Re: Sculpting details into hard materials

> > > On a FT note:  does anybody have a reliable way of carving
'decking'
> > > details into things like hardened Sculpy?  (By decking, I mean to
add texture
> > > so that it looks like armour plate, as opposed to a solid block of
clay.
> 
> Another way, I think, would be to add detail, rather than carving it. 
> Cut bits of plastic and glue it to the basic shape you already 
have. 

Damn .. that's it, the trade secret is out now. Look at some of GZG's 
FT ships (the CMD ones) and you can see that that's precisely how 
they're made. You can even go as far as spotting which particular 
sheets of Evergreen sidewalk, v-groove and metal siding plastic Paul 
Copeland used on each master (if you're that interested !). Not that 
I'm criticising - I make masters in exactly the same way.

> This could be little bits of models (I think a cheap plastic
> battleship model goes a long way for bits), or pieces of plastic
> sheeting cut for armor plates.

The Model Aerodrome chain here in the UK is currently having a big 
clearout of Fujimi 1/700th warships (half-price or less). They're 
excellent value for spare parts - the only bits you can't really use 
are the hull and deck (unless you're making a very big ship). 

Tony Francis
(tony@simis.co.uk)

Brigade Models website
    http://www.uk-net.com/uk/freeweb/users/brigade