The womb
09-01-2009 :: Starting The Womb
2009 has been the year of Sweden at castle André. So I should model Swedish shouldn't I?
Well nope. i will model American. Again :(
sooo Ctulhu, Winona, Scarlett, Tim Burton, Sonic Youth, the nice number of people from this country visiting my website.. ah I start to feel better about this already :)
Contrary to my previous SBS here, this diorama has got enough firepower to wreck a good dozen SUVs in a few seconds, this is going to please some!
However some of you will NOT like it, simply because there will be blood in this diorama, and I know how sensible are some model makers who constantly seem to forget the final aim of what they model, oh well, blood comes at the end of the work ;)
One last thing, as usual I have ONE idea, which means that I didn't really thought twice of HOW I would do some of the things I intend to do. Which means that at one point I might put it in the dustbin if I realize I jumped a bridge too far -and You will get all my apologizes if this happens.
Anyway, a good diorama starts with a few hours on the computer designing a bit photoetch fret, now can anyone tell what THIS is?
09-02-2009 :: The Ball turret
Indeed that's a B-17 ball turret I am going to design, here is the beast..
btw, I picked that pic on internet, and coan't remind where, so if YOU took the pic just tell and I will replace it.
09-02-2009 :: #1 photoetch
Once you do the drawings on a vector software, you have to print it, I have a b&w lazer printer at home, and bought some special tranparent printing paper. This is not an extraordinary printer and surely the result could be way better but here it goes..
Then I cut the right size of a specially treated metal sheet covered with some photoresistent material. the blue surface is the adhesive on the metal that protects it from the light.
09-02-2009 :: #2 photoetch
The next step is of course to cut and glue the 2 sides of the plan one face to another. I glue on 3 sides and will insert the metaol plate between the sheets once I have remove the plastic film. Of course, take care NOT to touch the surface of the photoresist coated netal with the fingers! And it can be hard to do that as the paper glues quite hard indeed
I have been building a device with 2 special neon lights and a glass and wood cover to "insulate" (right word?" the plates. 2,30 minutes on each side
09-02-2009 :: #5 photoetch
yeah!
09-02-2009 :: #3 photoetch
I bought some photo developping liquid (available in electronic shops because the guys into printed circuits use those same products), pour the right amount of water to make the mix and dipped my fret into it, shake gently for a good dozen minutes (depends on wether the product is new etc..). takle care not to overdo things of course. Check under darkness, because the light still acts on the metal
09-02-2009 :: #4 photoetch
When you are happy, wash it down! industrial gloves of course as the photo revelant is an acid and sort of burns.
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