Balsa Foam

Started by Ryan K, Tue 09/18/12 09:35 PM

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Ryan K

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Wed 10/10/12 10:14 PM
No photos tonight. Mixed water and wood glue, applied to all pieces. Add sand ballast to main piece. For the brick wall the joints could be wider as the glue will fill them in.

Found some great weathering how to's.
http://www.rbadesign.net/mworks/Experiments.htm

Ryan K

#12
Tue 10/09/12 08:04 AM
Quote from: Bill L2 on Tue 10/09/12 07:36 AM
That is outstanding work Ryan

Thanks Bill.

I found some small plastic mixing containers I was looking for so I can mix the glue to sill the foam and also use the clay shay. Hope to show more in a few days.

 

Bill L2

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Tue 10/09/12 07:36 AM
Quote from: Ryan K on Thu 09/27/12 05:44 PM
My tools of destruction



What I have so far.   

I am going to add sand to the cobble stone road and sidewalk. I need to do something with the top the brick wall and column. My thoughts is to use the clay shay to make a cement cap on the wall and try to make a bowl or something for the top of the column. Open to any ideas.

That is outstanding work Ryan

My headless German for scale.


Ryan K

#10
Sat 09/29/12 11:31 AM
Quote from: DaveS on Sat 09/29/12 10:33 AM
So you just cut the sheets/blocks into shapes as needed.  Then you sand and scribe in the details.

Yep, it's that simple. Not sure it's economical for the whole base to be balsa foam but for walls and such it is great.

I hope to work the clay and styro foam for the base similar to SMA link I posted.

Even works for the smaller scales, I don't have much for 1/48 figures that I could find easy, but the in-between should work fine.




If I took my time the brick wall might look a little better.
The wall on the left is an attempt at a slate stone wall.
The figure is from the Hasagawa 1/72 F-18.

DaveS

#9
Sat 09/29/12 10:33 AM
Looks good Ryan.  So you just cut the sheets/blocks into shapes as needed.  Then you sand and scribe in the details.  Very interesting.

David S

Anthony Leger

#8
Thu 09/27/12 07:21 PM
Very cool :) nice job on that dio base

Ryan K

#7
Thu 09/27/12 05:44 PM
My tools of destruction



What I have so far.   

I am going to add sand to the cobble stone road and sidewalk. I need to do something with the top the brick wall and column. My thoughts is to use the clay shay to make a cement cap on the wall and try to make a bowl or something for the top of the column. Open to any ideas.

My headless German for scale.




Ryan K

#6
Thu 09/27/12 11:09 AM
Quote from: Bill L2 on Thu 09/27/12 10:53 AM
That sounds great Ryan. I hope you can bring it to the next meeting. I am making a T-34 diorama and I am using regular old foam from wal-mart.

You can use this to just make the wall or other structures. Following this post is lead to the discovery.
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/topic,2549.msg109380.html#msg109380

For his foam base he added clay shay to make things more solid. I bought some but have not tried it.

Bill L2

#5
Thu 09/27/12 10:53 AM
That sounds great Ryan. I hope you can bring it to the next meeting. I am making a T-34 diorama and I am using regular old foam from wal-mart.

Ryan K

#4
Thu 09/27/12 09:48 AM
The package came in the other day.

Using only the balsa II, I cut out a small dio section. It includes a sidewalk, cobble road, and a brick wall. Pretty easy to work with. Need to make a few more stamping tools and scrapers.

Photos later.

And yes, there is a lot of dust. 

Ryan K

#3
Wed 09/19/12 08:24 AM
I just place an order, should have it by the dinner and hopefully something (a small wall maybe) by the Oct meeting.

Bill L.

#2
Wed 09/19/12 08:14 AM
That looks really cool!  Could be great for building diorama's for hangars or car garages....  of course tank destroyed villages...

Bill L.
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