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Dogsoldat

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  1. Jealous wife...   but anyways  ;)  Think I have things where they are all good.  Paint wasn't playing as nice as I had wanted, but things are as close as they are going to get for now. Wanted a light dusting of silver on the dragonfly wings fading to the back edges but the silver ended up being an all or nothing paint.  Mostly a matter of getting it over to Moms and mounted.  Been a busy weekend.  Sent a Friends wife off yesterday in the morning.  Short but sweet service.  Then hustle back and huddled under tents in the rain for a wedding.  Had a strut to change in  the minivan this morning so just enough time to get the last of the paint on before the clouds settled in again.DSC02748.thumb.JPG.17c5be7b1e5ba49a431a0

  2.   Don't know Frosty,  I think your one of the guys that's worth listening to.  

      Anyways,  think I'm done with it.  Have a bunch of wire wheeling to do and brush on a bunch of paint.  Just had to play with the yellow and orange to see if the effect I was after was going to work out.  Think its pretty close.  Push plate for the inside and a basket twist handle on the outside.   Thinking that the SMITH will be in orange as well.  The rest of the gate black.  May paint the leaves if the green seems compatible.  Would be the same green as the vise and stand.  It will just be the simple strap hinges on the post for now.  May upgrade that later. 

     

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  3. Was contemplating a snail or maybe a small bird and a rolled up copper wire birds nest.  I'll have to see. Wife figured stick an owl in someplace.  Was thinking of basket twist on each side for handles.  Might go with a push plate on the push side and a twist on the outside.  Spring loaded to close.   Not sure how ambitious I'm going to get with hinges.  I know I should do something a little fancier than just standard heavy hinges.   Anyways this is where it will be going .

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  4. Dragonfly nearly done, bulrushes all in place.  A few extra leaves added.  The 'H' is going to be cut out and redone right.  It's realy starting to bug me.  A few adjustments on the one basket twist to match the other and sort out how they are going to be attached then onto clean up and paint. 

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  5. Pretty sure we'll have a few more soon.  Have an old Cat 200 buncher in need of undercarriage and a track loader might be coming due soon.  I can set them to the side  for you Daswulf.  :P

     

  6. A sleepless night and a super hot day kind of robbed me of my mojo.  Managed to get all the leaves I had made on and more or less bent into place.  Forged another seven leaves to fill in a few spots that are short on foliage.  Just one big hole down in the lower left hand corner that needs a bunch of TLC.DSC02707.thumb.JPG.ad0a784e1b38b4af99926DSC02708.thumb.JPG.308ed09a884edede02d41DSC02709.thumb.JPG.c0dfb0df05ad342ba7e7c

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