{"id":1300,"date":"2022-04-27T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T17:15:42","slug":"elbow-grease-day-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"Elbow Grease (day 74)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a bit of a slump with this 100 day challenge in recent weeks and this week is no exception. But part of the challenge is to just keep going, even if things aren&#8217;t working out quite how they&#8217;re supposed to.<br \/>\nPreviously I used epoxy putty to create hollow copies of the upper leg part from a rubber mold. The process was a bit experimental and due to quality problems with the castings I wasn&#8217;t sure if I was going to actually use them. I&#8217;ve made up my mind that I will use them, so for the past couple sessions I&#8217;ve been working on smoothing them out. I did some gap filling on them and now I&#8217;m sanding them to get them smooth again.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_1_thumb.jpeg\" title=\"The part on the right has been sanded smooth, while the one on the left hasn't had this work done yet.\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_2_thumb.jpeg\" title=\"As I start the sanding process it becomes easier to spot the irregularities in the surface. The sandpaper can't hit recessed areas as easily...\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/1_100_Zaku_Kai\/zakufz_20220427_upper_leg_prep_3_thumb.jpeg\" title=\"With this round of sanding work done, the parts are beginning to look much better. The white spots, though, are pits in the surface. Probably I will have to use spot putty to fill those.\"><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe sanding work has mostly succeeded in getting the parts looking smooth, and while they&#8217;re not going to be perfect (even the part I copied them from has a little bit of asymmetry to it) I think they&#8217;ll be good enough. I am having to engage in a fair amount of manual work to give these parts their smooth finish back, and that&#8217;s not really ideal, but starting over with another method to duplicate the parts would also require additional work. Sometimes it&#8217;s best to just go with what you&#8217;ve got.<br \/>\nI will say I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;d use this approach again. I have something else in mind for creating hollow duplicates of the lower leg parts..  Perhaps there are some circumstances where this kind of method really would be a good choice, but I think there are probably better ways to go. Though honestly, until I get my pressure casting equipment set up again, and fresh mold rubber and resin, casting is going to continue being a problem no matter what methods I use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a bit of a slump with this 100 day challenge in recent weeks and this week is no exception. But part of the challenge is to just keep going, even if things aren&#8217;t working out quite how they&#8217;re supposed to. Previously I used epoxy putty to create hollow copies of the upper leg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,86,68],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}