















These parts still need abit of cleaning but they pretty much came out perfect

Thats it for now

Take care

Gagsterman

OUT

 

[Hagoth]

I always appreciate seeing the step by step process of how things are done by others. Those mold parts are coming out great.

 

[Dark Kyp]

Nice technic! I would love to try it once!

 

[Quaralane]

Great stuff, there, Gag.
Casting can make doing multiples SOOOO much easier

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Oh this is coming together so nicely. It feels so cool when you figure out how to do your first mold and that first pull comes out looking AWESOME! Such a great feeling, I'm sure you're stoked! Keep it coming bro! Model thru the pain!