Time well spent..

[Gussy]

I had a good Christmas and took some time off with the family. In between family time, I finished my dream/retirement loading room, home away from home.

I took these photos because it will never look this way again!!!!!!!!!!
Finished the lighting and storage. Got most of the stuff put away.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd47/jimc99328/loadingrm1-1-08-1.jpg

This is why the bench looks good. Back closet storage.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd47/jimc99328/loadingrmcloset.jpg

[VTDW]

Very very nice Gussy.

Dave

[Lloyd Smale]

very nice pal!!

[carpetman]

Gussy--It looks really good. You no longer have the exposed beams to hang your deer from. One question? Are you really comfortable and at ease being underneath a pheasant with his tail pointed up in the air?

[jhalcott]

C-man the bird is DEAD ,I think!

[Ricochet]

The room is beautiful!

[pumpguy]

I'm jealous! Your benches and shelves are beautiful.

[Blammer]

Nice place!

My benches and tables are beautiful too! only problem is you can't see em... :)

[carpetman]

jhalcott---dead?? The goal of taxidermy is to look realistic. Maybe he could hook up some clear tubing and when he hits a control button it would dispense some hand soap or something. Be neat for some unsuspecting guest standing around.

[Gussy]

jhalcott---dead?? The goal of taxidermy is to look realistic. Maybe he could hook up some clear tubing and when he hits a control button it would dispense some hand soap or something. Be neat for some unsuspecting guest standing around.

Maybe I should move him to the bathroom for a soap dispenser??

Those birds were taxidermied (note, I did NOT say mounted, for obvious reasons) in the late 70's when I took a night class on taxidermy. Pheasants are the easiest birds to do, less than an hour. Also note that the tail feathers are still straight after almost 35 years!!! I would have thought gravity would have won by now

[Ricochet]

Those birds were taxidermied (note, I did NOT say mounted, for obvious reasons) in the late 70's
We'd never tell. Statute of limitations has run by now, anyway.

[Topper]

I'm jealous! Your benches and shelves are beautiful.
Me too:-D

[Gussy]

I did put the full hi res photos on my web site castingstuff.com on the bottom of the opening page under "dog house" as where the dog and I head when we are in the dog house...... Also every other chance I get!!
Gus

[1Shirt]

Looks like a little slice of heven to me!
1Shirt!:coffee:

[carpetman]

Gussy---I have pondered over your dilemma. Those birds you "mounted" were intended to be seen. In the bathroom as a soap dispenser many would not see them. Agreed as a soap dispenser the bathroom would be the proper place. Maybe instead of soap you could keep them at the bench as a liquid alox dispenser. The puddle underneath would enhance the realism. I have not tried your hardness tester,but it has gotten rave reviews here for years. You obviously have experience in hardness testing. Your "mounted" birds remain errect after 35 years. Did you use some secret ingredient that you experimented with? Are you perhaps the inventer of ******?

[Gussy]

Gussy---
Your "mounted" birds remain errect after 35 years. Did you use some secret ingredient that you experimented with? Are you perhaps the inventer of ******?

Well, if you need help, I rubbed the skins with Boraxo. I guess you could give it a try. Sure did make them hard and stiff.