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Originally Posted By Ashraam: I might be mistaken, but I think the original idea was to offer both a "project" shirt like normal for students, plus the investor shirt for those that wanted that instead. View Quote Ok, if so, then I misunderstood / missed that part. |
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Originally Posted By Ashraam: I might be mistaken, but I think the original idea was to offer both a "project" shirt like normal for students, plus the investor shirt for those that wanted that instead. View Quote That is what we were thinking. Two shirts. One version for students, one for Investors.... |
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Originally Posted By UncleEric: Although the Investor signs did make me chuckle, I don't like the "investor" thing on the bottom of the shirts. Whether you invested funds, time, goods or mentoring, we need to make this all about the young people and not about ourselves. This is THEIR project, not ours! If you give a gift, then try to manage how it's used, was it really a gift after all? View Quote For me, “investor” is some tongue-in-cheek humor. While I do have a supermodel wife, I am not a millionaire. Hell, some months we do good to be thousandaires. I can’t justify matching some of the generous gifts some arfcomers are able to give to Gun’s program. However, I can always justify buying one of their shirts, which is something I’ve done several times, with the exception of my hiatus from here. I called it “sinister,” because not a single normie is going to see “investor” and not have some curiosity about it. Some outgoing folks might even then ask where I got the shirt and I can show the thread to them. I love showing off talented kids’ crafts, even if I’m not the one mentoring the kid. Too many people, even in rural SWMO, discount art class in high school, and that same attitude has been shown towards wood and metal shop since I graduated a couple of decades ago. If I can get a little light to go off in enough parents’ heads, maybe we’ll see a revival of the trades-as-arts in school again. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Black missile, instead of orange. Students wanted to see that changed. https://i.imgur.com/2jQkCuD.png View Quote That's looking sharp. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Black missile, instead of orange. Students wanted to see that changed. https://i.imgur.com/2jQkCuD.png View Quote The black looks better. I think the paw looked odd against the orange. |
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6GUNZ: I want the whole fucking cake back. It's mine by divine right, as proclaimed in the constitution, and I'm not in a sharing mood.
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Whatever you guys come up with, I'm down for one. You put my sign on the wall, how can I not reciprocate?
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Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: For me, "investor" is some tongue-in-cheek humor. While I do have a supermodel wife, I am not a millionaire. Hell, some months we do good to be thousandaires. I can't justify matching some of the generous gifts some arfcomers are able to give to Gun's program. However, I can always justify buying one of their shirts, which is something I've done several times, with the exception of my hiatus from here. I called it "sinister," because not a single normie is going to see "investor" and not have some curiosity about it. Some outgoing folks might even then ask where I got the shirt and I can show the thread to them. I love showing off talented kids' crafts, even if I'm not the one mentoring the kid. Too many people, even in rural SWMO, discount art class in high school, and that same attitude has been shown towards wood and metal shop since I graduated a couple of decades ago. If I can get a little light to go off in enough parents' heads, maybe we'll see a revival of the trades-as-arts in school again. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By UncleEric: Although the Investor signs did make me chuckle, I don't like the "investor" thing on the bottom of the shirts. Whether you invested funds, time, goods or mentoring, we need to make this all about the young people and not about ourselves. This is THEIR project, not ours! If you give a gift, then try to manage how it's used, was it really a gift after all? For me, "investor" is some tongue-in-cheek humor. While I do have a supermodel wife, I am not a millionaire. Hell, some months we do good to be thousandaires. I can't justify matching some of the generous gifts some arfcomers are able to give to Gun's program. However, I can always justify buying one of their shirts, which is something I've done several times, with the exception of my hiatus from here. I called it "sinister," because not a single normie is going to see "investor" and not have some curiosity about it. Some outgoing folks might even then ask where I got the shirt and I can show the thread to them. I love showing off talented kids' crafts, even if I'm not the one mentoring the kid. Too many people, even in rural SWMO, discount art class in high school, and that same attitude has been shown towards wood and metal shop since I graduated a couple of decades ago. If I can get a little light to go off in enough parents' heads, maybe we'll see a revival of the trades-as-arts in school again. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Black missile, instead of orange. Students wanted to see that changed. https://i.imgur.com/2jQkCuD.png View Quote |
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Originally Posted By AZNetEng: We all give to our ability. I have little to no artistic ability, can offer no insight into means and methods. I do have time and money. It all works out in the end. Increasing awareness is as valuable as anything else. View Quote I would’ve loved to have had a teacher like Guns in High School. On the same note, I would’ve killed to have had parents and counselors that hadn’t discouraged me from taking the shop classes we had back in the 90s. There’s latent metal and wood working potential in me. I’m occasionally allowed to practice it at work, but now that I’m in my 40s, with an 8 year old, and the usual adult challenges, finding time to explore that potential is a problem. There’s some serious potential for multiple types of artistic talent in every one of these kids, and Guns knows how to recognize a student’s strength (that the kid may not even know exists) and help them explore and mold it. For Montana, that unicorn taxidermy project must’ve been actually thought provoking as much for the adults as the kids who worked on it. |
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Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: I would've loved to have had a teacher like Guns in High School. On the same note, I would've killed to have had parents and counselors that hadn't discouraged me from taking the shop classes we had back in the 90s. There's latent metal and wood working potential in me. I'm occasionally allowed to practice it at work, but now that I'm in my 40s, with an 8 year old, and the usual adult challenges, finding time to explore that potential is a problem. There's some serious potential for multiple types of artistic talent in every one of these kids, and Guns knows how to recognize a student's strength (that the kid may not even know exists) and help them explore and mold it. For Montana, that unicorn taxidermy project must've been actually thought provoking as much for the adults as the kids who worked on it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: We all give to our ability. I have little to no artistic ability, can offer no insight into means and methods. I do have time and money. It all works out in the end. Increasing awareness is as valuable as anything else. I would've loved to have had a teacher like Guns in High School. On the same note, I would've killed to have had parents and counselors that hadn't discouraged me from taking the shop classes we had back in the 90s. There's latent metal and wood working potential in me. I'm occasionally allowed to practice it at work, but now that I'm in my 40s, with an 8 year old, and the usual adult challenges, finding time to explore that potential is a problem. There's some serious potential for multiple types of artistic talent in every one of these kids, and Guns knows how to recognize a student's strength (that the kid may not even know exists) and help them explore and mold it. For Montana, that unicorn taxidermy project must've been actually thought provoking as much for the adults as the kids who worked on it. Some chacuterie boards, a french rolling pin, some bowels, and a couple of big butcher blocks. |
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Originally Posted By AZNetEng: I struggled with the same, but of late have made the time. Nothing fancy as yet but those are coming. Some chacuterie boards, a french rolling pin, some bowels, and a couple of big butcher blocks. View Quote I watched wranglerstar make a really nice work bench out of 2x and 4x4s a year or so ago, and thought “not only could I do that, but I could probably make it my own somehow,” but, I lack the tools and have other priorities than to buy things like even a hand planer. I might get around to trying stuff like that, but I need to handle short term realities first. |
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Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: I watched wranglerstar make a really nice work bench out of 2x and 4x4s a year or so ago, and thought "not only could I do that, but I could probably make it my own somehow," but, I lack the tools and have other priorities than to buy things like even a hand planer. I might get around to trying stuff like that, but I need to handle short term realities first. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: I struggled with the same, but of late have made the time. Nothing fancy as yet but those are coming. Some chacuterie boards, a french rolling pin, some bowels, and a couple of big butcher blocks. I watched wranglerstar make a really nice work bench out of 2x and 4x4s a year or so ago, and thought "not only could I do that, but I could probably make it my own somehow," but, I lack the tools and have other priorities than to buy things like even a hand planer. I might get around to trying stuff like that, but I need to handle short term realities first. |
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Originally Posted By brass: Hit up your local body shop or the shop you had the student at for 3 floz Clear Base and 1 floz Medium Activator. That would be a lot cheaper than the "Quart Kit" of clear base and the little bottle of activator. (Spray with HVLP gun in area with GREAT ventilation and wear respirator in addition) The Clear Base has a long shelf life if you keep the lid on. The Activator is what goes bad after it hits air and goes into storage without a vacuum bag on it. So rather than waste the pint of activator from the quart kit due to only using once a year, see if you can get a little bottle of 1 floz clear medium Activator and the 3 floz of Clear Base from friendly body shop that has Clear/Activator in bulk. (½ pint total) Mix half of each together and you get about 25 minutes of working time to put down a good layer of clear. Wait a day and sand out any bad bits, then repeat after it has cured a bit longer and is looking good. It doesn't run near a easily as the pigments but it will sag if put on too thick, aim for a 3-5 mil finish (0.003-0.005") between the two coats and it'll look like a million bucks with no further waxing/maintenance needed. The gold would be looking a lot better if it were a urethane automotive paint which is translucent when mixed ½ / ½ with Reducer so there's no splotches,just he even tone added per pass. The rattle cans are made for '1 coat coverage" so even the light accumulations turn into blobs rather than blend into the background. Buying some gold of a bad mix from local auto body supply store might work if they have a batch of a gold-ish color that didn't match they have them on the shelf for under $10 instead of getting rid of them, just buy a quart of reducer (also use to clean your spray guns with) and you'd be all set. That's not to say you can't get a really good base color fade with Krylon, look at graffiti coming out with amazing color blends, but it's using much more time and skill than Normally needed due to how opaque it is. Once it's cured, I'd not look back and use the last bit for the perfect depth and finish. Otherwise, Quart Kit of clear $80 (if you have a vacuum bagger you could store the activator for a year two in a cool spot, but generally want to use it Within a month or two once it contacts air, it's sort of like super glue in that regard -- keep it cool and away from fresh air contact which kicks it off. The gut punch is getting a pint of gold with iridescent which would put you into classic car custom paint shop tints for $50/pint, though you can get iridescent and prism mixes to add to the first coat of clear coat as a mid-coat to add more depth to the finish, think the airbrush jobs on motorcycle tanks how they are nearly holographic, what you are doing is basically the same concept but you're using less forgiving paint with the one coat coverage (one drop is opaque so translucent only happens when the drops aren't all touching). Have the local body guy stop and take a peek at it and he could give you much more advice then a simpleton like me who's only dabbled in automotive for a dozen cars, no history of showplace winners in vehicles. TL;DR - Spent the $80 for quart kit clear, or get the rattle can 2k clear for $25 (must use both coat inside half an hour after activator mixes though before it starts spitting out blobs due to curing from activator), or get local body guy to donate a small amount of each for cause. View Quote You beat me to it. |
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“An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
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Whatever is decided is good with me t shirt wise!
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Originally Posted By guns762: Black missile, instead of orange. Students wanted to see that changed. https://i.imgur.com/2jQkCuD.png View Quote |
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He's been sick the last two days....don't anybody show him these. View Quote And there's no possible way he's been tracking your progress from home. {Can we hear him yelling from 3 states away?} "Mom, I'm not sick! I'm going to school! Those idjits have messed up my canopy for the last time!" |
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Originally Posted By Mak_380: And there's no possible way he's been tracking your progress from home. {Can we hear him yelling from 3 states away?} "Mom, I'm not sick! I'm going to school! Those idjits have messed up my canopy for the last time!" View Quote He still felt so miserable that he didn't even get mad. I made him put down a stick before I showed him, though. He needs to work on his portfolio, so we have another day or so to sand on it before he can figure out how to fix what we messed up. |
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That's an impressive mechanism in the weapons bay. Will it be able to drop freshmen?
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Let's go Brandon!
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I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like this is going to be the favorite with both students and arfcom crew members https://i.imgur.com/CW54o6V.png The front is still in discussion for students. These two are the most popular: #1 https://i.imgur.com/sHG40MK.png #2 https://i.imgur.com/W5mWpXp.png View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Whatever is decided is good with me t shirt wise! Looks like this is going to be the favorite with both students and arfcom crew members https://i.imgur.com/CW54o6V.png The front is still in discussion for students. These two are the most popular: #1 https://i.imgur.com/sHG40MK.png #2 https://i.imgur.com/W5mWpXp.png Panther stands out more in that version. No preference from me on the front. |
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F22 flight controls lecture
Special Lecture: F-22 Flight Controls |
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Originally Posted By guns762: This came late yesterday. Hopefully we can start messing with how our thrusters look using the lexan tubes and these fiber optic bundles. https://i.imgur.com/XBwfDm5.jpg View Quote For inspiration. Attached File |
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Life is about choices.
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Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like this is going to be the favorite with both students and arfcom crew members https://i.imgur.com/CW54o6V.png The front is still in discussion for students. These two are the most popular: #1 https://i.imgur.com/sHG40MK.png #2 https://i.imgur.com/W5mWpXp.png View Quote Count me in when they are available. I get a lot of compliments from the shipyard. |
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Originally Posted By redoubt: For inspiration. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/au0e9785_jpg-2206237.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: This came late yesterday. Hopefully we can start messing with how our thrusters look using the lexan tubes and these fiber optic bundles. https://i.imgur.com/XBwfDm5.jpg For inspiration. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/au0e9785_jpg-2206237.JPG Definitely need to remember the amber-red LEDs in the engine bays to light up the directional nozzles. |
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Originally Posted By redoubt: For inspiration. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/au0e9785_jpg-2206237.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: This came late yesterday. Hopefully we can start messing with how our thrusters look using the lexan tubes and these fiber optic bundles. https://i.imgur.com/XBwfDm5.jpg For inspiration. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/au0e9785_jpg-2206237.JPG Great reference! Thank you. |
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Originally Posted By StealthM8: F22 flight controls lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n068fel-W9I View Quote Fantastic lecture for sure. Might play it again for students because it's so interesting. |
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I would think that the t-shirts should have "F-22" somewhere in the design since that's what it's all about.
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"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition" - Rudyard Kipling
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Hey @guns762 I just had this thought - We need a poll for the pilot's name and call sign that will be painted on the aircraft.
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Life is about choices.
If you make a mistake once, it's a mistake. You make the same mistake again, that's a choice. |
I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Originally Posted By AZNetEng: This showed upbon my Twitter feed. Thought it was appropriate. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/430646/FHGYsG2XwAAxdD_-2211757.jpg View Quote Nice! That has some good detail too. Saving and printing for skin details. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Nice! That has some good detail too. Saving and printing for skin details. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: This showed upbon my Twitter feed. Thought it was appropriate. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/430646/FHGYsG2XwAAxdD_-2211757.jpg Nice! That has some good detail too. Saving and printing for skin details. |
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Life is about choices.
If you make a mistake once, it's a mistake. You make the same mistake again, that's a choice. |
New! Worst Job In Art Class: Touching up all the X's on the Rivets that they messed up during installation. |
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F22's circling the RV park this morning!
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“So, never give up. Continue to fight. You’ll either find a win here and there, or you’ll die fighting. I can accept either of those out comes”- March 31st, 2020 - Until Valhalla
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Nice!
What other tools might you be needing? |
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I’m so darned upset at myself for not moving there so my girls could be in your class!
We stopped in Idaho, but I’ve always loved WY. My hubs would have hated the wind... but with such a great school for the girls he could have handled 4 years. Also, my Mom and I went to Cody when the Art show was there and the gal who let us in informed us of the rule of no taxidermy anymore. I was sad as that would have been cool to see, and told her as much. She agreed wholeheartedly with us. I was reading the Unicorn thread and had not realized it was YOU and YOUR STUDENTS who were shafted by that! I’m sorry that happened, but glad you guys went out on top. Love these threads as they truly are a very uplifting read. Great teachers make great students, and you’ve great students. Though ... can we have the task board Haiku again? |
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