Pat Gregory
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Steve - Sweet looking green wing! Thanks for sharing... Pat
APRIL What's on Your Workbench
- Thread starter MLBob Furia
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Steve Sanford
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All - Thanks for the kind words!
Mr. Sutton - Those Williamsburg paints are nice - but I'm still struggling - guess we've got to suffer for our art....
Mr. Kane - As requested, here's a back view of my current Greenwing. I'm not happy with it - the feather details are too sloppy. I was working wet and should have waited. Also, I should have dragged some of the grey from the body onto the cape area. The other teal are a balsa gunner from '94 and the pair is from '90. Note that on my recent GW I stylized the feather patterns - especially the tertials - to exaggerate the speculums. The other teal are more typical. The tertials are fairly limp and normally drape over the speculum.
Back to the shop...
SJS
Mr. Sutton - Those Williamsburg paints are nice - but I'm still struggling - guess we've got to suffer for our art....
Mr. Kane - As requested, here's a back view of my current Greenwing. I'm not happy with it - the feather details are too sloppy. I was working wet and should have waited. Also, I should have dragged some of the grey from the body onto the cape area. The other teal are a balsa gunner from '94 and the pair is from '90. Note that on my recent GW I stylized the feather patterns - especially the tertials - to exaggerate the speculums. The other teal are more typical. The tertials are fairly limp and normally drape over the speculum.
Back to the shop...
SJS
Brandon Yuchasz
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been busy. first batch is bottled.
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Hey Chuck,
What did you charge Brandon for editing his post? I could think of a non-monetary payment which would be fitting. :>) :>)
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Steve Sanford
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I am amazed that no one has yet responded to Brandon's bench work in the most appropriate way....
SWEET!!!!
SJS
SWEET!!!!
SJS
Rick Henderson
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Blackducks are off the bench ! one flew away and a few have been adopted . This is the family photo as of now . I usually dont shoot blackduck on purpose , we are only allowed one a man so i save it for that friendly fire situation . I have to tell you i feel sorry for the first one that tries to sit next to these ones . Hes in trouble !!!
MLBob Furia
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Lots of carving this month. Tomorrow it may be time to get back to painting
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...... but then again, I had the fly rod out yesterday and the fish are starting to bite.
The life of a ne'er-do-well retiree is fraught with decisions
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...... but then again, I had the fly rod out yesterday and the fish are starting to bite.
The life of a ne'er-do-well retiree is fraught with decisions
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Bob,
(A) You keep posting that picture and people will begin to recognize you when they meet you on the street.
(B) I can see the above quoted statement about decisions as your new tag line. (would go along well with that photo as your avatar) hehe :>)
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Bob,
(A) You keep posting that picture and people will begin to recognize you when they meet you on the street.
(B) I can see the above quoted statement about decisions as your new tag line. (would go along well with that photo as your avatar) hehe :>)
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Brandon Yuchasz
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This guy along with another will get the final paint work in a few days when its dry enough to work on again.
jode hillman
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Brandon like what your doing!
Rick cool looking rig. That'll work for sure. Love to see them on the water.
Rick cool looking rig. That'll work for sure. Love to see them on the water.
MLBob Furia
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Dave,
I think that picture would make a great avatar. It radiates what we Italians refer to as a content, "Chi se ne frega?" attitude, and represents my concern for daily wardrobe choices spot on! ;-)
I think that picture would make a great avatar. It radiates what we Italians refer to as a content, "Chi se ne frega?" attitude, and represents my concern for daily wardrobe choices spot on! ;-)
Rick Henderson
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Thanks jode we have to get together and kill a pair over them
Tom Modin
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Rick I am sure you will have many opportunities to limit out over that rig of birds.
BWT I am working on
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BWT I am working on
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Steve Sanford
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Chuck~
Very neat jig! I never thought of filling out the profile with the cork scrap as you have. Once again, duckboats.net illuminates us benighted carvers/gunners/boatbuilders....
All the best,
SJS
Very neat jig! I never thought of filling out the profile with the cork scrap as you have. Once again, duckboats.net illuminates us benighted carvers/gunners/boatbuilders....
All the best,
SJS
Chuck J
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Steve
Actually I just made sure to place the top view pattern carefully on a squared up block of cork, glued the 1x pine on. After I cut the top view, I added a 1x accross the bottom to hold it all together. The rest of the top view pieces can be cut any which direction on the cork, then just drop it in the jig.
Chuck
Actually I just made sure to place the top view pattern carefully on a squared up block of cork, glued the 1x pine on. After I cut the top view, I added a 1x accross the bottom to hold it all together. The rest of the top view pieces can be cut any which direction on the cork, then just drop it in the jig.
Chuck
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Steve Sanford
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Chuck~
Consider your idea/intellectual property "stolen" (!)
Here's a gunner I just finished. I moved the eye and recarved the head between the "varnished" stage and today's "sea trials". It's hollow pine with acrylics. Actually, the white and the black are straight gesso (white and black, respectively, of course): an experiment to see how they hold up under gunning use.
All the best,
SJS
Consider your idea/intellectual property "stolen" (!)
Here's a gunner I just finished. I moved the eye and recarved the head between the "varnished" stage and today's "sea trials". It's hollow pine with acrylics. Actually, the white and the black are straight gesso (white and black, respectively, of course): an experiment to see how they hold up under gunning use.
All the best,
SJS
Brandon Yuchasz
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Thats a nice GE stool right there.