Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

That turned out so good!! 

Love your little hand made chickens, did you measure ahead of time that they would clear each other without snapping any heads off? 

Also like the SPS take on the DC logo, very clever 

Thanks Nick ,you got the first sneak peek when you and the boys stopped by a few weeks ago 😊
Re:"did you measure ahead of time that they would clear each other without snapping any heads off?" Not really...and it sort of became a concern once I got done drilling a hole through their butts, I tried to keep them under 1" OD but the necks got a bit long, you'll notice in the "spit" that they're staggered just a bit to keep the necks from hitting each other , but it worked out well , close but no cigar. Drilling the chickens out was probably the most nerve wracking part, there is absolutely no way to make a jig to hold these birds without ruining them, I tried clamping them in foam rubber in a vice , not good, I finally landed on mounting the drill bit in the lathe and free hand drilling them , the modeling clay is quite gummy and would try to Seize up around the bit, requiring many short probes and then retracting to clear the flutes in the drill bit.