1/2" Scale project still in progress (somehow)

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks, Ken! I meant to take a shot in the lathe, but I forgot. Here's a blow-up:



You gave me incentive to letter the bulb, but then I remembered you live in a one story house.

[Ken Hamilton]

With a smear of green paint on the side?

I can't take it....

[shropshire lad]

Chuck, that light bulb detail just made my day.  You're amazing.
Could we get a close-up of that fixture?

Beautiful job!

PS:  If you letter that bulb I'm going to throw myself out a window.

   Ken ,

    If you look really closely you can see where Chuck fed the filament in the end of the bulb . And it screws into the holder !  .....NO , Ken , don't do it , I was only joking .

   Nick

[jmartin]

1/24 offers a lot of potential doesn't it?  Man this is awesome work

[finescalerr]

Chuck, go stand in the corner. And no peeking. -- Russ

[HOn3_rr]

Chuck,
How did you color the light bulb to look so real?  Do you think the method/technique used could be used in a smaller scale like HO or O?

[Chuck Doan]

I'm afraid the contest judges would be merciless with the sloppy paint. The filament was a pain, and it burned out the first time I plugged it in. Fortunately I was modeling a burned out bulb so it was all good!

Russ, I don't even leave the corner any more.

Thanks John, and welcome! I am really liking 1/2" inch scale.

Hon3, I used thinned gouache for color because I started with clear styrene. I have used the Grandt line ones in HO and O, that come in a frosted color. A dab of thinned gloss and they look good. I used semi-gloss on this one while turning it in a drill, thogh the later dusting killed some of the sheen.

[chester]

I can only shake my head anymore Chuck. You constantly go beyond what I think is possible.

[MikeC]

As always, Chuck, simply incredible modeling! And I hate you. You make me sick!  

(A quick question: what did you use to thin the gouache before applying it to the styrene. I'd think water or anything similar would cause 'beading' on the plastic.)

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Chester! Thanks Mike (i think)

I did use water, but while it was spinning. Took a few tries but it finally evened out. I think the soda blasting helped give it some tooth. Very tender though even after the seal coat (model master lacqer semi gloss)

I glued it in using white glue in case I screwed it up.

[MikeC]

Thanks, Chuck. Your explanation about the soda blaster pitting the styrene just enough to give some tooth for the thinned gouache makes sense. I hadn't thought about that possibility/likelihood.

(And you know that I love you..... well, sort of....  )

[TRAINS1941]

Chuck, that light bulb detail just made my day.  You're amazing.
Could we get a close-up of that fixture?

Beautiful job!

PS:  If you letter that bulb I'm going to throw myself out a window.

Ken

I'm lucky I live on the first floor!!!

Jerry

Chuck

There is no more words to explain your work.  Everytime you post it is just something out of the ordinary.  What's next???

Jerry

[Ken Hamilton]

There literally is nothing in this model that would give it away as not being real.
Simply amazing, Chuck.

[shropshire lad]

There literally is nothing in this model that would give it away as not being real.
Simply amazing, Chuck.

   Ken ,

   You gotta feel sorry for Poor Chuck . He has achieved perfection and he is still only a boy . Where can he go from here ? Anything he does from now on  would only be repeating himself . Maybe a layout ? ! ? At the speed he works that should take him the rest of his life.

  Chuck ,

   You've got this wood weathering thingey nailed . It is time for you to get out of your comfort zone . How about doing some scenery , or even paint a figure ?  You know you want to .


   NickO .. always full of helpful advice

[Ray Dunakin]

When you turned the bulb, how did you prevent the plastic from melting and deforming? I tried turning a bottle from acrylic rod once, couldn't get it to work.