Cranfield Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 Now, now boys, this is a Forum, nor a Chat Room. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 Sorry, I'll go sit in the corner, put him in the other so we cant talk :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 How did the paper mache decoys turn out today? Did anybody give it a go? 8-) 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 i have'nt had time to try any of these methods as i have been a school, but come the easter holidays hopefully i can start making some :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everygoodnamewastaken Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 My mum made me go to school :thumbs: I'll try as soon as i can, never made paper mashce before :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flightline Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 My mum made me go to school :thumbs: I'll try as soon as i can, never made paper mashce before :( I can`t believe that! It was all we jolly did at skule up to age 11-papier ******** mache! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 anyway i think i'm gonna try to make one out o paper masche as it sounds pretty easy an i done it before, although it may take a while to recall how to do it from my primary school days :S i'm sure you could make 1 out of a wire frame and cover it or somit like that :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Remember to ask your ma before you borrow her liquidiser to make the papier maché!! :laugh: :laugh: I am going to make some real bird shells this summer. They are made by de-breasting and cleaning birds, then preserving them with formaldehyde (raid the biology lab! lol). Apparently they are the best deeks. I will mail instructions if anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 I have a good idea, get a pigeon gut it like a phesant or partrage. Fill the cavity with window sealer and then laminate it :thumbs: :( No seriously we have a vat former at school, i'll carv a wooden pigeon, or a reverse plaster cast of whole decoy and vat form it into a shell. so i will have a plaster cast mould which i can reuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 i like those last 2 ideas, make sure you make enough and i'll buy some of you r_s88 :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 You wont have to buy them the stuff's free, however my real decoys to make the mould from are at home, an to be frank i expect i'll be cr*p at carving :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 couldn't you make a mould out of clay or make a wire frame and stuff it with something. or are they to harsh to let you at the clay at school =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Red_stag88. Your first idea for a real bird decoy would be far more effective as a rat decoy. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Don't forget - papier maché shrinks and shrivels when it dries, so you need a strong wire frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Ill ask, but i'll probably be cr*p at that too The only things i can do well are: a)shoot b)fish b)Biolagy and d) erm..........shoot Not much good at anything else really :X . (notice spelling doesnt appear!!! :thumbs: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted March 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 oh well try and give it ago and see if a friend can give you a hand :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJ Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Hammergun - I read about this formaldehyde method in Archie Coats book. It looked straight forward enough, but I never got round to trying it on account of the fact that I couldn't get my mitts on any formaldehyde. Somebody told me to try the local undertaker, but I bottled out of that one. Let me know if you have any joy acquiring the stuff, I am convinced that decoys from dead birds are the most realistic and therefore the most productive. The only drawback may be transporting the things, I would imagine they would damage easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbus Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 MAJ try http://freespace.virgin.net/sts.northwales/intro.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 A short warning about formaldehyde: along with it being an unplesant substance, the fumes have a sensitising effect that after repeated exposure can cause a severe reaction in some people. ie when in the car keep them sealed in a box or bag, and have the window open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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