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Posted on 28/11/06 01:52:34 |
Em_the_Squirrel
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Re: Cam's Track
oh, yeah, ummmm, riiiiiight! 
i think cam's *only* idea was the forrest  |
Posted on 01/12/06 14:18:06 |
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richard
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Re: Cam's Track
So what's been happening with this track? Where are the new pics?  _________________  |
Posted on 01/12/06 18:46:52 |
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CamZH
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Re: Cam's Track
Nothing has happened for the last few weeks, i've been doing other things  and i cant really tell you what they are... |
Posted on 01/12/06 19:07:51 |
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richard
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Re: Cam's Track
Ahh, the "time slips away" syndrome, I know it too well ...  _________________  |
Posted on 07/12/06 11:43:01 |
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Em_the_Squirrel
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Re: Cam's Track
pyrotechnics have been happinin wif the track!! 
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Posted on 07/12/06 11:54:51 |
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Dave in Perth
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Re: Cam's Track
good pyrotechnics or BAD pyrotechnics?? 
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Posted on 07/12/06 11:59:56 |
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richard
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Are there any BAD pyrotechnics?  _________________ |
Posted on 07/12/06 15:14:04 |
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Em_the_Squirrel
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Re: Cam's Track
LOL d00ds! Cam is doing the pyro part, so it could turn really bad really fast!!! |
Posted on 09/12/06 09:18:38 |
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Chadly
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Re: Cam's Track
as long as the track isn't the pyrotechnics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted on 10/12/06 20:43:42 |
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Dave in Perth
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Re: Cam's Track
he's already tried that... welding with scrap steel left across the track |
Posted on 10/12/06 22:27:42 |
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CamZH
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Posted on 17/12/06 10:06:31 |
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CamZH
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Re: Cam's Track
well what better way to spend a nice summers day than tearing up bits of newspaper, and playing with wire mesh and a staple gun ??  |
Posted on 17/12/06 10:10:04 |
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CamZH
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Re: Cam's Track
this shows the contours of the mesh better  |
Posted on 17/12/06 10:13:18 |
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CamZH
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Re: Cam's Track
and the paper mache ! ulgh, this is a messy and slow job !  |
Posted on 17/12/06 11:24:42 |
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richard
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Re: Cam's Track
Hey Cam, when you've finished the paper mache level, go to Bunnings and get a bag of Plaster of Paris (~$10), and some colouring (~$ - I've found this is more solid and gives a better "rock like" appearance, if you're going to the Edgewater store, the PoP and colours are on the east facing shelves on the west side of the tool shop (as in, outside the tool shop).
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Posted on 17/12/06 11:25:49 |
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richard
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Re: Cam's Track
This is a close up of the final result:  _________________ |
Posted on 17/12/06 11:29:40 |
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richard
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Re: Cam's Track
If you want to make grassy fields, use a light green for the base colour, then get a flour siv (like in my first photo - you pull the handle and it lets the substance out) and go over with a darker green ... hope that helps!! Oh yea, I've always found that paper mache attracts mice!! _________________ |
Posted on 17/12/06 12:38:36 |
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Dave in Perth
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Re: Cam's Track
guide pins and flying cars are very unfriendly to plaster (even more so than paper mache) 
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Posted on 17/12/06 22:48:37 |
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CamZH
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Re: Cam's Track
Seems to attract the ants more than anything so far ! But the paper mache should be pretty durable, more so than plaster, as its far less brittle ! the other bonus is that this area of the track doesnt often see cars landing on it. Your display looks cool, Rich, but its not what i'm going for, i want grassy fields ! As for the turf i'll be using the train shaker type stuff on top of a painted surface. looks pretty good on the rest of the track ! not sure that it will be painted for next satruday tho... might stay up on friday to paint it, then it will be dry for saturday night
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Posted on 18/12/06 04:20:56 |
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Em_the_Squirrel
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Re: Cam's Track
Cayenne or Chili power should keep the ants away...
I've also found baby powder works quite well to suffocate them.  |
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