Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Tank cone


The cone is now much more like the proper shape, but unfortunately, getting it there has made the copper thin and now that it is this tight, it won't fit on the wheeling machine, so that it is all hammered. Getting it smooth will be near impossible unless I use filler, which would mean not being able to leave it copper coloured.

Still, most originals are painted anyway, but then why make it in copper (unless you actually want to hold liquids)?

 

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