Post by Megacurve on Sept 27, 2020 1:40:57 GMT -5
The Box Art of The Super Spurt has 2 guys looking at the funny car, and this figure is inspired by the guy to the left.
I have redrawn them here for my own reference. I don't have the kit, and the images on the web are small
I need such a guy for my own Dave Deal Display.
Being made in Tamiya Quick Type Epoxy putty. Only the second time to try sculpting with epoxy putty. 25 years ago I had no luck with epoxy and found Super Sculpey the best. Epoxy is a very different way of working. As the stuff is so sticky, everything has to be wet. You also have only about an hour, so can only do small sections at a time.
But like Super Sculpey, you can smooth the surface with a brush and Isopropyl Alcohol. Have a few dental like sculpting tools, but a toothpick works well a lot of the time.
Made a small core of epoxy on a toothpick, and let that set. Then built up the face. It then set too much, so we came back a few hours later and did the hair.
Did 2 legs, each around a tooth pick. Once the putty sets, it is easy enough to cut and carve, to get them to match. Not so easy to do until then.
I should have made a frame to support the head that connected to the legs. Tamiya putty droops if more than a small amount, so I had to support the head in the right place while the core of the body cured.
The pointing hand had It’s own toothpick and core. As the putty sets it is easy to do somethings as it starts setting.
I will not really know how it looks till I get some primer on it. It will probably need a bit more reworking, putty and sanding yet.
I have redrawn them here for my own reference. I don't have the kit, and the images on the web are small
I need such a guy for my own Dave Deal Display.
Being made in Tamiya Quick Type Epoxy putty. Only the second time to try sculpting with epoxy putty. 25 years ago I had no luck with epoxy and found Super Sculpey the best. Epoxy is a very different way of working. As the stuff is so sticky, everything has to be wet. You also have only about an hour, so can only do small sections at a time.
But like Super Sculpey, you can smooth the surface with a brush and Isopropyl Alcohol. Have a few dental like sculpting tools, but a toothpick works well a lot of the time.
Made a small core of epoxy on a toothpick, and let that set. Then built up the face. It then set too much, so we came back a few hours later and did the hair.
Did 2 legs, each around a tooth pick. Once the putty sets, it is easy enough to cut and carve, to get them to match. Not so easy to do until then.
I should have made a frame to support the head that connected to the legs. Tamiya putty droops if more than a small amount, so I had to support the head in the right place while the core of the body cured.
The pointing hand had It’s own toothpick and core. As the putty sets it is easy to do somethings as it starts setting.
I will not really know how it looks till I get some primer on it. It will probably need a bit more reworking, putty and sanding yet.
