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Pictures of old junks, and making oculi

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  • 22 Apr 2013 20:27
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    I hadn't seen this setup or this photo before. Apparently a (North) Vietnamese unmarked recon "fishing" boat for keeping an eye on the Americans circa early 1970s. I like the midship deck-flown jib, or whatever you might call it on these clipper-like junks. 

    okieboat Fishing boat Gulf of Tonkin .jpg

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  • 03 Feb 2013 23:41
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    Tystie's eyes are going to look wonderful, David.  I've put a photo of Fantail's int eh technical gallery - not that they are technical, but that this is where this thread's photos are going.
  • 03 Feb 2013 23:29
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    Peter Manning wrote: What huge eyes you appear to have made. Rather puts my flat transfers to shame. Even the wooden ones I hope to acquire were not going to be that bulbous. Look forward to seeing them in place.
    "All the better to see you with, my dear", said the wolf to Little Red Riding Hood.

    I did wonder whether I should look for something like a plastic soup plate to use as a mould, but I had the bowl aboard, so ...
  • 03 Feb 2013 22:28
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    David Tyler wrote:
    Peter Manning wrote:
    David Tyler wrote:

    Photos in the technical forum photo gallery.

    David, can you say how to get to the technical forum photo gallery. I am unable to find it.
    It's a "child" of the technical forum. Just hover your cursor over that, and you'll see it.

    Tried that earlier and only got a list of articles. Just tried again and hurrah, photos.
    What huge eyes you appear to have made. Rather puts my flat transfers to shame. Even the wooden ones I hope to acquire were not going to be that bulbous. Look forward to seeing them in place.
  • 03 Feb 2013 20:37
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    Peter Manning wrote:
    David Tyler wrote:

    Photos in the technical forum photo gallery.

    David, can you say how to get to the technical forum photo gallery. I am unable to find it.
    It's a "child" of the technical forum. Just hover your cursor over that, and you'll see it.
  • 03 Feb 2013 20:35
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    David Tyler wrote:Success this time. I bought a 16oz can of polyester casting resin, and the amount of catalyst can be varied according to temperature, unlike epoxy resin. "Above 80F: 1%, or 10 drops per ounce, of MEKP", it says on the can. So I weighed out 4oz of resin, and stirred in 40 drops of catalyst, and plenty of white pigment and white microspheres filler powder. Then (here's the clever bit) I propped my polypropylene bowl mould at an angle while I poured the resin, so that the pupil will be off-centre and can be looking forward when mounted (fishing junks had theirs looking downwards - an early form of fishfinder). That worked perfectly, so I made three more with the rest of the resin. Then I propped up the white castings with the recesses in the bottom level, and poured in some black pigmented resin to form the pupils.

    Photos in the technical forum photo gallery.

    David, can you say how to get to the technical forum photo gallery. I am unable to find it.
  • 03 Feb 2013 20:01
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    Success this time. I bought a 16oz can of polyester casting resin, and the amount of catalyst can be varied according to temperature, unlike epoxy resin. "Above 80F: 1%, or 10 drops per ounce, of MEKP", it says on the can. So I weighed out 4oz of resin, and stirred in 40 drops of catalyst, and plenty of white pigment and white microspheres filler powder. Then (here's the clever bit) I propped my polypropylene bowl mould at an angle while I poured the resin, so that the pupil will be off-centre and can be looking forward when mounted (fishing junks had theirs looking downwards - an early form of fishfinder). That worked perfectly, so I made three more with the rest of the resin. Then I propped up the white castings with the recesses in the bottom level, and poured in some black pigmented resin to form the pupils.

    Photos in the technical forum photo gallery.
  • 29 Jan 2013 02:11
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    Fantail now has one of her namesakes on each bow, to keep lookout.  But if a pair of oculi were to materialise, I'm sure they would fit over them!!
  • 28 Jan 2013 08:28
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    That's an interesting way to make oculi. It may work here in UK as temp low, possibly too low. Was hoping a friend would turn wooden eyes for Annie and I but so far not materialised. Still hoping. Mallie should have vinyl oculi when she is launched hopefully on Saturday but no substitute for ones in wood.
  • 27 Jan 2013 23:21
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    I got to thinking. Tystie has sailed all these miles without oculi, and it's time I did something about it. "No have eyes, no can see where to go"

    I have some round-bottomed polypropylene bowls, meant for picnic and party use, which I use for mixing resin, because it doesn't stick. I mixed up 5 pumps of West resin in a bowl, added as much lightweight filler as I could and still get the mix to self-level, then tapped, stirred and shook to get the air bubbles to the surface. The bowls have a raised circle in the bottom, which would result in a round depression in the resin, ready to paint as the pupil.

    Unfortunately, it's too warm , and the resin exothermed too much. Would have worked, though, if I could keep it cool enough. Then I would have painted the whole thing white with a coloured pupil (black? red? the green eye of the little yellow god?), and glued a pair onto the bow.
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