With hair dryer I've had a better control of my work. The next gondola is in work. This time I use the dremel to mill from inside the gondola. With a cutting disk you produce some heat and soften the plastic. This give some bumps when the plastic is thin enough. At some spots I came through. :angel: Next picture will follow. Wolfgang
something i tied was to use a stick of wood with a ball of screwed up aluminum foil attatched to it, heat the plastic press the foil ball against the soft plastic and it gives you irregular marks and indentations on the plastic just like dents and dings Paul
Love the contrast of the weathered gon and the hot pink truck! just an idea I had but what about using modelers putty to make the dents on the sides?
Bent hopper I saw this hopper a while back and took a shot for future modeling , it had an almost sculptured look to it. I haven't figured out how to copy it yet but it should be fun trying...dave
This is where I would probably use a cold wet wash rag to cover the rest of the shell except where I wanted to work it, and use the hot air and a wood probe from inside. When you get the bulge like you want it, quit blowing and rub the wet rag over the area so it will 'set' quickly. Because I am right handed, I hold the hot tube in my left hand and do the 'working' with my right. That way I can push the bulge, and hold it, while using the pinky finger of my left hand to move the wet rag over the hot area quickly. I keep a sponge in a flat pan of cold water handy to re-wet the rag as the hot air evaporates the water out of the rag where I am working. Keep the shell clamped down and just blow gently onto the spot you want a dent, while holding a little pressure against the inside to push the dent out. As the plastic begins to move, quit blowing and move the plastic as you wish, then freeze it in place with the rag! The rest of the rag is keeping the shell cool to preserve dents already made. It is easier to do than to describe. Try it, you'll like it.
