Sorry to have been away again, but I was actually getting a bit of building done! Some time in late May I began working on my outer feet. I began with the motor mount bits, some of which were a bit difficult to cut...
The standard use of X-acto blade wasn't going to work here, so I dug out my little saw:
...and promptly broke the blade!
Never fear! I found my spare blades and finished this bit up. I was planning to get straight into building the styrene feet when I heard a lovely rumor that resin outer feet might be possible sooooon! Since I'd decided those were what I wanted I put the feet aside while waiting, and went back to the legs.
This work was done today. I planned to bondo the rough sides and sand before painting, but I'd bought bondo glaze and not putty. Don't buy this stuff -- it's stinky and useless!
I also noticed that the glue I'd used did not want to hold these shiny bits together...the second the legs were out in the heat and humidity there was failure.
I got out my new all-purpose Weld-On and fixed that area, and then affixed the skins rather than go out hunting for Bondo. I'll still need to get some at some point, but I wanted to move these legs along!
I also moved forward on getting all my remaining pieces sanded, primed and painted!
Here I sand the wrong side of the horseshoes! :-)
First layers of color for the leg parts:
And first layers of metallic paints for the two legs:
I'm starting to feel as if leg assembly is around the corner! Wooooo!
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