Saturday, November 27, 2021

Slide of the Month Extra-Philturn Chuckwagon


 


November 2021

Time to make: 3 hours

Finishing: 1 hour

Original design:  Philmont Millennium 1  / Bill Macfarlane







 

The Philmont Millennium 1 site have several photos of the early days when Philmont was called Philturn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp and this is my interpretation of the chuckwagon. I found myself wondering if settlers celebrated Thanksgiving on the trail.

Carved from Southern (pallet) pine the slide is one of several levels and for some reason at the time, hard for me to visualize. Painted with hobby paints, lettered with waterslide paper, and finished with a couple coats of poly.

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Slide of the Month Extra - Philmont QRP Club




November 2021

Time to make: 2 hours

Finishing: 1 hour

Original design:  Bill Macfarlane










 

I'm thinking of bringing a 40 meter QRP transceiver, earbuds, 3D printed CW keyan end feed wire  antenna and oh yeah a 9 volt battery to work the world in the back country. (The setup weighs in at under a pound!) Well, this is my concept slide for all who choose to run a QRP CW rig on the trail. (BTW the Morse code on the slide reads CQ CQ DE PHILMONT)

Carved from Southern (pallet) pine, it's the basic Philmont arrowhead painted with hobby paints. With some work with Microsoft Paint and some clipart, I had the images to print on waterslide paper. The slide is sealed with a couple of coats of poly.

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Slide of the Month Extra - Philmont Chase Ranch (apple)


  November 2021

  Time to make: 3 hours

  Finishing: 1 hour

  Original design:  Philmont / Bill Macfarlane

 





 

November makes me think of apple picking season so this is a good time for the Chase Ranch. Arriving on the land that would become their home with a milk cow, two horses, and a wagon, Manly and Theresa Chase became a part of Philmont history. As part of a 50 year lease, the Chase Ranch is now operated and managed by Philmont. More often than not, you will see the Chase Ranch symbolized with the heart (their cattle brand) and apple for their apple orchard. It is also rumored the place of origin for the "Marlboro Man".

Carved from scrap pallet southern pine, this is another example of a layered approach to bringing a 2D patch into a 3d slide. The apple has the top spot with the leaves following on the next level. The heart comes next and the background is the last level. Painted with hobby paints and the lettering was done on an injet printer using waterslide paper. A couple of coats of Poly finish it off.

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Slide of the Month Extra - Philmont Apache Springs (Teepee)

 


   November 2021

   Time to make:          3 hours

   Finishing: 1 hour

   Original design:      Philmont /               Bill Macfarlane







 

So shortly after I designed a slide for Apache Springs I found a new patch at the Tooth of Time Traders. (Dang, jumped the gun!) 

It looks like a really simple slide but looks can be deceiving (or maybe I've just over designed it). The slide is made from maple for some extra strength particularly in the area of the poles at the top. I purposely left an area for the poles to mount to instead of leaving them free floating. The second area that is more than it seems is the opening to the teepee which was drilled then filled with wood putty to get rid of the concaveness. The lettering was done with waterslide paper and the slide was painted with hobby paints. A couple coats polly finish it off.

Monday, November 1, 2021

Slide of the Month - The Shield Slide



November 2021

Time to make: 2 hours

Boys Life "Slide of the Month"

July 1997, page 54

Original design: Jeff Springer












 I found myself fascinated reading about Native American shields  and I would recommend looking at  Snowwowl.com  and Study.com for some interesting information. More than an implement of war, some nations considered the shield as a part of spiritual protection also. Jeff chose a Plains Indian shield to honor.

Cut, drilled, and sanded from a piece of maple, the shield takes it's basic form. I used a amber shellac to seal the wood before continuing.  Though hard to see in the photo, the outside edge is stitched with waxed leather working thread and the ribbons (trophies?) are tied to the bottom of the shield. The design in the center was done using paint pens and a steady hand.