ausfire Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just finished making this wallaby from junk. The head is on a bearing so that it can swivel. I made a kangaroo some time back, so maybe I should do a joey next so I'll have the whole family. It has quite a weight to it. When you start off with clutches and diff crown wheels it doesn't take long to get heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndChanceCowboy Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 That is too cool n then some. Excellent job mate, one of the best junk art pieces I've ever seen. Amazing the talent so many have out there today. Thanks for sharing,,, Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Awesome! Okay, that does it, I WILL buy that welder I've been putting off buying. I've GOT to try some of this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Like the frog going up your wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) @2CC.... Thanks. It has attracted some attention. @Spanky.... Yep! You have to get a welder ... and a good supply of junk pieces. (Lots of friends who know what you do and dump stuff over your fence!) And if you're using small pieces like this, a MIG is the way to go. I wish I knew more about silver soldering, as I have drum loads of interesting brass pieces that could go together spectacularly. @Matto....Yeah, the big green tree frog. His body is the mudguard off an old Massey ferguson tractor. The esye are floats from a toilet cistern. All fun stuff. Edited January 21, 2015 by ausfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's another really great representation of something Australian I've never seen. Seriously beautiful piece but it doesn't hold a candle to the dog sculpture behind it, it's indistinguishable from a real dog! I'm in AWE! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's another really great representation of something Australian I've never seen. Seriously beautiful piece but it doesn't hold a candle to the dog sculpture behind it, it's indistinguishable from a real dog! I'm in AWE! Frosty The Lucky. Ha Ha. Yeah, the ever present canine. Always hanging around whatever I'm doing in the shed. It worries me when I'm welding ... she just won't keep the mask on. Actually, we are lucky to have the dog at all. She spent a couple of days in the vet hospital last year after a tick attack. The fur has all but grown back now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm with you, I pity folk who don't share their lives with a dog or three. We couldn't keep the doggles on our blind border collie either and he'd run through the brush. Blind as a bat and Patch loved to run. That is Soooo Frost. Give her a shoulder massage scritchin for me will you? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapartoz Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 very nice piece ! great detail and accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks Andrew. I'm thinking of a possum next. I have a really nice piece of red cedar with a natural hole in it. I envisage a possum climbing out. Plenty around my place to copy from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapartoz Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A possum would be fantastic to mount on a tree. I am thinking that the brush tail will be difficult to find scrap to match. What do you intend to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 If it's crawling out of a hole it's tail wouldn't show. Frosty he Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 If it's crawling out of a hole it's tail wouldn't show. Frosty he Lucky. You're probably right, Frosty, but I think Andrew's comment refers not to the tail but the name of the possum. We have two very common possum species here - the brushtail possum and the ringtail possum. Some of the tail will be visible. And yes, Andrew, matching the scrap to the possum will not be easy. I think I will be using a lot of very small pieces in a composite arrangement a bit like the wallaby's head. His big round nocturnal eyes will be easy. And paradoxically, the tail of a brushtail is not very 'brushy' at all. There's a brushtail living in my shed. I emerges from the innards of the roller door on dark each night. I'll have to get it to pose for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapartoz Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I am looking forward to seeing some progress photos . sounds like a great project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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