Sygnusdale... Behind the scenes!

[bonniebeth]

Very interesting seeing how this is all done. What is PU foam and where do you get it? And your cat is so cute; typically nosy.  That's really cool how you ended up with the cave. That works out nicely.

Forgive, me for this, Panos, but I have to tell you I got kind of tickled. I was noticing the view from your balcony, the neighbors across the way with their beautiful potted plants and everything just so, and wondering what they must have thought of you out on your balcony with the spray foam going everywhere! Just a funny mental picture I had.   

[Wolf Knight]

Very interesting seeing how this is all done. What is PU foam and where do you get it? And your cat is so cute; typically nosy.  That's really cool how you ended up with the cave. That works out nicely.

Forgive, me for this, Panos, but I have to tell you I got kind of tickled. I was noticing the view from your balcony, the neighbors across the way with their beautiful potted plants and everything just so, and wondering what they must have thought of you out on your balcony with the spray foam going everywhere! Just a funny mental picture I had.   

  You should've seen the couple right across my balcony...they were taking turns, coming out on their balcony supposedly for various little tasks, trying to realise whaT the heck I was doing!!!  Still, this was not the first time... they did the same when I was painting my cathedral and renovating the chrome armour of my Nuremburg Guards 

PU foam is the polyurethane foam, used for insulation or filling gaps in construction, walls, doors etc When you spay it its thin, but slowly its increasing in size, solidifying and filling the space you need to insulate! You can get it at any store with building material! I think sweetking used it at his diorama with the pixies!

[bonniebeth]

Ok, thanks. I was noticing in a diorama from... somewhere with a house that was burning, and I thought it looked like that expanding foam, but didn't know what it was called. I suspected this was what you were talking about!

Sounds like you enjoy giving your neighbors something to talk about! 

[Clong]

thanks for the info. your layout looks great.

[skypurr]

That is a great layout Panos,    I too had wondered what you had used.
If you had fastened some pieces of card along the edge, would that have stopped it from dripping off the end do you think, or would it not have been strong enough?
Isis is a beauty - is she in kitten? she doen't seem very big  I seem to remember you saying that her babies were due in December.

Elaine

[Wolf Knight]

That is a great layout Panos,    I too had wondered what you had used.
If you had fastened some pieces of card along the edge, would that have stopped it from dripping off the end do you think, or would it not have been strong enough?
Isis is a beauty - is she in kitten? she doen't seem very big  I seem to remember you saying that her babies were due in December.

Elaine

Isis is two years old now  ! But she is still behaving like a kitten  (she is layed down on the keyboard as I try to type these words... )I never gave her any vitamins so her build remained small, but she has an elegant figure, probably due to the special food for persian cats from Royal Canin! Unfortunatelly, the matting rituals that took place late August were not successful  ...but she is still young and she will have plenty of opportunities 

A card along the edges would be a good idea  ...maybe pieces made of wood nailed acctually and then removed... That would also save the cutting and the use of more foam!!! Thanks Elaine! A good thought to keep in mind for the next time I'll use this kind of foam... The foam is expanding but it is not able to knock down something that is good in its place...

[playmofire]

Thanks for the detailed guide, Panos, which will be very useful to me as I've been thinking of using this sort of foam in dioramas and suchlike. 

I love Isis, a real supervisor cat!  Unfortunately, Fluff our present cat has no interest in DIY, modelling or gardening.  Our previous cats always have paid attention to what I was doing, but not Fluff.

[Justindo]

That's a superb diorama, Panos!  I really like seeing how you created it!

[Wolf Knight]

Thanks for the detailed guide, Panos, which will be very useful to me as I've been thinking of using this sort of foam in dioramas and suchlike. 

I love Isis, a real supervisor cat!  Unfortunately, Fluff our present cat has no interest in DIY, modelling or gardening.  Our previous cats always have paid attention to what I was doing, but not Fluff.

Glad you liked this method Gordon! And it always helps to have a supervisor cat  !!!

That's a superb diorama, Panos!  I really like seeing how you created it!

Glad you enjoyed it Justin!!! 

[Gis]

Thanks a lot for the step by step Sir Wolf. It will be a real help in the future for us I think...def need to look into trying that.