greenergp Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 This is my first attempt at making foam decoys 2 widgeon, the trickiest part is the head and trying to blend it to the body, the ones in the picture have still to sprayed in matt clear coat to dull them down a bit. Shop bought plastic decoys weigh 350 grams but the foam ones only weigh 180 grams, so that is a big advantage or carrying them to the shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 They look good enough to pull birds, but it would be interesting to know how they work in the wind and a chop. This is my first attempt at making foam decoys 2 widgeon, the trickiest part is the head and trying to blend it to the body, the ones in the picture have still to sprayed in matt clear coat to dull them down a bit. Shop bought plastic decoys weigh 350 grams but the foam ones only weigh 180 grams, so that is a big advantage or carrying them to the shore. <script pagespeed_no_defer="" type="text/javascript">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=725676f2f7c4149a522da03ca80f7e15&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=329991&p=2996228&md5check=23c19bd8f8f6e8d19370d5f24cad4cde&isRte=1,B6nXayd9mu,true,false,pGhDSWH5bJ0');//]]></script> &&0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 They look good enough to pull birds, Thanks i hope they will pull in birds, the decoys have keels on them and are self righting, but i will have to wait until September to see how they perform Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 As long as you do Not take a gun,, Why wait.?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Maybe.... but the fishing starts next week and i hope to be busy fishing whenever i can get any free time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Been doing some more decoys a Tufted and a Teal, i have 5 more Teal in different stages of production i am going to do various head positions sleeper, feeder etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 They do look very good. I think you might lose the tufts on the 'tufty' though. I'd make them without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Very impressive! Would love to know your method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Very impressive! Would love to know your method The method is easy i just followed the instructions on these you tube videos They do look very good. I think you might lose the tufts on the 'tufty' though. I'd make them without. I could'nt resist adding the tufts, i raided my flytying kit for some black hackles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nice one Your very skilled! I think I could manage the body but I'd fail on the heads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I see, I thought you had carved them out of the foam. The method is easy i just followed the instructions on these you tube videos I could'nt resist adding the tufts, i raided my flytying kit for some black hackles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nice one Your very skilled! I think I could manage the body but I'd fail on the heads!! There was a bit of cheating going on with the heads, some of them were carved from foam,i have recently made a mould off a shop decoy and cast them in either foam or resin, i will get some pics of the heads and put them up. You can buy premade heads in the USA but they dont seem to ship to the uk, so i made my own Here is a site that does the heads but i dont think they will ship over here http://www.fowlfoolers.com/store/c7/Decoy_Components.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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