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  1. RGL
    That’s the thing, it won’t cure! Apparently after 48 hours it just worn so I have a sticky mess. The clear stuff is rock hard, if the bottom is sloppy it can just sit in the base
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    A mate said it looks like Mater from Cars
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    So back to lernin mode; the layer between is still wet and will not set but it is really hot, so I think the AK radioactive resin reacted with the top and bottom layer, so I’ve separated them now so hopefully that’s going to work as the clear resin top layer is hard
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    The tow truck
  6. RGL
    So it’s leeching resin at the join of the pours. Few days in the sun to bake it
  7. RGL
    So 10 days, a bout of Covid and I’ve ripped off the Perspex frame. Still wet and runny in places like the layer joins. I now need to let the sides go off and I will sand them smooth not a total fail but a big learning curve IMG_0729.mov
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    So. Ow this is done, the traversing arm arrived
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    And because he offered free shipping I might have got a truck to pull it
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    So today the missing piece arrived from Milan, notice the excellent packaging in its own coffin!
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    I’m so glad it didn’t sink! I actually think it’s grown on me, I will have to amend all the figures to NOT have a list. Interesting that the back base resin, the ink is starting to leach upwards )it looks really cool)
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    So overnight we developed a massive list to port side! It’s stuck solid. So, no change in plan, it will just be a more dramatic rescue scene. I could t figure out why until I looked inside the hull and the seam has leaked letting in resin which as set hard as ballast. annoying but it will work
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    So the 4 litre pour, looks ok so far, it will take a week to set
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    So next is the radioactive bit. I used AK radioactive water but in the black surface it does not show at all. So a few drops of a vivid green acrylic in the mix works well. Remember there will be a coat on top on this and it will all be under water
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    So to answer your question, this stuff! I don’t prime the resin which causes it to split but that was perfect for what comes next
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    Sludge on top
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    And here is the corner piece which is important to the story
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    Next, the radioactive drums m, now to wait 3 days for it to set
  19. RGL
    And it starts, Dead Sea base
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    Luckily my youngest is an apprentice plumber so knows how to seal stuff up!
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    This is the resin bucket!
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    So precut Perspex pieces which I will glue into a long bucket. Then lots of poured resin
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    Deck rusted up with pigments, dryfit of the superstructures; lots of equipment to go on deck yet as it will diffuse the starkness of it IMG_0484.mov
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    Starting the upper hull weathering
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    So the masking in the deck lifted even more paint (I like it), the base coat done on the upper hull, a dryfit for the sake of art. If you can’t view it I’m Bacon Bits Models on Facebook IMG_0443.mov

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