Thread: Wool Truck finished

What a superb job, congrats to you both.
and as the others have said, those bales seem a bit underfilled. you probably needed another teddy bear!
I remember doing it as a kid, shed roustabout during shearing time, dad would have skun me if I'd had them as loose as those appear to be

Hi Nick

Thanks for the kudos. I'm still determined to get some wooden bales made, whenever I can persuade Dave to find the time. He says making wooden bales is 'a piece of cake' so I guess the way to get them is the usual, 'okay, let's see you' which works every time.

At the moment the major toymaking project is to nut out a way to make authentic looking wire wheels for the Jag, problems being not just how to create the wire pattern, but also the ensure the wheel remains solid and workable.

And you're right about the bear. I reckon I needed two more, the original having been only lightly 'stuffed' (in more ways than one!!)

Cheers
LiliB

Lilli wooden bales would not have been used they wouldn't have stored and travelled well, cut the possible weight being carried, more could be squashed into the sack bails giving more $$$ for packing weight.

Hi Wheelin

Noooo I want complete wooden bales to simulate the real ones.

Dave says you could shape them perfectly, and I would paint them the right colour. After all, model making is creating the illusion of reality, when you're working with wood. I could guarantee that I can get an accurate colour rendition of the bales, and that Dave could get an accurate wood rendition.

I just think you could get a more regular and better shaped object, doing it this way, because my sewing skills leave a fair bit to be desired. (I wish I had paid more attention to the old bag whose classes in sewing I skipped in Year 8).

Cheers
Lili

ive got a couple of really good books on making really detailed timber vehicles, Making Classic Cars in wood by Joe B HicksSterling PublishingISBN 0-8069-6988-1, More of Blizzards Wooden Toys, by Richard BlizzardBBC Books 1987but the best is Blizzards Wonderful Wooden ToysISBN 0 563 16562 6 ( BBC) or ISBN 0 7195 4024 0 ( John Murray )the 1907 Rolls is a whopping 800mm long, detail blows your mind. Time to get back to making sawdust

Hi Billy

The link that Aussie put into his reply to 'What is a model car worth?' looks to be good for tracking down books on model and toy making. There is a link to a site that has a book listing, as well as plenty of web sites of model makers (an interesting one in Russia).

I have cut and pasted your book names and will search for them when I'm recovered from the Christmas binge on spending. I think resources such as books are an absolute must to keep the creative juices flowing.

On the subject of books, we seem to pay way too much for many of our books. I bought a recommended book on wood carving on Amazon, for a total of US$17.95 delivered. The book was out of print, and a net search showed it available from a second hand dealer in Oz for $219. (He's dreamin')

The only drawback with Amazon is that they send their stuff by 'teaclipper around Cape Horn' and its months til it gets here. They don't tell you that on the website when you are buying. I would happily pay a little more for airmail but they didn't give me the option.

Thanks again for you ideas
LiliB