wood model making

[Leon]

So you could make a cake and eat it too. ;~)

[Dave Balderstone]

Repeatedly!

[Steve B]

Is it tough being a genius?

Steve

[Steve B]

Not sure why, but this line reminded me of an incident, re: Are you where you are supposed to be?

Some Cajuns, in Ville Platte, were supposed to have gone hunting, but that's not where they went, no!

Loved to go fishing in Chicot! Good bass and some big crappie.

Steve

[Steve B]

Steve

[cedarsonny]

Are you nearby? =20

I grew up on the "banks of the lake", though I'm now in Lafayette. The par= k was created, in 1937, by the state expropriating property from the area l= andowners, my grandfather being one of many. The family still owns the old= homestead and acreage, adjacent to the park, and I go out there fairly oft= en. My grandfather had a sawmill just downstream of the now spillway, remn= ants of it are still there.

About 30-35 yrs ago, there was a large flood, with 4'-5' of water flowing o= ver the spillway... washing lots of sinker logs over the spillway and onto = the nearby roadway. I asked park officials if I could collect the logs and= they agreed, but I wasn't allowed to bring in large equipment to collect t= hem. I used my truck and tractor to pull/drag the logs to the homestead pr= operty, just 1-1/2 miles up the road, until I could deal with them better. = I used much of that subsequent lumber to remodel my present home. I think= I may still have some of that lumber hanging around.

There's an old log, in the lake near the north boat dock, with lots of larg= e woodpecker holes in it. I'd like to think those holes were made by an Iv= ory billed woodpecker. I've always wanted to go collect that log, about 10= "-15" diameter and 20' long.

= =20

Sonny

[Swingman]

"Sac au lait", Cher! ;)

[Pete S]

Does it have to be made of wood? Why? The more time you spend on a non working model, the less time you have to spend on the actual development. Is a non working model really that important? Is there already something out there that is close in shape of concept that could substitute for this model, or could an existing shape be easily modified?

[Steve B]

Are you nearby?

I grew up on the "banks of the lake", though I'm now in Lafayette.

• * *

I lived in Lafayette for six years, off Maryview Farm road at the tracks. Rented a country home from Dr. Martin, a veterinarian. It was actually half way between Lafayette, and Carencro.

I loved the swamps, and was all over the place, and knew it much better than many of the local Cajuns I talked to. Actually, a lot of them didn't even venture out into "da wooooods" as they called them.

On the program Swamp People, I have been to EVERY spot where they have filmed so far. The Atchafalaya is immense, and beautiful. Chicot is quaint, and getting back up into those sloughs in a pirogue is about as fun as it gets when you hook a bass that's pulling you around.

I miss the food, the fishing, the culture, a lot. I miss being able to stop by most any Mom and Pop store for some fresh boudin, gratons, or just a $5 all you can eat plate lunch, special du jour. Fresh oysters were a dime apiece in Abbeyville, or Breaux Bridge during the season. We'd eat a sack a day at work out in the shop. $6 a sack, IIRC. Coming home from offshore, shrimp were $1 a pound for nice ones, and $1 a dozen for huge clean blue crabs. They gave away flounder if you spent more than $20. Shrimp stuffed flounder ............ mmm, mmm, mmm .........

Many a fond memory of frogging down around Meaux, fishing around Pierre Parte (Troy Landry's home on Swamp People) Lake Henderson, hunting in the marshes (sometimes the mosquitos were bigger than the ducks), just a really cool place to live. I'd like to go back there for a good six month stint from the start of spring to the end of fall. Do nothing but fish, and eat and drink those little Miller bottles of beer.

The commercial diving offshore was one of my fondest lifetime adventures, too.

AAAAYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Steve

[Steve B]

You are right. But, I've seen architects models of projects with those little trees and cars and lawn furniture and the 300# guy walking the Yorkie that's taking a dump. I always wondered where the supermarket for those things were.

Hence, the question.

I guess it was just past some people's capabilities.

I have decided to make a model purely out of wood, having snagged a nice new sander at a yard sale for $25. It only has to be close for demonstration purposes.

Steve

[Puckdropper]

"Steve B" wrote in news:jn1rqq$kvj$ [e-mail]:

Would you like a refund?

There's some good advice in this thread and some bad advice. There's some stuff that looks useless now but may be useful later and there's some stuff that's always going to be useless. Welcome to Usenet.

For detail parts (trees, cars, etc), visit your local hobby shop. They might have it in stock, but chances are they'll have to order it from Walthers. (You can order it directly from Walthers yourself, but if the LHS orders it you often don't have to pay shipping.) Hobby Shops are a local niche business and there's very few big ones. Check the yellow pages and Walthers Dealer Locator.

Puckdropper

[Steve B]

"Puckdropper" wrote

Steve

[m II]

Perhaps you modify an old vehicle from the wreckers?

Hence, the question.

I guess it was just past some people's capabilities.

I have decided to make a model purely out of wood, having snagged a nice new sander at a yard sale for $25. It only has to be close for demonstration purposes.

Steve