My first shop was the galley table of our 28 foot sailboat. I figured out how to laminate brass shim stock to art paper, linen
and mat board for a model of the Harbour Ferries I was driving. Later on I had access to a real shop and made some aluminum
forms and cutters. The laminate was easy to cut and glue into just about any shape. The ferries have no bulkheads so it was tough
to get the shape right before the aluminum forms, which were my first serious attempt to make anything out of metal. With the metal core and
acrylic on linen the finished model is similar to a three dimensional painting. Music wire runs through the details like tiny rebar.
Windows are Mylar, guaranteed not to yellow for a more than a hundred years. There are sixteen of them out there
and mat board for a model of the Harbour Ferries I was driving. Later on I had access to a real shop and made some aluminum
forms and cutters. The laminate was easy to cut and glue into just about any shape. The ferries have no bulkheads so it was tough
to get the shape right before the aluminum forms, which were my first serious attempt to make anything out of metal. With the metal core and
acrylic on linen the finished model is similar to a three dimensional painting. Music wire runs through the details like tiny rebar.
Windows are Mylar, guaranteed not to yellow for a more than a hundred years. There are sixteen of them out there
