10-14-2022

I poured a Travis Walton bust yesterday. And I worked seom more on the Saturn 1B.

Today I’ll pur polyfoam into the bust and remove it on Monday for painting and it’s base.

Stuff at the studio 10-13-2022

I finished the Cyclops mask yesterday. It ships this week. I always let the paint dry out for 2 days. Even though it is dry to touch it takes time to bind to the rubber.

I also got some more work done on the Saturn 1B. I made a new escape tower for it out of bamboo sticks that’s pretty hardy. It will survive reentry well. I also got a coat of white paint on it too. Lots of paint and decal details to go yet.

Great day.Ad Astra,

The latest 10-11-2022

Monday was a great day and I got the Planet of the Apes gorilla mask painted and the Cyclops mask trimmed, patched and ready to paint. Next up is to do the hair work today and pack and send this mask in time for Halloween for my customer.

I also got a little more work done on this 1980’s Black Brant rocket kit. Despite being so old the kit and its components are in very good condition. I plan to fly this at our next launch this weekend.

My friend Sam Williams took these very nice shots of the Luscombe 8E Silvaire I built recently on its first flight at our field last Sunday. This was a very hard plane to build and it flew very well.

Work yesterday

Got this Planet of the Apes mask out of the mold yesterday. This will dry out all day to day before trimming. All the masks will get painted and shipped next week.

Busy with masks orders once more 10-5-2022

Orders are coming in and I’m making them and shipping them. Thanks for the orders from all of you!

BTW my masks are made of such thick rubber they will sit up on their own without a stand. Let’s see you do that with one of those 50 dollar masks from China.

One Cyclops in the mail, one Gorilla mask cast in rubber in the mold and another Cyclops mask out of the mold drying out before it gets trimmed and ready for paint today.

Last Part. Part 6 is up 10-1-2022

First mask is painted 9-30-2022

All finished up. Video for the last part 6 will be uploaded tomorrow.

Lets make a cyclops part 5

Cyclops mold a sucess 9-23-2022

The mold of the Cyclops was a success. I’ll edit the video tomorrow. No problems at all and I start casting the first mask this Monday.

Cyclops mold made 9-22-2022

The Saga of the Cyclops mold has taken me 3 days. I would usually make a mold in one sitting or about an 8 hour day. But these days I need to pace myself and I have less time at the studio because of all the other things I have going on in my life.

I have been shooting video all along and will cut it this weekend. Today I open this mold and clean it out. That means next week I can start making and painting masks.

So far #1 has been pre-sold.