JohnReid Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Awesome work, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaC Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Lookin' good John. So glad you are sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 I was wondering has anyone here had a problem with allergies and super glue ? I have had some problems in the past with the fumes but lately it seems to be getting worse.I am very careful about exiting the fumes outdoors but just handling the stuff now seems to be a problem and of course there is always some fume residue lurking around.I have been using it for years but lately the symptoms seem to be getting more troublesome with even some skin reactions involved.Filters and masks don't work either. I love my hobby but I don't want to croak because of it. Is there a good substitute for ca ? something that sets up quickly but is not too toxic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hi Linda ! glad that you are enjoying it. Cheers ! John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 John, do you have a problem with silicon adhesives or E6000? They may not set as quickly, but judicious clamping or masking tape will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 John, do you have a problem with silicon adhesives or E6000? They may not set as quickly, but judicious clamping or masking tape will help. Not that I know of, I will give it a go ! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 You know this is actually a great little kit but it did test my patience at times.Most of the problems are with the instructions and the hard to read identification #'s of the parts on their sprues.In a kit of this size and complexity I wonder how many ever actually got finished.I know mine had been started years ago by someone else and I picked it up for the price of the postage.If the manufacturers had put a little more money into the actual kit and less in marketing a nice box ,it would have been money well spent.It makes me wonder how many potential modelers have lost their interest in building due to this problem.I know that if I hadn't of had lots of prior experience mine would probably be still in the box in the cupboard too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 That is a real issue! I found some 1:24 furniture kits that were very poorly designed with nearly useless instructions; I had to look long and hard at the one fuzzy picture on the container to try to figure out how it was supposed to look when done. In the case of the eensy escritoire kit, the parts didn't fit correctly and I had to do a lot of sugery to finish it. The kitchen cupboard in La Casita was another. I don't feel so bad whacking on the stuff I'm building from scratch, but when I pay what these weensy kits co$t at retail, I expect a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shy Spirit Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 It looks marvellous, John. I can well imagine how daunting a task this has been ... but you pulled it off with flying colours - well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 I like the new title - it's very apt. This piece is quite poetic in it's own right, which suits, seeing as it's based on a poem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 I have been fooling around a bit with the camera trying to find interesting angles for future shots.This layout/diorama has a lot of possibilities for telling various stories about the old west.I would especially like to see how close I can come to re-creating scenes from the movie "Once upon a time in the west".I have the movie and I am able to review it frame by frame and thereby learn first hand how Sergio created some of his work.He had a wonderful eye for composition and detail and was a perfectionist in his work.I can feel his influence there with me whenever I am looking through the eye of the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Sergio Leone was famous for framing his shots using doors and windows either from the outside looking in or like in this shot, the inside looking out.It is a great technique for compositional purposes and one that I use often in my own work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I think you've captured the essence of Leone's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 I build this locomotive as a movie prop and I am now faced with making it look more like one.I really over built one side and am now faced with removing some stuff in order to have it better fit in with the storyline.It is time to call in the guys with the blowtorches. The original idea was that it was to be a half model made of tin on a wood frame and set up as it would be on a movie lot. In many ways it is hard to do this to such a beautiful design but the story must come first in my view.I have another General kit waiting to be built anyway and of course I will always have the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The original idea was that it was to be a half model made of tin on a wood frame and set up as it would be on a movie lot. In many ways it is hard to do this to such a beautiful design but the story must come first in my view.I have another General kit waiting to be built anyway and of course I will always have the pics. John, can you make the unbuilt General kit into the Hollywood mock-up and leave this already-built model as is? Thinking of mini mechanics arriving with blowtorches in hand gives me the willies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 John, can you make the unbuilt General kit into the Hollywood mock-up and leave this already-built model as is? Thinking of mini mechanics arriving with blowtorches in hand gives me the willies! Me too ! but I think that you will like even more the finished thing that I have in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnReid Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 The third part of my layout /diorama will be to build the luxury passenger car.(Morton's car in the movie) I plan to use finer hardwoods and leave in a few remnants of furniture and memorabilia from the era.It will be weathered as though it has sat in the backlot for some time.I will build it like a sound stage and probably not even put it on tracks except maybe near one of the car stairs where Claudia Cardinale first steps off the train to make her unforgettable grand entrance in the movie.This was the one and only Western movie ever written for a woman and I would like to recognize that fact in the diorama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 ...This was the one and only Western movie ever written for a woman and I would like to recognize that fact in the diorama.I always though that The Ballad of Cat Ballou was written for Jane Fonda... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnReid Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 I always though that The Ballad of Cat Ballou was written for Jane Fonda... You could be right ! maybe this was the first and not the only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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