Hello all
I am planning to do a Greenwing mount taking off from the water and would like to use an acrylic support rod..I've never used these before..anyway, I'm not sure how to go about attaching it to my base and to the mannekin..I searched the archives and read a post about drilling out the mannekin and hot glue it in place..Is that how its normally done..seems like that might not be sturdy enough? I don't want it to let loose and my bird swivel..I'm thinking Bondo..? Also, how do I attach it to my base, which is oak but only has a thin piece of plywood in the center that I would be attaching it to? For what I have in mind, about a 4-5" piece of rod will be exposed and hidden with splashes, the rod will be exiting the bird near the vent area...
Thanks for any help
TJ
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Sharpen the rod to a point and shove it. You really do need to buy Frank Newmeyer's video on the process. Trust me on this one. Otherwise, your duck's liable to be covered in poly.
I agree with George on this one. The Frank Newmeyer video changed a lot of the ways I was looking at resin scenes. If you are planning a scene, the video will be well worth the $$ and a few days wait. BTW, he shows how to attach the rod. He sharpens it, makes his hole in the form by pushing the rod into the form and then drills thru the rod and inserts a cross wire thru the form and rod to secure it.
Too many taxidermists with some experience feel they have nothing to gain from purchasing videos and trying someone else's techniques. They could not be any more wrong! I spent a TON of $$ going to PA Institute of Taxidermy and learning their techniques. Thru the videos and trial and error I have started doing MOST of my work using techniques different from what I learned at PIT. Definately more than one way to skin a cat ( or deer).
You don't have to buy the video to learn how to anchor the rod....LOL..I cast a rod onto my water splashes for attachment. To make water splashes, I create a model in wax and then mold it and cast the splash core, including the support rod, in clear resin in a pressure chamber. Small attachments and associated blobs of water are cast and glued to the base "wave" and then the entire splash is coated with a UVR, two component, surfacing agent to meld the mass into one piece of "frozen" water.
Since I don't trust any glue to hold in a foam body, I cross pin as I suppose Frank does. At times a replacement foot on wire is cast into the water splash and the wire used to support the bird. When doing that, a portion of the mannikin is drilled out and cast in resin, cross pinned and the leg attachment point drilled out to accept the wire. The wire's insert length is burred with a tri file to provide tooth and then glued into the hole with CA. Machinists drill bits are used that mike the same as the support wire to insure a tight fit.
By casting the tri-hedral foot into the terminus of a splash, no movement is possible. The sure bond between wire and co-poly is made because of tight fit and the burring which provides tooth for CA.
Don't look for the cur video, cuz there ain't one and there never will be one.
You certainly do have a way with words LOL :)
Anyone know the name of the video that your referring to from Newmeyer?
I think I would be ok if I could figure out how to attach it to the base..?
Thanks
TJ