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Offline johngross

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Wow. Cool. Neat. Amazing!
« on: July 10, 2021, 05:50:42 PM »
Made by Damien Conolly over a 5 year period and 2,000 hours.

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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2021, 06:00:11 PM »
Wow!

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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2021, 07:52:49 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2021, 08:24:02 PM »
Had me fooled until i saw that last photo!  Now that is indeed crazy cool!
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2021, 11:37:57 PM »
Unbelievable!

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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2021, 12:07:01 AM »
 Really like these miniatures.  So
much detail..! Oh an hard work..
 

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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2021, 12:16:37 AM »
Is that Bill Brasky's hand?  Looks to be a 44" barrel, too.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2021, 12:46:27 AM »
Oh my, such talent and patience!
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2021, 01:44:47 AM »
It appears all functional.  The barrel is 9” long and rifled, the internals of the lock completed.  Unreal.

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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2021, 02:16:33 AM »
Yowser thats COOOOL! Such talent!
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2021, 02:21:51 PM »
I don't think I could ever start a lock that small even with all the experience I have at lock making.
Beautiful miniature long rifle for all to admire.
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2021, 07:59:44 PM »
My gracious!

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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2021, 03:45:15 PM »
Great photography as well sure had me fooled.

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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2021, 10:11:28 PM »
Who needs cgi? Superb!

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« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2021, 12:30:33 AM »
Like everyone else The pictures fooled me. My god the skill and patience it took to produce that miniature.

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« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2021, 11:57:54 PM »
Holy cow, unbelievable

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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2021, 06:31:21 AM »
One of the really difficult parts of pulling off a beautiful miniature like that is finding a piece of wood with appropriately sized curl.
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2021, 02:27:30 PM »
Amazing for sure.
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2021, 06:59:08 AM »
Impressive!..He must have some great optics...and tired eyes...

God given talent and a mind to match...

Thanks for sharing Guy's

Can feel the talent oozing out my screen.....

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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2021, 04:23:34 AM »
Powder is getting pricy, this might make an economical squir..., mous..., ...house centipede hunting rifle.

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« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2021, 06:18:52 PM »
I can only imagine the tooling required, it would be nice to see the rifling bench. ;)    Amazing display of talent!

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« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2021, 01:54:32 AM »
This fellow is where the thread came from, by our late friend Jerry Hudleson on carving.



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« Reply #22 on: November 15, 2021, 03:34:34 PM »
These miniatures represent a skill set beyond even extraordinary.I MIGHT be able to make the screws for that tiny lock but that's it.I can and have made 0x80 and recently found the tap and die for this in my odd tap&die collection.The carving on those pistol grips is totally over the top and they probably exceed the value of the gun they fit.
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« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2021, 05:14:35 AM »
Miniatures, especially of this caliber, are amazing to me.
Fantastic work!
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