MONTAÑES by Amalio

[Amalio]

[Sailor1234567890]

Excellent figurehead you've got there Amalio.

[matiz]

Fantastic work😊

 

[albert]

Very very nice , wonderful work Amalio.

[Kurt Johnson]

Amalio,  I love the subtlety and softness of the painting of the figure head, it's just perfect. Often they look like a piece of candy. You are an amazing artist.

 

Kurt

[Amalio]

Thank you very much to all

[Amalio]

Good morning.

[vossiewulf]

Found the proper soundtrack for Amalio's posts:

 

 

 

[Amalio]

JA JA JA.......

Thank you.

[druxey]

Impeccable work as usual, Amalio!

[DORIS]

Unbelievable precision and neatness of work. My deep admiration to your workmanship, dear Amalio. I enjoy watching these ultra realistic wooden models.

 

Kind regards,

Doris

[matiz]

Amalio, your work is fantastic☺️

 

[Amalio]

Good morning.

[Amalio]

Good morning.

[VACorsair]

OK.  I have come to the conclusion that Amalio isn't building this model himself at all.   I believe that there are 1 inch tall boat-wrights that build this model in the middle of the night.  I'm sure that I see there tiny foot prints in the sanding dust.  That's what it has to be!!  No one can work that precise in that scale!!! 

[druxey]

One can never, ever have too many clamps.

[cog]

One will never ever have enough clamps, druxey.

 

Look at it, Amalio can't even finish an entire length ...

 

 

Another fine day at the shipyard Amalio

[michael mott]

Finally I see that he is human did you all see the blobs of glue. Phew! and sanding dust too. now my question is how do you clean up the glue with the clamps in the way, or do you do that later?

 

As always superb model making.

 

Michael

 

[Amalio]

Good morning.
I use a lot to remove the tail, these circular brushes from Dremel. When two hours have passed after having glued. There are corners where it does not arrive and you have to take it into account so that it does not overflow in those places.
It is necessary to put the machine at the lowest possible speed so as not to burn the nylon of the brush.

[vossiewulf]

18 hours ago, michael mott said:

Finally I see that he is human

Or it could be just a trick to make us THINK he's human! All the while he's operating with those 8 arms

 

Am I understanding you Amalio that you remove the dried glue with the nylon brushes turning very slowly? I've never heard of removing PVA glue that way and I've been using it for too many years. Interesting.

[Amalio]

The minimum speed of my Dremel is 10,000 rpm, which is already a lot.

[druxey]

Amalio: isn't it easier to clean up PVA glue squeeze-out with a damp (or wet) brush before it dries? That's been my practice for years.

[Amalio]

If you can, I prefer to do it that way because if you do it with wet tail, it always stains the neck.
I find it very comfortable and with a good result.
Thank you.

[Mike Y]

I use the same method as Amalio, same nylon brushes (discovered it by accident), and it works great! Especially on half-dried glue.

It is just much faster and simpler than water. But water works better in tight areas, for sure. Especially water plus scraping with some xacto blade.

Edited April 3, 2019 by Mike Y

[cog]

But wouldn't you run the risk of making markings on the wood with the exacto blade, which you cannot see with Amalio's method ...

[Amalio]

Good morning.

[cog]

another lovely day ...

[Vivian Galad]

We can open any of your pictures and Just stay there for a Lot of time, mesmerized by your workmanship. I only dream to be as good some day. You're an artist for sure.

[Nirvana]

Amalio,

Crisp and clean as usual. Beautiful work! 

[Amalio]

Good morning.