No way to treat a Tortoise...

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And something for Mick...
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capt midnight wrote:[quote="tomhugill"ROFL! That really made me chuckle. The tortoise is situated in shelf segment closest to.the door and lowest to the floor. Everything else on my selves is dry and fine for.some.reason this one went rusty. The green stuff represents cast texture but it'll be toned down in the final finishing.
So, It's something like Squadron green putty? Can't wait to see this one finished up!

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I think so bill! Need to.ask Iain how he did it
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Now this thread is damn funny!

Love the pictures!
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gp100 wrote:Now this thread is damn funny!

Love the pictures!
Good. :D But lest anyone should forget the hapless metal monster that occasioned the thread, here's another view of the Tortoise. Here it's displaying symptoms of shell-pox, a terminal disease suffered by armoured vehicles
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Tortoise suffering from Shellpox in Scotland
Tortoise suffering from Shellpox in Scotland
Here's one designed to ward off garden intruders, first premiered on Freaky News, the Mk 2 model:
Rocket reptile to ward off  intruders and housebreakers
Rocket reptile to ward off intruders and housebreakers
Before beginning this thread, I'd no idea how often the humble tortoise had been the subject of ridicule and modification... :eh: :lolno:
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Hot off the printer-
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Woz wrote:Hot off the printer-
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Wow! Is that 1/16, Woz? If so, whose project is it for, I wonder?
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tomhugill wrote:A cruel winter and my tortoise looks almost as bad! Luckily woz has her for some.parts fitting so she should be happier!ImageImageImageImage

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Do you plan on toning the cast texture down...to my eye it looks too rough.
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43rdRecceReg wrote:
Woz wrote:Hot off the printer-
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Wow! Is that 1/16, Woz? If so, whose project is it for, I wonder?
It's 1/16 for Tom's rust bucket.
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The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..
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43rdRecceReg wrote:The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..
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I wonder if there's something in the cast texture ian used as the kv5 had the same
Issue or rusting bolts. The kitchen is not so bad, however the bottom shelf near the door of my garage seems to create natural oxidisation!

Woz the turret looks fantastic so far!
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