model magic?

[crankybait]

has anyone ever considered using model magic to make soft floating baits? with a few slitshots you could make it sink... but anyways, its a light, claylike material that hardens to a styrofoam stregnth, but youd have to rip it, not crunch it. i think it would be pretty cool. any opinions?

[Rebbasser]

Cranky, when it comes to fishing there is only one way to find out: Try it and see.

[crankybait]

i suppose. ill ask my art teacher for some, and ill post pics of it later

[scrap]

crankbait, u may be onto something with model magic. i can see the possibilities with it. i will have to get some and try it.

[crankybait]

really? i just started playing with it on the bus and molding it around with some stuff i took from art class. my friends took some and started throwing it, so it cost me a detention. anyways, ill scan everything i made

[bassintom]

model magic+wrapping paper+epoxy=christmas hover lure on drugs
add a pencil eraser(with that little metal piece that holds it onto the pencil)..you be hammerin those monster basses...lol

[crankybait]

dont forget the rubber hand

[bassintom]

how stupid of me...DUH!..of course..a rubber hand.i don't know what i was thinking.

[crankybait]

i said rubber hand, not rubber band. as in one ofthose strechyelastic hands...geex, people these days. haha

[crankybait]

ok guys. in art class, today my teacher told us we'd be model magic pop art!!! how lucky is that? im making a popper. so far, i got the eyes in, the form done, and a trailer or Rafeya (sp?) in red. i painted the gilld and half the body grey too. i have to put in small peices of aluminum foil, maybe. then im going to put specks of red at the bottom. i also dug out the mouth. i dont know much about poppers, so i just made the hole about 1/2 an inch deep into the face, in the shape of a cup. im probably going to take out the hooks and hookeyes of a lure i got that was way too big for my kind of fishing

[JB]

cranky,
once you have made the basic mold of the popper, take some kinda sandpaper and "cup" the mouth and make sure the edges of the mouth are crisp and sharp, then paint the cupped area red...the sharp edges will result in a nice bubble type popping action from the water...I always take some light wieght sandpaper to the edges of my new popR's. Also if you mom has any pillows with feathers inside, I'd take a few small ones and tie it around your rear treble hooks, about a inch long.

[crankybait]

1- way ahead of yah JB i read an article about making plugs a while ago, and since the model magic didnt dry yet, i hot glued the inside, then went to the junior engineering class to get it sanded. still gotta paint it red though. and the teacher has terbles

[texasnitro]

would u blend all of those together in a blender?

[Fishing4Soup]

post pics of it when your done!

[bassintom]

what happened to the wrapping paper/epoxy lure?

[crankybait]

1. um no its model magic why would i blend it? its already moldable.
2. ok ill post pics
3. im going to make the wrapping papaer/epoxy one, but i hafta wait until i can get to dick's, since i cant find the right hooksa t walmart. thats all i need now

[Rodman_Rob]

hmmm, how much does this stuff weigh when completed? How much detail can you make with it and still be strong? Could I make something to resemble a bug the size of a quarter and would it be heavy enough to cast?

[JB]

cranky ya may have to balance that lure, after the trebles are added, the back end should either be level with the front or better yet, slightly lower in the water ...don't forget the feathers or heckle on the back

[crankybait]

rodman- mine is about 4 inches long, and weighs at least 1/4 an ounce. detail you can make tons. if you let it dry, you can carve it just like balsa wood. its just a little squishy and a different kind of soft

JB- guess what? my teacher had some red stuff like feathers called marafou! the stuff is crazy. i just glued a bit onto each hook. already added the trebles. um the back end is exactly level with the front. i painted it with 4 different shades of grey, red gills, googly eyes, and flecks of red underneath the stomach. but now, how would i make sure it stays rightside up? maybe a few sinkers or splitshots in the belley? im going to have to cut it open the though... so far it looks just like a lure. i havea top fin too. maybe two fins on the sides to keep it balanced? i have the top of the lip slightly farther out than the bottom.

[bass kicker]

cranky it is called marabo its a type of feather that pusates in the water

[crankybait]

oh thats what its called? was it a good choice? and thanks guys for keeping this thread posted with tips, im learning a bit of luremaking with it. ive got a small book full of designs of different lures with some pretty sick designs im saving until i become a doctor and make some cash to fund it all. for now im stiking to the stuff cheapest to make. the school has amazing resources...

[bass kicker]

i dont take any classes i can make takle in bu i can buy a cheap boat and fix it in my classes

[JB]

cranky the feathers when wet join together to resemble a small pin minnow. I always used chicken feathers, but have bought maribou hair jigs, its more like a fuzz than a feather

[crankybait]

basskicker- a cheap boat would cost me my entire budget. id rather do lures. and JB, i dont get what youre saying. is maribu good or bad? i can still take it off. i used hot glue to temporarily hold it then im binding it with string tomorow

[crankybait]

ok. today, i painted the bottom again witha metallic silver acrylic paint, then respecked it with red. i put a light layer of dark green over the dorsal. then i put on the water sealant and gloss. ill probably finish and post pics of it tomorrow