been working on the TV pilot so much not much is getting done on anything else. A little bit more on the giant and some racing on the sim.
Back to the robot a bit more tomorrow. Oh and Rosie after a long session of playing ball.
Archive for May, 2017
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May
17
Small update
23
May
17
More progress on the big guy
Trying to get this torso done this week.
22
May
17
Iron Giant really coming along
18
May
17
Article on me…
16
May
17
“But something is there”updates
We are closing on the finish of this hour long dramatic TV series pilot.
This is not a docudrama.
https://butsomethingisthere.wordpress.com
Poured another head from my molds. Lathed the neck base ring for the Giant using two part resin and my wood lathe. Came out very well. Will be able to finalize the torso soon and primer it.
The painting I dug up from my closet. This was done in 1985. I hung it up in my edit bay. Still has a hole in it and frame damage from the 94 earthquake.
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May
17
Iron Giant progress
Got to work on the Iron Giant a bit more today.
Working out any of this geometry without the ad of plans or a good 3 view has been challenging to say the very least. Best you can do is guess , fit and compare and then mirror the opposite side after many test fits. Slowly but surely things start to make sense even though they can be a bit off only I will see it and I have learned to live with that after all these years.
Making the 6 inch Enterprise was child’s play by comparison. I had the best plans for that. And Doug Drexler. Really. But what’s a project or life for that matter without a great challenge?
So getting the inset in the chest and neck area has been a bear but finally it’s falling into place. Lucky for me the rest of the body-legs-arms- waist are a breeze. The head was too but the chest or torso has been a hard one.
I also got my decal sheet for the B-29 with her new Lady Luck nose art. The small minion was my dear friend Dave Welch avatar. It is going to be placed on my Skip Jack and Seaview as both boats have his water tight compartments he built for me.
