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Started:
05 February 2006
Finished:
22 February 2006
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18 February:
I finished the
fishing man, by carrying the fishing line backwards along the fishing
pole
and to the winding pulley.
Here is a closeup
of the fishing pole. The winding pulley is cut from a toothpick and
painted.
The lever is a drop-paint of chrome silver.
19 February:
I did the pair
of guys exercising some football. I cut off anything related with
military
and gave them civil clothes. All, including the ball, are fixed to the
ground with a 0.30 mm wire going out from the bottom, with CA
glue.
I
made the rug, on which the plates
etc. will be located, by downloading a picture from somewhere
on
the web, processed it on the computer and printed on a single layer of
toilet paper. The rug easily took all the contours of the ground.
I made the
plates by punching out styrene
sheet and pressing with the hollow tip of a ball-point pen.
21 February:
I built the barbecue
from the stones of our aquarium, by glueing with CA. The wood for fire
is chips cut from a toothpick and glued together by CA too.
22 February:
I put the rest
of the figures on the diorama that I had been doing until now. The
rifle
in the hand of this ex-soldier became a steel lever, he is looking for
some remedy in the engine compartment.
The
only girl in the group is sitting
on the jeep and looking to get a better vision about what's going on
around
the barbecue. This figure had her right hand missing, so I found such a
solution that her wrist touched the roll-bar. I filled the gap with CA
glue and painted the dried CA with tan, depicting that she had grabbed
the bar.
Two
guys are near the barbecue, one
holding the grill in his hands and the other preparing a lighter for
the
fire.
I
manufactured a water bottle from
clear sprue and painted the markings on it.
A
better view to see the fisherman
and his fishing pole under tension.
Now
going to more general views of
the diorama. Small accessories will be added later, as they are made..
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