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| Posted: Mon May 21st, 2012 07:33 pm |
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HIYA Everyone..
I was just looking for tools to carve plaster or hydrocal and wanted to know if this would be what I should get or is there something better to do this with?
http://www.micromark.com/3-piece-scriber-and-scraper-set,7763.html
I would like to make a cut stone bridge, or piers for a girder bridge, most likely about 2 feet long for an O scale diorama I'm thinking about making. I has to be sorta big because there will be an On30 line and a stream going under it.
Rob Wright
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| Posted: Mon May 21st, 2012 08:11 pm |
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W C Greene
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Why not use a regular old Exacto #11 blade or similar? Also, if you are friends with a dentist, he can give you some fine tools that work well on plaster, etc.
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| Posted: Mon May 21st, 2012 10:53 pm |
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HIYA
If I use the knife, should I file down the point or leave it pointed and make 2 shallow cuts to form the grout joint?
Or just cut one striaght down line?
I have never carved on paster so this is all new to me..
RobLast edited on Mon May 21st, 2012 10:54 pm by smokebox
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| Posted: Tue May 22nd, 2012 12:07 am |
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An old #11 which doesn't cut styrene well anymore is a good candidate for a plaster tool. Advice? Just sit down and do a "test" piece.
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| Posted: Tue May 22nd, 2012 12:31 am |
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Try carving the plaster while it is still a little green, that is not fully cured and hard.
You will need to go back and clean up the fine detail.
Works for me.
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| Posted: Tue May 22nd, 2012 01:24 pm |
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Just a note Rob, many modelers are now using the pink or blue foam board and carving that. Much easier to carve and final results are just as good.
As for tools, yes, the dentist throws away all his old dull tools. Also, Harbor Freight has some scribing tools for a lot less money.
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I bought a collection of carving tools-then always went back to a utility knife and a beater chisel. 99% of my Gila Canyon was carved with the utility knife:
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| Posted: Thu May 24th, 2012 01:25 am |
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tremendous rock work, great stone carving and the colouring is also top notch.
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when you go to carve it. Had that happen more than I want to say.
