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Carved in concrete

2/20/2012

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The next step was building up a base sfamewwork out of pressure treated plywood and covering that with wire mesh.
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Prepped and ready to sculpt.
The attendies for this act, Concrete mortar mix, Portland cement, Fiber glass flakes ( for strenght) water, powerfull mixing drill (Milwaulkee Super Hole Hog) and misc trowels and sculpting tools ( sticks , knives, pointing trowel, stiff brushes and crumpled up alum. foil.
And the star of the show the base with mesh applied.

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Just after applying the concrete,now it's patience. You have to let the concrete mix stiffen up before you can sculpt it or it will turn to soup and fall off.

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There now it's starting to look like something.
While waiting for the concrete to set up I moved on to the base coat for the track and machine.
Prior to the base coat was a hand applied primer coat. This rimmer is so thick( like thin pancake batter) that it has to be brushed on, this process took me 3 1/2 hours , 2 1/2 on the tracks alone with all there nooks and crannies.

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I decided straying the base coats (2) would be the best approach and was I right!
Now we wait for paint to dry. then on to the detail painting (all hand work) stay tunned.

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