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First Adventures In Foiling


diemai
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Here are my first baits , that I have covered with aluminium tape .

The scale pattern I have made by first sticking some netting mesh onto the blanks with spray glue , someone on the forums in here wrote about it(sorry , I don't remember , who it was:huh:) , my gratitude goes to him;):) !

Also I have shaped the lureblanks in a little different way , these are turned on a lathe and afterwards the sides have been cut flat on a routing machine . To cut them accurately and symetrical , I have left one of the square dowel ends on the turned blank , so I could utilize it for fixing it into the machine vise of the routing machine .

I also furnished the lipslots that way .

The baits are a sinking glider , 4" long , and two crankbaits , the striped one is 3 3/5" and the smallest one is 2 2/5" .

The glider is weigthed fore and aft to sink level(with leader attached) at approx. 1 foot per second , the small crank has a leadshot in its rear for balance .

The larger crank has a 1/4 ounce sinker in its belly between hook and lip , both lipped lures are floating .

Painted with rattle cans and clear model making paint by "Revell" .

Tried the cranks prior to painting , they work nicely , the glider is a downscaled version of a bigger lure , that I have made before , so I don't have any doubt , that it would also perform well .

Thanks , TU , for my progress:wink: !

greetz , diemai


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Nice work Diemai, I am also experimenting with foil from time to time but my results have been less than spectacular, I'm beginning to think that my biggest problem is I'm not patient enough to do a really neat job. I think that several topcoats over the foil to get a nice smooth finish on which to paint is essential- again not enough patience! I have tried gluing different textures of mesh under the foil but I noticed browsing some of the European lure sites that they seem to place foils over a textured surface on a flat table then pressing that texture into the foil then attaching the foil directly onto the lure thereby eliminating the need to mesh the lure. I believe this is a form of embossing? I say "seems" because I don't speak Deutch so I'm mostly guessing but one can learn to recognize certain terms & words when paying attention!

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@ pikester

Thanks for your kind words :).

Actually I have at first tried it the way , that you described , but as pressing the foil against the lure , the texture has vanished:( !

Guess , the pressure of my fingers was too hard to keep the pattern in the foil !

So , after that I did it this way , very elaborate .

By now I have found a video , watch it in the thread "seems that simple the Finnish way" , I think , the sponge method for foiling shown in there is the best and easiest way , I will definately try it !

But you can't go without topcoating , no way , paint won't stick on the bare foil !

greetz:yay: , diemai

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