Hobbies and stuff

[Adam_W]

The USS Oregon model is pretty much done (just a few very small details here and there left to do). This kit has been around since the 1950's, and the quality of the parts really shows it's age. The brass railings and other details really make a difference (the original railings are solid plastic ridges that don't look anything like ship's railings). They are a bit more tedious to work with, but the improvement is well worth th effort.

Adam

[goofynina]

Awesome work my friend  and the details are amazing    Now if i remember correctly you said you work on these while being hooked up?  Is that right?  Either or, GREAT JOB 

[Sluff]

Beautiful work Adam. 

[Adam_W]

Awesome work my friend  and the details are amazing    Now if i remember correctly you said you work on these while being hooked up?  Is that right?  Either or, GREAT JOB 

I do a lot of my model work while I'm on the machine. The shelf that doubles as a workbench for model building is on one side of my bed, and my machine is on the other, so I can easily do model work and not have to move around much and risk kinking my lines, interrupting my blood flow, or yanking my needles out. Now THAT would suck, considering I've already hosed one model down with blood  while I was pulling my needles one time.

Adam

[Sluff]

Awesome work my friend  and the details are amazing    Now if i remember correctly you said you work on these while being hooked up?  Is that right?  Either or, GREAT JOB 

I do a lot of my model work while I'm on the machine. The shelf that doubles as a workbench for model building is on one side of my bed, and my machine is on the other, so I can easily do model work and not have to move around much and risk kinking my lines, interrupting my blood flow, or yanking my needles out. Now THAT would suck, considering I've already hosed one model down with blood  while I was pulling my needles one time.

Adam

Becareful you don't get glue in the wrong place..hehe

[Joe Paul]

Great work! 

[jbeany]

Here's some of what I've been making while I'm on my NxStage.  They are made out of polymer clay that bakes in the oven.  The little wire loops are to hold photos, recipes, etc.  These are pics of ones I've already sold.



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[paris]

They are so cute!  I love them-they are so much fun.  You are very talented. 

[Hawkeye]

Here's some of what I've been making while I'm on my NxStage.  They are made out of polymer clay that bakes in the oven.  The little wire loops are to hold photos, recipes, etc.  These are pics of ones I've already sold.

Those are cool.  Do you just sell them online or do you go to craft fairs and flea markets?

[jbeany]

I sell them at a couple of gift shops - one that I work at that belongs to a friend of mine, and also in gift area of the lobby of my dad's restaurant.  I also have friends with a seasonal pumpkin barn, and I put a lot of different quilts and crafts there when they open in the fall.

[MyssAnne]

Jbeany, those are cuuuute!!!!!  I can think of a lot of people who would love to have one (or two!) of those!!!!  I don't suppose you'd consider selling them here on IHD, would you?   

[angela515]

Very cute!

[Sluff]

WOW!! JBeany they are so cute.

[charee]

Jbeany they are so cute, I"m impressed you can do all that while hooked up, i can barely type, if i move my arm it sets off alarms.

[kitkatz]

Those are so cute. I love the dragon!

[Joe Paul]

 

[thegrammalady]

i want some!!!!! ever think of going into the mail order business?

[goofynina]

   Awesome work Jbeany, i too, love the dragon,     Do you do these by imagination or do you have models posing in front of you    

[jbeany]

I started with a really great instruction book by an artist named Dinko Tilov.  Some of the ones in the pics, like the knight and dragon, are pretty close to his lessons.  The rest, I make up as I go along.  I like doing the little old men - my "Harold" angels -  the best - the clay just sort of directs itself while you are shaping it.  I like making up my own critters better than following the book's lessons - it's more fun to do original stuff, but I'm doing all the lessons just to learn his techniques.

If I ever get far enough ahead to sell any online, I'll start taking orders here!  Right now, the friend who owns the gift shop is buying them from me as fast as I can sculpt them.

[Falkenbach]

Time to set up your own website and mail order service! Those are great! 

[cabarle]

I see we have some Brits posting here. I'm a HUGE Doctor Who fan, and I'm also a moderator at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ohio_Type_40/

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[Hawkeye]

I see we have some Brits posting here. I'm a HUGE Doctor Who fan, and I'm also a moderator at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ohio_Type_40/

Not a Brit but I am a huge Doctor Who fan.  I am loving the new series and though I haven't gotten to see it yet I Tivo'd Torchwood the new Doctor Who spinoff that just started.  I don't belong to any Doctor Who chat groups, but would always be wiling to talk about the good doctor.

[thegrammalady]

I see we have some Brits posting here. I'm a HUGE Doctor Who fan, and I'm also a moderator at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ohio_Type_40/

Not a Brit but I am a huge Doctor Who fan. I am loving the new series and though I haven't gotten to see it yet I Tivo'd Torchwood the new Doctor Who spinoff that just started. I don't belong to any Doctor Who chat groups, but would always be wiling to talk about the good doctor.

hooray for DR WHO. i have every  dr who dvd's blockbuster has available ordered. i have also seen a few of the new episodes and think it's as good as the original.

[Falkenbach]

Here's a parody of Dr Who fans from the show The Chaser's War on Everything: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fUfbkopuo

  I don't really think this way about Dr Who fans at all, I just thought it might be good for a giggle.

[Adam_W]

U.S.S. Lexington aircraft carrier.