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Reserve Your First Edition Hornethopter Now!
The Hornethopter is in production! After getting all of my costs info, crunching numbers, drinking some tea, etc, I can announce that the Hornethopter will cost $80 + Shipping. I had hoped for a...
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The Hornethopter Photoetch!
I got a scan of my etch today from Paragrafix and wanted to share it. He’ll be bagging the sheets and sending them my way in a few days. Then all I’ll need are the resin casts and it’ll be ready for...
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In Progress » The Hornethopter
I received my initial copy of the Hornethopter this week and went right to work building it. Everything looks great cast-wise and once together with the photoetch, it’s a great-size and pretty...
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In Progress » The Hornethopter » More Paint
Since the last update I’ve been painting the little brass trim details. The Mr. Metal Color Brass hand-paints beautifully and buffs up to a nice sheen. I used the same toothbrush with the other metal...
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Completed » The Hornethopter
Here are the final images for the Hornethopter. It was a fun kit to design, build and paint and I hope the hundred of you that purchased one of the first edition releases enjoy building it up. Watch...
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In Progress » Prof. FichtenFoo’s Implausible Long-Nose Submersible
My new steampunk Fish Sub model kit is about to start shipping for those that preordered it, but meanwhile, the caster sent me my advance copy to start building up. I did my last sub design in copper,...
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In Progress » Prof. FichtenFoo’s Implausible Long-Nose Submersible » Brass &...
Moving right along, I’ve been working on the brass paint and base-tarnish/panel definitions. I’m painting this similar to the real Longnose Butterfly fish that it’s design is based on, but in bare...
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In Progress » Prof. FichtenFoo’s Implausible Long-Nose Submersible » More...
Moving right along, I painted all of the little details that needed done by hand. As you can see above, I tacked most of the kit together temporarily for photos. Here is the Long-Nose shown with my...
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In Progress » The Dragonfly
Apparently I posted nothing about this here on my own site, but the follow-up to my Hornethopter kit, the Dragonfly is done and in-stock at Industria Mechanika. Much like the Hornet, I designed the...
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Completed » The FichtenFoo Dragonfly
And for those of you following along on Facebook, here’s the final images of the Dragonfly. Thanks to all of you that purchased the kit and for those that didn’t… Buy the FichtenFoo Dragonfly resin...
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Completed » Prof. FichtenFoo’s Implausible Long-Nose Submersible
It occurred to me that while I’ve taken this finished example of my second Fish-Shaped Submerible (Buy The Kit Here) to several shows to display on my Industria Mechanika sales table, I’ve never taken...
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