Awesome. I just got into RC recently. Got an SCX24 JLU that im modding out right now. I just bought a bunch of popsicle sticks and a hot glue gun. This looks like a fun one to try out. Thanks!
ya its fun playing with the sticks, simple and inexpensive. Can make-well what ever you can dream up. There's a video here somewhere guy built an entire course out of em. THATs the secret- have fun.
Trial & error- on the ends mostly used a small mini V file to make small Vs (to look like old wood splitting). Some are cut using utility knife.. Random holes drilled then feather out to look like knots fallen out. The Popsicle sticks pretty soft, just and press dragging to create split lines. 1:10. Lately I've bee using an old wood rasp, laid flat pressing and draging to cut weathered grain lines, distressing. Did sand edges with coarse paper getting rid of square corners and uniform width. Wire brush to roughen. Highlight split ends and random surface 'splits' before painting with a roller ball ink pen. Painting I used Rustoleum semi gloss (though dark grey primer would work) anodized bronze. 2:42 Barley pressing nozzle to get spray paint to spit, then dust from distance. Dremel likely work, hadn't tried. Using dremel hard part making splits not looking like slots? but I'm thinking cut off wheel. To my eye it was trying to make each plank different, not repeating patterns. Good luck.
I was looking for something to build out of popsicle sticks and this is exactly what i wanted. Thank you for posting it looks awesome!
well done my friend!
Awesome. I just got into RC recently. Got an SCX24 JLU that im modding out right now. I just bought a bunch of popsicle sticks and a hot glue gun. This looks like a fun one to try out. Thanks!
ya its fun playing with the sticks, simple and inexpensive. Can make-well what ever you can dream up. There's a video here somewhere guy built an entire course out of em. THATs the secret- have fun.
Looks neat I’m about to make something similar, how’d you do the weathering? I’m probably going to use my dremel and do the same looks neat.
Trial & error- on the ends mostly used a small mini V file to make small Vs (to look like old wood splitting). Some are cut using utility knife.. Random holes drilled then feather out to look like knots fallen out. The Popsicle sticks pretty soft, just and press dragging to create split lines. 1:10. Lately I've bee using an old wood rasp, laid flat pressing and draging to cut weathered grain lines, distressing. Did sand edges with coarse paper getting rid of square corners and uniform width. Wire brush to roughen. Highlight split ends and random surface 'splits' before painting with a roller ball ink pen.
Painting I used Rustoleum semi gloss (though dark grey primer would work) anodized bronze. 2:42 Barley pressing nozzle to get spray paint to spit, then dust from distance.
Dremel likely work, hadn't tried. Using dremel hard part making splits not looking like slots? but I'm thinking cut off wheel.
To my eye it was trying to make each plank different, not repeating patterns. Good luck.
Proof it ain't gotta be pretty, fancy or structurally scale. Just fun!!
Thats the key! Thanks