Dad3353 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Ah, here we go ... This, in the foreground, is the airbrush kit I bought for little money. The black support is, in fact, the compressor. It did a reasonable job for a couple of years, including the 'plane in the background ... This is my spray booth; a card sheet folded on the workbench. I'm applying a matt black undercoat, as the final finish will be silver, and black is good for that... Here's the same 'plane with its silver finish, airbrushed in the same way... In the background, on the floor, can be seen my current compressor, with a tank ... ... and here's what I was using it for. Note that it's the same airbrush pen; I only have the one... Here's the result; a cardboard 'plane for The Littl'Un... I use the same airbrush for stuff like this (1/6 scale New Zealand bush pilot...) ... Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 A set of PRS SE low mass locking tuners arrived last week. Along with a set of Graphic piezo saddles. They'll go with the Graphtec acoustiphonic and hexpander circuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 I've sent the neck and bridge off to Canada for the body to be cut and routed. When it comes back, I'll do the carved top and sealing. Speaking of which, I've been mulling over the excess amount of spare parts I've accrued and realised that there's almost enough for two partscasters...if I buy more spare parts apart from the pickups and bridges. Alder or mahogany bodies and mahogany or flamed/birdseye maple necks here are about US$60-80 each. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 Update time: When I originally measured the neck I had, I was getting 321mm from nut to 12th fret. Double that and you get the scale length...roughly 25.3 inches. This was a total PITA to adapt as most strat necks are 25.5" so to get all the right sounds, I had to shift the pickup positions in CAD so that they stayed true to their position on the string. However the guy in Canada doing the templates did the same measurements and discovered the necks were actually 25.5"scale. This meant all I really needed to do was a straight copy and paste from the strat block I was using.| Palm meet face. I can only conclude that the tape measure I was using was inaccurate by a few mm but it was a salient lesson in the importance of having reliable measuring tools. Anyway, the templates are being made as I type. The dream of the clean machine is becoming real... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
