Final and Finished Piece

I think the way I made this replica was the right idea to choose. The sand and resin mix worked so well as the material I was working with was a texture in its self. It feels durable and the rust will not come off on your clothes. I really enjoyed making this piece and I was really surprised how well the material worked for me. Its true plain and simple can be the most effect way of working with things.

I used a dark chocolaty brown to spray on dry all over the bomb, this was its base colour. I then mixed up a more ready brown colour to spray on certain areas to give definition and a more depth look to it. Then I mixed a orange brown to spray all over here and there it helped blend in the two colours before. The last colour I mixed was a very light brown. I mixed more thinners in to this colour because as I sprayed with it, it would trickle in to very small places and gather like rust would in areas. With all the colours i used I made sure I mixed matting agent into them as I didn't want a glossy finish.

Spraying the Rust Colours

The texture and colours I used worked really well. I used a total of three different shades of browns.

Adding the Lumpy texture

I was able to us my sculpting skills but with a different material. I was a challenge to recreate rust by sculpting it but because of the material I was working with was a texture all by its self made the finished piece look even better than expected.

I mixed a slightly more wet mixture of sand and resin to create a lumpy texture. I had to do this as if it was any dryer i would not stick to the layered sprinkeled sand.

Appling Texture

For the length of the bomb I applied the sand in a different way. I just painted on some liquid resin and then sprinkled sand on to that and then tapped it off again as if it was like glitter . I did this until it was completely covered. I repeated this process twice so it would give it strength and it would also hid what ever was underneath it, IE a plastic drain pipe.

For the tail end and the front end I mixed a more sand to resin ratio mixture. By doing this it make it more workable and when I put it in its place it stayed there and did not drip off. Because of this texture I could leave marks in the material so it would set with a texture.

Texturing the Bomb

Before I stared putting the texture on the bomb I had to prepare it first. I scratched up all of the tube with a low grain sand paper. then I applied a layer of resin all over the bomb so that the sand and resin mix would stick to the tube and the fins.

Tail End and Fins

With the fins I cut them to shape out of aluminum then fixed them together, then placed and glued them to the aluminum wrapped around the tube.

For the end of the the bomb I wrapped two strips of aluminum around the tube on top of each other. I fixed them down with extra strong adhesive.

Nose End

I lathed the nose end of the bomb because it was the best machine for the job. I got to use my lathing skills on this again. I had to make a dome with a slight point on it.

Making The Bomb

Simple as it is I am going to use a length of drain pipe to be my main body of the bomb. I could have used the lathe to lathe this shape and length out but it would have taken me a long time and would have used up a lot of material.

I need to make by bomb replica quite heavy so it is more realistic, so by having a hollow tube i can put something of my chosen weight inside to weigh it down.

My Chosen Material

After doing many test pieces which are in my sketch book I have decided to make my rust out of a fine sand and resin mixture. I am doing this because when a rust colour is sprayed on to the sand it looks like old weather metal. I can also mix up different consistencies of sand and resin. By doing this I can make the sand mixture quite pliable to work with which means I can sculpt with it and give the over all look and raised texture.

Rust Research

Different types of rust are found to be quite colourful and textured.

More pictures of found bombs.

Other Pictures Of Uncovered Bombs

These pictures are a good reference for what I need my bomb replica to look like.

I went to the study centre to take these pictures and get some rough measurements. By looking at these pieces I could see first hand what I need to do and make the replica look realistic. It is easier to reference from something when you have actually seen the object and not working just by pictures.

Bomb Fragments

These fragments were a complete bomb but like all found unexploded ordinance they have to be detonated for safety. These bomb fragments are kept in Studland at the study centre. My complete replica will go along side these pieces.

Pictures Sent By National Trust

These two pictures have been sent by the national trust. They are pictures of an actual bomb that was found in the area that had to be detonated for the safety of everyone near by. I will try to make my bomb look as similar to this as possible.

I joined a forum to see if I could find anyone who would know about ww2 bombs http://forums.delphiforums.com/myforums

I went to the explosive museum in Gosport to get all these images, but they didnt have the type of bomb I need to work from. http://www.explosion.org.uk/

Bomb Research Pics