They do look very cool, I too hope you make it to the MPG, Id love to see them first hand! I can think of quite a few other designs that would be great! For instance, Ive got a few buddies that are Vespa scooter nuts, and having a scooter on the blank would make them very happy to have a pen!
Smik, both look great, just curious, how'd you do it? hand carved?
The blanks are all wood. I have to look at height maps and determine what veneer thickness will leave what after I cut. I'm sorta doing segmenting. At the last Ohio meet Mark James showed the equipment he uses to make his blanks. I ordered that drum sander and waiting on delivery. I attempted some aluminum this afternoon to try to give some chrome appearance. No go, need to change the method. I'll try to make some blanks without the veneering, certain patterns seem to work out.I thought the Eagle was great too. I can't remember if you did a flag, but a thin blue line flag would be awesome too.
I see you must have painted the blank red before carving, then the parts that you want to be red must be the high spot?
Might work with a flag as well.
Lewis
The blanks are all wood. I have to look at height maps and determine what veneer thickness will leave what after I cut. I'm sorta doing segmenting. At the last Ohio meet Mark James showed the equipment he uses to make his blanks. I ordered that drum sander and waiting on delivery. I attempted some aluminum this afternoon to try to give some chrome appearance. No go, need to change the method. I'll try to make some blanks without the veneering, certain patterns seem to work out.I thought the Eagle was great too. I can't remember if you did a flag, but a thin blue line flag would be awesome too.
I see you must have painted the blank red before carving, then the parts that you want to be red must be the high spot?
Might work with a flag as well.
Lewis
Here's a first cut try at a blue line flag with grunge look. Unfortunately didnt have anything blue around, dye or wood. Let me know what you think of the pattern. The blue line will be on the stripe under the stars same width.I thought the Eagle was great too. I can't remember if you did a flag, but a thin blue line flag would be awesome too.
I see you must have painted the blank red before carving, then the parts that you want to be red must be the high spot?
Might work with a flag as well.
Lewis