Showing posts with label Footie Fishing Boat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Footie Fishing Boat. Show all posts
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Sailing in the rain

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Sailing in the rain Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This morning it wasn't raining. OK so there sky had filled with cloud but they ...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Splodger on the lake

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splodger sails Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The TV news tells us that the country is about to be hit by a storm of apocalyptic propo...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

The spare parts box

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Leftover mouldings Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . With the fishing boat pretty much finished, I'm left with some mouldings that I ...
Friday, March 07, 2008

Wooden box

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catch Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . When I’ve spent a lot of time (& money) on a model it makes sense to try and protect my inves...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Seagull

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seagull Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . You can't have a model fishing boat without a model seagull and the resin one supplied with...
Monday, March 03, 2008

Lobster's are red ?

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lobster Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Everyone knows what colour a lobster is - red. The same colour as a British tourist on day 3 of...
Sunday, March 02, 2008

Footie boat on the pond

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maidenvoyage2 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I'm worse than I thought at sticking things down. A quick twist with a screwderiver u...
Saturday, March 01, 2008

Splodgers maiden voyage

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maidenvoyage Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The great thing about a footie fishing boat (it’s called a footie because of it’s length) ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Servo linkage

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servo linkage Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . After an hour messing around with various options, I've squeezed a micro servo in at ...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Servo squeeze

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servo squeeze Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Now I'd planned this properly. The tray that holds the battery and servos has a hole...
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Rigging the boat

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rigging Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Rigging the trawler is an easy job, it’s just that I kept putting it off. This was sensible I t...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Painting brass

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navigation light Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . There is a lot of common ground between most model making hobbies. Soldering, cutting,...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Weathering the hull

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hull front Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This is a job I’ve been putting off. Partly it’s because it means getting out the airbrush, ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Extrudierte Copolyesterplatten

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Extrudierte Copolyesterplatten Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . How’s that for a title ?! Proper science time on the blog ! To be honest...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Painting a lifebelt

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lifebelt Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . While I might not be sure about my faded wood effect, I’m much happier with my lifebelt painti...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Faded wood

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faded wood Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I’m in two minds about this effect. The plan was to simulate weather beaten wood in need of ...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Resin rope

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Resin fender Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This fishing boat kit is a triumph in polyester resin. If it’s not made of plastic then it...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Skin tones

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splodger crew Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . You gotta love the interweb. Once upon a time, when a model maker needed to find out what...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Cleaning resin castings

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splodger castings Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Determined as I am to get some of the projects that have kicking around out of the wa...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Painted hull

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splodgerboat Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The footie fishing boat’s looking really nice now. First the bottom was given a spray with...