Mr Rizzini Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Im looking some advice and pictures as to where to cut the decoy to add a set of foam wings and tail cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) Have a look on the 'bay' .There's a few floaters or bouncers on there with the foam wings, and you can see easily where they slot into the full bodied decoy. Type in 'decoy bouncer'and a couple should come up. Edited December 15, 2012 by caeser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 In fact look at this item number 190366245475 It shows it quite clearly I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Thats great, thanks very much matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Thats great, thanks very much matey The Jack Pyke wing sets are OK for shape and size but I've never seen a pigeon with such a weird colour scheme. You only have to google image "Woodpigeon wings" or compare a real one to see how bad they are for colour and pattern. I paint mine to blend in more with the decoy and look like a pigeon wing and tail. Acrylic paints with fullers earth added to stop any shine and glare in sun. Edited December 16, 2012 by Bobba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) The Jack Pyke wing sets are OK for shape and size but I've never seen a pigeon with such a weird colour scheme. You only have to google image "Woodpigeon wings" or compare a real one to see how bad they are for colour and pattern. I paint mine to blend in more with the decoy and look like a pigeon wing and tail. Acrylic paints with fullers earth added to stop any shine and glare in sun. thats great mate, I shall purchase some from the evil bay what is the recipe for mixing the fullers earth with the paint? Edited December 16, 2012 by Mr Rizzini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 thats great mate, I shall purchase some from the evil bay what is the recipe for mixing the fullers earth with the paint? Sorry to say there is no magic formula. I use "Graduate" Acrylic as it's cheaper than the professional stuff and for what we use the paint for it's hardly a Remrandt. Having mixed the right shade and thinned it with a drop of water for smooth application I add about a desert spoon of fullers earth. It then is a sort of paste and gently thin again for smooth application. You can get fullers earth on-line. You need only buy the small amount in grams as it lasts for yonks. HTH. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Sorry to say there is no magic formula. I use "Graduate" Acrylic as it's cheaper than the professional stuff and for what we use the paint for it's hardly a Remrandt. Having mixed the right shade and thinned it with a drop of water for smooth application I add about a desert spoon of fullers earth. It then is a sort of paste and gently thin again for smooth application. You can get fullers earth on-line. You need only buy the small amount in grams as it lasts for yonks. HTH. Regards thats great Bobba, I now managed to get 6 sentry full body decoys from a friend so I'll be off to eason's today to get a couple of tubes or paint, I know my cousin uses fullers earth for fly fishing so I may try him and see if he has any. cheers again for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 thanks for advice everyone and heres my first attempt at painting them etc, just need to learn how to make the poles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongaanie Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 estate agenet for sale sign boards work for wings and tail and its recycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rizzini Posted December 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 cheers for that, I'll keep an eye out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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