Direction Arrow



I worked on my arrows to produce them more professionally. 2 models came out of this session of creation.

For starters, I thought that if I produce the longest arrow. It will remain to me that to mold it in a silicone mold. And from the plastic parts that will come out, I will be able to produce the others smaller. Simply by cutting an arrow for every size I need and then molding them in turn.

This process will allow me to have arrows that will all be identical without having to reproduce the same process each time without certainty of success.

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Here are the arrows I created. The first, the black one. Made of styrofoam used in the food environment. You know, those found under a good steak wrapped in cellophane film. The result: Produces an arrow too thick. I do not want my boats to seem to fly above the waters! I moved on to the next idea.

The second, made from a strip of plastic that was used to indicate the frequencies on an old radio. Result: I like it a lot. It is stable, beautiful, thickness limit but correct, the boat settles well, the front edge is not too high or too low, but there is a but ….

But … it’s too wide. I realized by manipulating it that in game situation, its width became a problem. The displacement between the islands in particular. I could cut them on each side? Yes but no. I am ill equipped for this kind of work and I may not make a nice straight cut.

Updated on my list of ideas. I blocked the ideas that I did not retain. Maybe not definitively but at this stage, these ideas makes that to weigh down the play which I want simple on the base.