I’ve decapitated the plastic macaw I bought and started to add details with two part epoxy putty. This is working pretty well as I’m trying to get him closer to Jose from the tiki room before I make a mold. I have to order silicone mold making rubber and liquid plastic to make duplicates of the head.
Just when you thought you would have to sculpt the Tiki room birds from scratch…
You’re walking through Canadian Tire at lunch, round a corner in the gardening section and see this…
He’s not 100% accurate but a good starting point to making Jose, Michael, Fritz, and Pierre. I can cut off his noggin and use is to make a silicone mold and more heads. And I can use the body (cut in half) to fill with plastic and make a “buck” for vacuum forming more bodies. Yay Crappy Tire!!!
Here is the framework of our new deck. The old one was too far gone to save.
The frame of the old one (that I did NOT build) was filled with concrete from a demolished patio. Which leads to trapped moisture and rotting. The 6X6s have proper concrete pile footings under them now:
This new deck will be partially covered with a pergola attached to the house. It will have poly carbonate roofing to keep the rain off our patio furniture. Just need to finish off the joists and add the proofing then the deck boards. I say that as if it’s easy. Here is a 3D rendering of the structure:
And it will be a TIKI ROOM like the ones at the Disney parks with animatronic characters. See future posts for developments.
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With the upper part of the broom characters designed, I’m now sculpting the lower bristle parts. They will be molded in fiberglass resin in two halves.
Building a Mickey Fantasia Fountain including the Fantasia brooms from the scene with Mickey Mouse and the multiplying brooms. The brooms will be pouring buckets of water to form the fountain!
This is part of my series of videos about making your own Mickey Mouse topiary!
This is part of my series of videos about making your own Mickey Mouse topiary!
I saw a neighbour throwing out a bathroom sink pedestal. I thought it would make a great column for my “copper” Mickey statue. I sanded it down a bit to give it some “tooth” and then sprayed it Disneyland green (or at least that’s what I call it). Looks great and FREE!!!
I wanted to build a new garden wall at the front of our house, but I wanted it to be curved and yet made of wood, similar to the ones I made for the backyard railroad.
I really dislike the stacking stone walls because they seem to either sag with the frost heave or bend over from the pressure of the soil.
I made this wall from cut sections of 4X4 alternating between 10 and 12 inches high. Each one had cuts done to make the top more pointed.
Each piece is cut lengthwise at a 6 degree angle on one edge to produce a curve when they are screwed together. Since they are all screwed together and attached to piles driven into the ground, they shouldn’t move at all.
I had some extra sections left over so I made a new house number sign for us.
