Freshwater Newby77:
Gidday all. Here's a couple of pics of my first attempt at making lures. I used light meranti,hand carved and sanded ,then 5 coats of undercoat, then wet and dried with 600 to a smooth finish. .9 mm galv wire twisted with pliers on a nail for hook hangers & tow point 1.5 mm plastic bib cut with metal jigsaw blade. Size 6 chemically sharpened treble hooks hung from 5 mm split rings. I used spray can paint,but have just bought a airbrush kit.The paints are hard to come by. I can't wait for the expo for bibs and paint. Its cheaper to buy 6 x 60 ml createx from U.S than it is to buy from the Aussie airbrush sites.Bit sad. Anyone know where I can buy paint from excluding online?Cheapest for 6 I have found is $38
Dodge:
Well done, and hope they say c'mon to the fish mate.
Freshwater Newby77:
Thanks mate,me too!
Brad H:
Nice looker that lure FN... I don't know of anyone selling paint at the Expo, but certainly Dave Hinton will be there with hooks, rings, eyes and all sorts of goodies, and I think Laserworx are coming again with their bibs.
Have you considered decanting the pressure packs either into the airbrush cup/bottle ?? That what a lot of us are doing with 1pk auto acrylics.
Brad
Freshwater Newby77:
Wow,thanks Brad.It means a lot coming from a real lure maker! I don't mind if the paints arent there.I'm looking forward to the whole show especially watching and learning. I got the plans for these minnows off here. How deep are they supposed to dive usually and is casting into a pool the way to test. How do i decant spraypaks safely,as iI'm keen to try that. Thanks for the tips.