Akula 1/144 Scratch built

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Pay attention to how the shank just above the tip is as narrow as can be without being so weak as to bend under the pressure of engraving.

M

[Von Hilde]

I like your handle on the scribe in pic 11. Verry nice improvisation. What is the harpoon looking tool lower number 15? Dremel makes some fine engraving bits. I do a lot of metal work engraving, with the motor, but for plastics, just chuck up in the hand drill. Scribe your lines, then you can follow up with the various bits for width and depth. Like you say, practice practice, it takes some finesse. Once you can use a tattoo machine without too many mistakes, your ready for engraving. I learned how to tattoo on oranges. "if you got ink in the meat, you ain't ready" is what Goldie told me.Dave, if you have one of thesepull the stick off the ball, or drill an appropriate hole in the stick ir other end and toss the masking tape handle on the tool. You can just get the ball end, only, at the craft shop, If you dont want to take a perfectly good honey dipper apart. Especially if it belongs to YOUR Honey. Mrs E

[bwi 971]

Gents,

I have been doing some scribing practice on my master. As I have no idea how it supposed to look, can you please give some feedback. Lines to narrow, to wide, to deep,….
I have the impression they are a tick to wide?

Thks & Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Great definition and constant depth, but I think that you are right. Just a bit too wide.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Great definition and constant depth, but I think that you are right. Just a bit too wide.

Way to wide. What's wrong with you?!....

(in the voice of A-number-1) WHAT DID I TEACH YOU?!!!!!!

M

[HardRock]

Sorry Sir, Yes Sir, Three bags full Sir. I'm going to the bunker where its safe and no knows my name......

[bwi 971]

OK thks

Reduced the point of the finishing tool from diameter 0.9mm to 0.5mm (0.035" to 0.019"). The difference is significant.

As I had troubles to get the paint all the way down in the groves I decanted the paint so I can use it in the paintbrush, works great David.

Grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Much better, Bart. What I do is simply wipe some medium-thick CA over the offending engraved work then hit it with some accelerator, File the hardened goo flush to the surface and scribe into this new substrate. Much easier than trying to keep the scratch-awl tip from wandering around as it encounters different materials with their associated properties of hardness a brittleness. You can still see the previous work through the semi-transparent goo so that will guide you without need of re-marking the work.

M

[bwi 971]

The light on the pod...reached my limits on this one. All brass 0.5mm wire, glued together with CA. Base dia 3mm

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The light on the pod...reached my limits on this one. All brass 0.5mm wire, glued together with CA. Base dia 3mm

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Now that's just crazy-small stuff! You're nuts!

My effort at 1/16 scale:















M

[bwi 971]

Scale wise I was not so happy......so I had another go at it.....0,2mm wire. Base just over 2mm. Looks more to scale now. Still needs some cleaning up.
One ready two to go.

And NO I will not try to squeeze in a LED (although it's tempting)

Grtz,
Bart

[trout]

Come on, you know you want that light in there!
Excellent detail Bart. It is those small add-ons that really make a model pop.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A short length of small diameter fiber-optic thread to an internal bulb and you're good to go. Go on .... you know you want to do it! Go ahead. I dare you!

M

[bwi 971]

And you can start laughing....... I do not believe I'm actually doing some homework on the subject.... by the way did I mention that I hate you guys?








The pictures came from this site http://note.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/detail/n245871
Grtz
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Well then ... mission accomplished!

M