My latest project.

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:33 pm

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Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:47 pm

Groovy

Post by **Tank Program** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:13 pm

*can't wait to see it painted*

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:32 pm

This is my dilemma, i could paint it but that i think would ruin the whole idea of making it out of wood. I could stain it and then give it a nice coat of varnish. Or i could use it as a mold and make a bunch of them that then i would paint. What are your thoughts?

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:35 am

What kind of wood it is?

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Sat May 03, 2008 2:16 am

use it as a mold

. then again it will be a pain in the butt to do that. I remember our supermilage car. chucking the foam out of it for a few days.

what size wood did you start with a 6x6 or an 8x8 ?

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Sat May 03, 2008 2:34 am

Fonkay wrote:What kind of wood it is?

Linden wood, its a common wood used for sculpting.

Kyle wrote:what size wood did you start with a 6x6 or an 8x8 ?

The blank was 12"x6"x3". i moded the design a little to fit my idea of what it should look like. I always thought that it would look better with a wider rear wheel and stream lined the side panels so that it would look more modern.

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sat May 03, 2008 7:42 am

This game kills trees!

Loor · Post by **Loor** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:22 am

Groovy indeed.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:06 am

Good point with the varnish. Maybe if you can get it all smoothed out, black windows and then a light (ie mostly transparent) varnish over the whole thing. Seeing the grain would be pretty cool.

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:27 am

I'd like to point out that you could stain it and still have it look painted. Stains are available in pretty much any colour, so staining it red, black and white, or even blue would be fairly easy.
I'll mention before you do that though, stain it only if the grain looks nice before you stain. If it's not a nice grain, or a wood that stains evenly, (never worked with linden wood) it wont look very good in the end. And you'd be better off either painting or molding.
I suppose using it as a mold could make you some money here on the forums if it looks good enough.

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Sat May 03, 2008 2:46 pm

Thnx for the suggestions. I have been working with wood for a few years now and have found that most woods look better either stained or natural. The only issue with colored stains it that it gives the piece an unnatural look. Ill post some more pics as the project moves along, lets see how it looks when its done and then i can do some color test on some scraps.

Stormcrow · Post by **Stormcrow** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:19 pm

QUARG wrote:The only issue with colored stains it that it gives the piece an unnatural look.

What better for a light cycle than an unnatural look?

QUARG · Post by **QUARG** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:40 pm

I dont know it just feel like im wasting the wood.

The poor tree gave its life so i could show its inner beauty.