Turned Around
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Went out with some friends last night. Got home late to some finally cured blanks. I couldn't let that go. Put on some coffee, some music, picked out a couple cigars, as it was to be a long night.
Not the best pictures, I know. I'll take better ones once assembled. The ones with the Asian "stamp like" feature, never again. I drilled and glued bamboo blanks for those, then turned them and sanded till they were quite smaller than the bushings. That way, once I glued the paper on and casted them, they would be fully encased. The bamboo left on the tube is pretty much veneer thin.
The others, I painted with Testors metallic model car paint. gives them a really cool shimmer. Once dried, I glued various fishing lures to them, then casted. I'm going to call that series Caribbean for the blue, and Everglades for the green. Thinking of doing a red metallic set for a "Red Sea" series.
All comments/questions welcome.
Not the best pictures, I know. I'll take better ones once assembled. The ones with the Asian "stamp like" feature, never again. I drilled and glued bamboo blanks for those, then turned them and sanded till they were quite smaller than the bushings. That way, once I glued the paper on and casted them, they would be fully encased. The bamboo left on the tube is pretty much veneer thin.
The others, I painted with Testors metallic model car paint. gives them a really cool shimmer. Once dried, I glued various fishing lures to them, then casted. I'm going to call that series Caribbean for the blue, and Everglades for the green. Thinking of doing a red metallic set for a "Red Sea" series.
All comments/questions welcome.
