doctorwayne's All-Beef Spring Bash Challenge...

[Sumpter250]

Okay DocWayne, this is just too much. How in the heck do you handle all the itty bitty parts and still keep them straight? And making pins out of wire so tiny you can hardly see it? And soldering it? Do you use a magnifier while doing all this?
Seriously, your detailing is some of the best I have ever seen. It's one of those things that I just can't get enough of.

Amazing, isn't it!

Assembly jigs are one sweet way of handling all the "itty bitty parts". the building of accurate and easily used jigs is an art, like any other, and extremely useful for any model builder. I'm still working on learning that art.
Optivisor! I've been using one of these since 1968. 5X magnification, I wouldn't be caught splicing an eye in sewing thread, without it!
As for soldering?, another learned skill, that needs some amount of practice to get right.
If you want to learn, Doctorwayne is one of the "people to keep a close eye on".
One thing I learned a long time ago is, "don't envy a skilled modelmaker", learn from him. It is because of folks like Doc', that I have been able to improve my own skills. As I've stated in other threads, when I see work of this quality, my first reaction is "It can be done!"..........my second reaction is, "so...I should be able to do it!".
My third and last "reaction" is, "first time failure" is to be expected............... keep trying!