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First Adventures In Foiling

diemai

By 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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hazmail

Love that 'bevelled' look and colour Diemai, they are bit like a good yacht, you can tell just looking at them, they will GO. Oh yeah, how long are they, tiny???? pete

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bbduc

You are a king with the rattle cans. These look great. I like the abrupt ending to the tail/backsides. Nice shapes. Should run nice too.

Good idea leaving a square end attached and then moving onto the milling machine for the lip slots and hook alignment/placement. I employ a similar tactic. Sure makes life easier having something square to work off of.

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