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mmartinez, I just done a 'Thread' search for you, there are two pages on it here: http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/hard-baits/13434-crackled-paint.html If you search 'crackle' (in Posts), you will get a heap more.pete

You buy a bunch of flowers - just to get that 'chrome' Mylar foil, that must certainly look spectacular on your latest bait.pete

Good morning, it's another day here - Thank you all for your condolences, it is very much appreciated. Fortunately these tragedies don't happen often here, being a pretty small department with only 230 F/F on the ground- the down side to this is everyone knows everyone else, so it's very personal for the whole origination. The biggest tragedy is he leaves a wife and 3 children, which must be devastating for them. Dave was a really funny guy, didn't fish much, but was an avid shooter and bow hunter, and had been a F/F for about 10 years. Gerry, thanks you for you condolences, and kind offer of assistance, Dave's widow and children will be well looked after by his 'extended' family and a good pension fund, but emotionally, I don't know how families get over this, his wife is a very tough lady though and a qualified electrician, so has something to eventually fall back to. Thank you all again, and Ken, sorry for hijacking your thread, I heard of Dave's death as I was typing that post. pete

Well, speaking of meniscusessssss

Keep at it, you will be there one day - in fact I think you're there now - WINK.pete

Plumbers use coarse steel wool, just twist the pipe through it, cleans most of the crap off, the flux does the rest.some plumbers are pretty rough though.pete

I am probably telling you something you already know, BUT, have you tried rounding off the corners, in the transition between the rounds and flats? The thicker the liquid the greater the meniscus you will get - D2T being very thick, thinks these (flats /rounds) are 2 different areas and produces two distinct miniscusesssssss, you have to 'trick' it into covering both, although it will always be thinner in these transition areas.pete [/img]

Knock off the Wifes/GF's, she won't mind the paint, get double value, and they don't wear them out anyway, so should not be a problem!! You have to be thrifty in these hard times. Pete

Nice RM, there is a heap of info in there I have not seen, a bit before my time. I'm spraying a hinged job up at the moment, gee these things tedious, from start to finish!!. pete

Youre ready.pete

Melia, where are they on fleaBay? I need some too (to hold eyes h/m eyes).pete

'Titanium white' and a touch 'yellow ochre', don't know what fancy name Createx gives these.pete

Fill the bathtub with water for 'the big test', FAIL, so it's still full five days later, developing it's own ecosystem, with small spiders breast stroking across it. You beg everyone for their Mylar gift bags, and clear plastic blister packs (for making stencils) at the family Christmas get together!!!!!!!!.pete

Hi Bruce, thanks for those pictures, I would like to see that Jumbo loading up, it would carry about 150 ton of water. We don't use planes much here, I don't know why, maybe problems with distance to large bodies of water, and probably the cost. The government leases about 6-8 of those Erickson air cranes from Canada (I think), and sends them all over the country , where needed, they carry 8 tons, they also use a lot of smaller choppers, down to about .5 ton, which are useless. Biggest problem with the air cranes is the rate at which they drop the water, it usually does more damage to a house than the fire - I saw one a few years back empty a swimming pool in about 30 seconds, and blast the hell out of the house, and the owners, they were not impressed. They caught and charged a guy with arson yesterday. He is accused of lighting the fire near a place called Churchill Vic, where 21 people were killed - 1800 houses gone now, dead about 200. pete

Beautiful work rabbor, I would kill to get into the machines you use to make this, can't wait to see the finished product.pete

Stupid question I know, but did you stir it up, because of the nature of the colours (transparent) the pigments are pretty weak to let light through? Maybe it does not like the windex, or was the base coat dry ? I use a bit of fluro, and lately have used rattle cans, one or two coats is usually plenty.Maybe use the same brand/brew base coat!!!!pete

You know what - I just realised, I don't have either a band saw, or scroll saw, no wonder I am so slow - I have everything else though, (except a lathe) and, and .pete

Melia- we bow down to you, just for having a go. pete

Hi George- I am not sure about that, but it would probably have a bit to do with it, a lot of the people living there would be that way inclined, which is not a problem, but as many are probably realising, it's not a utopian world we live in. I do know from my experience here, that a year before the big fire (2003), we had a bad one come right up to the suburbs (a lake stopped it) and it just missed a large pine forest - we recommended that the pine forest be removed, so the residents adjacent to the forest came out of the woodwork protesting, so nothing happened ...... a year later nearly to the day this forest was involved in a the huge fire that hit here, there were 4 people lost and about 400 of the total 606 homes burned were in that same suburb- They called themselves "Friend s Of The Duffy Pines Association"... We haven't heard a peep from them since that day, except under another name, when they initially blamed the fire services, government etc, for their losses - 25% of them were not insured either. Pete

Bruce -I will try and paint a picture, sorry for the late reply, I thought I would be called back to work, but things have quietened down a bit now. Currently the fires are mainly limited to Victoria, down to about 30 now, and are about 100 miles N. of Melbourne (Pop 3 million). The temperature has dropped down to 18-20 deg C , and some rain (from 45 – 47C last week), which has given the F/F crews a chance to isolate most of the fires. From my experience here, there may be some problems early next week, when the hot weather returns, the wind has swung around to the S.E and picking up, this is directly opposite to the normal hot N.W winds this time of year. As it was here in 2003 (Canberra), they are forced to back burn on what is the normally the windward side of the fire, when the wind swings back to the prevailing N.W, you usually finish up with 2 or more fires heading straight back along the flanks to where it came from. East of this area is even worse country, where there are forests of Mountain Ash which get to 200-250' high with a lot of under growth, these fires fire really get going in this. The weather conditions would be the same experienced by the Californians in the past years, except the wind direction is in reverse – like a slow moving nuclear explosion. This area is notorious for big fires, and has a long history of tragedies, it is very rough country, wilderness which stretches from here (Canberra) to Melbourne, an area about 700 miles long by about 200 wide (mainly national parks) and would be similar to the foothills of the Rockies on the Californian side, lots of steep valleys, Radiata Pine plantations, with small hamlets (old gold mining towns) and farms scattered through it. These small towns are a problem, as most only have one road through them, which is where a lot of people have perished trying to drive out through the fire. With winds at above 60mph on the day there would have been tress down everywhere blocking the roads to exit, and F/F getting in, so a lot of these little towns were left to their own devices. The town of Marysville (pop about 500) was left with one house standing and 100 dead - another town Flowerdale, was evacuated, and lost 90% of the homes, about 8 guys holed up at the local hotel, and fought the fire with not much equipment, the hotel survived it !! I have never been to either of these places, but they say they were beautiful little towns, as many are in Victoria, in the foothills of the mountains. Some of the fires down there were started by lightning, but as it was here, there were the usual thrill seekers (fire bugs) involved, they are on the trail of one down there, and have descriptions and car details, but he would be one of many. After the fires around here in 2003 the number grass/bush fires have dropped by about 90%, I think the bugs realised how devastating their nasty work can be, although the big fires (3) here at that time were started by three lightning strikes. These 3 fires joined into one in the mountains West of here, and over about 3 days were blown straight into the city edge. Beside the human cost, property loss is being estimated at about $200 billion today, and about 1 in 4 are not insured, with the fire history down there this is hard to believe. There are also concerns about Melbourne's water supply as when it rains all these now baked bare valleys will silt up and pollute the dams. About 186 deaths (expect nearer 250 -300) and 1036 homes lost, and they are still cutting their way in and finding little hamlets like Flowerdale, wiped out.pete