Sunday, February 25, 2024

Tractor-trailer

Symbiotic combo of a self-propelled cargo module, and a pilot to which it is easily attached and detached. That is, the front element is a sentient creature, and the back is a machine. 








 

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Tempus Fugit


Monogram's 1/24 1991 kit of Michael Waltrip's Nascar Pontiac Grand Prix. I bought it long ago as a twinpack, which included Dale Earnhardt's Chevy. The Chevy turned out fine, but I didn't enjoy all the decaling. So the Pontiac sat for 30-plus years. About a week ago I decided to skip all the still-pristine decals and hand-finish something old and anonymous. Craftstore acrylics, dry pastels, and black electrical tape window trim. Homemade stencil numbers outlined with a Sharpie.










Sunday, February 4, 2024

Ground Transport

Another cranberry-juice plastic jug project. For a couple of years now I've been accumulating short and stout humerus bones from turkeys, but haven't had much use for them. Nice to see how much they contribute to this strong and sturdy theme.








Sunday, January 21, 2024

Orbital Gleaner

Kitchen cleaner bottle, Port wine stoppers, ping-pong ball, leaky faucet cartridge, electrical tape, gypsum-board anchors, alligator clips, blowdryer grille, wire cap, turkey bones; and unused bits from a 1/35 Panther kit. I anticipate that this vessel orbits Earth in the space junk field, culling out the more dangerous and/or valuable bits. Royal Thai Air Force elephant insignia seem appropriate.










Cetaceous Dirigible

Cranberry juice jug, blowdryer handle, orange juice pulltab, gypsum board anchors, clothespin, a few turkey bones. I found the teddybear eyes in my mother's sewing stash years ago, finally put 'em to use.







Plastic Bottle #1

 More budget modeling. Plastic spray bottle, don't remember when I saved it, but the shape reminded me of a bird taking off from water. BIC BBQ lighter for the head. Turkey bones. Other bits from the junkbox. Continuing the bird theme, I added old stork decals from Academy's kit of WWI-ace Georges Guynemer's Nieuport.










Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Sailplane...thing

The usual stuff: turkey bones, mylar, hors d'oeuvre toothpicks, balsa, disposable wooden utensils, rubberband, coffee stirrer.