A change from planes/tanks

That is COOL...

My sentiments exactly.

That has got to be one of the most impressive bits I have ever seen.

Bravo!

I used to say I modeled anything that moved (all vehicle types). Then, a few years ago I found a model of the Gutenberg printing press (now completed). That was certainly the most unusual mode I have ever built :-)

Larry,

Thanks for sharing that. Outstanding!

Art

Cool stuff; makes me miss woodworking! I never carved that small though.

--Stephen

any pictures, dan? has anyone seen a screw type coin press kit or acratch?

I'll take some and post on my web site. It was a kit. Never heard of the brand before- it was advertised in a mail order puzzle catalog. I suspect the company may have been one catering to miniatures market (doll house furniture and such).

thanks

And we call ourselves modelbuilders? Does anyone remember a news clip many years ago about a man who engraved entire scenes on the head of a straight pin? No joke. Worked under a microscope and the engraving strokes were so delicate and so precise that the man had actually learned to control his heartbeat. Each engraving stroke was made between heartbeats. Had to be that way because the vibration caused by the heartbeat would cause him to damage the engraving.

Richard Marmo

Funny you should mention that as just yesterday there was a morning tv item about a man who'd won awards for designing such scenes. In close-up it showed four characters standing in the eye of a needle.

Did I say four ?

Richard.

I used to marvel at the micromanipulators I saw at work, for people hooking up the leads on custom IC chips. I had thought about how neat a modeling tool that would be, but those were big buck tools. I wonder if they could be cheapened if production rate got high enough :-)

There's a guy in my club that engraves/scribes his own instrument faces in 1/48 and 1/72 scales...including the numbers on them. He uses white plastic coated with India ink, and scribes through using a compass point. If you look at them with a magnifiying glass you can read them...no joke.

Yeah...we suck...

Yup...we suck...