DIY Celluloid Tortoise Knowledge Dump / Discussion

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Post by RIORIO » Tue May 17, 2022 6:59 pm

I think you cracked the code!

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Post by Futuron » Wed May 18, 2022 2:01 am

Fires of Mt Doom* going on there



* or Mustafar if that's your thing

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Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Wed May 18, 2022 2:51 am

Futuron wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 2:01 am
Fires of Mt Doom* going on there



* or Mustafar if that's your thing
Both are my thing! :D
And great results here!
Congrats!
The close up pic is exactly how I imagine good Tortoise! :w00t:
Well done! Many offerings out there don‘t have the yellow in them!

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Post by repoman » Wed May 18, 2022 1:33 pm

Those look super good. Helps to have a cheap vacuum chamber and to heat the resin up so it gets really runny.

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Post by Mechanical Birds » Mon May 30, 2022 11:09 pm

Dude idk why I only just now thought of this, but you should 100,000,000,000x over do a video of you making one of the sheets! I have a hard time translating your logs into mental images so I’d love love love to actually see what the process looks like.

Seriously, my god, that would beawesome as fuck

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Post by postboredom » Tue May 31, 2022 4:38 am

I will at some point.

Actually last night I tried taking a video with my phone. And it was nearly a disaster. I don’t have a nice camera / tripod setup. So I’ll take some more detailed shots in the future.

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Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue May 31, 2022 6:21 am

These are all gorgeous. There is some serious talent around here 8)
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Post by surfin_bird » Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:09 am

I’m waiting for someone to cover a body with tort resin.
I may have to try it myself haha
I’m also starting to wonder recently who makes good pearloid,
None looks like the old stuff

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Post by hulakatt » Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:54 am

surfin_bird wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:09 am
I’m waiting for someone to cover a body with tort resin.
I may have to try it myself haha
I can get behind this project! I love the old MOTO monstrosities and guitars like Italia that just slathered themselves in pearloids and such.
She/Her

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Post by surfin_bird » Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:27 am

hulakatt wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:54 am
surfin_bird wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:09 am
I’m waiting for someone to cover a body with tort resin.
I may have to try it myself haha
I can get behind this project! I love the old MOTO monstrosities and guitars like Italia that just slathered themselves in pearloids and such.
Yeah those moto's are big love of mine. I would love a full moto jag or jazzmaster.

But a tort jazzmaster with tort blockinlays and binding could be a really fun one off

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Post by Endlessnachos4one » Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:47 pm

postboredom wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 4:38 am
I will at some point.

Actually last night I tried taking a video with my phone. And it was nearly a disaster. I don’t have a nice camera / tripod setup. So I’ll take some more detailed shots in the future.
I second that a video on this would be awesome! Looks amazing!

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Post by forestgreen » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:19 pm

Those sheets look incredible! Would love a video too if you get around to it

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Post by nnieman » Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:09 pm

postboredom wrote:
Tue May 17, 2022 11:44 am
Thought i'd post some more of my experiments here. I have a reddish brown tort that I made for a build.
(Mind the double sided tape residue on the surface)

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Really happy how this turned out.

and lastly, here is a few pics of two full sheets i did, that have't been cut yet.

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If anyone is interested in the two full sheets, i'll let them go cheap. theyre 11"x17" roughly.
Are you in Canada?
I’m just outside Peterborough on
I’m interested in the second sheet - it looks amazing.

Nathan nnieman at gmail dot com

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Post by greyman » Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:13 pm

I’ve been away for a long time. Wow. Spitfire7’s tort legacy started very similar to this thread back in like 08. Initially it was a project and experiment. He was very open with his technique and process. I think it turned into too much of a FS post and I think was removed? Might have become the spitfire tort is the best tort thread?

Main thing I remember is he when used the back of a spoon to most accurately swirl the colors. He started out putting his tort on top of other guards and then graduated into bigger sheets.

Good luck everybody!

Dan

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Post by greyman » Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:17 pm

greyman wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:13 pm
I’ve been away for a long time. Wow. Spitfire7’s tort legacy started very similar to this thread back in like 08. Initially it was a project and experiment. He was very open with his technique and process. I think it turned into too much of a FS post and I think was removed? Might have become the spitfire tort is the best tort thread?

Main thing I remember is he when used the back of a spoon to most accurately swirl the colors. He started out putting his tort on top of other guards and then graduated into bigger sheets.

Good luck everybody!

Dan
Ha! I see my old pal Pat beat me to the history lesson! In like 2010 we traded a baritone Jag and a vintage mustang.

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