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Here I go posting again here. I will continue to post until I have every post on the first page and Joe bans me. Lol!

I found a red cedar tree that fell in my back woods. The red color reminded me of the male cardinal. So off to aspire I went after I cut a few logs from it. Really happy with how this model came out. Here is the finished product all from one log.

Looks really great Bill.

Tell some about the bits you used.

bill z wrote:Looks really great Bill.

Tell some about the bits you used.

Thanks Bill. I only used 2 bits. 1/4” up cut for 3D rough and final profile. 1/16” taper ball nose for final 3D cut.

It looks amazing. How did you get the tail feathers to look so flawless?

Very nice! Makes me want Aspire.

Caffeen wrote:It looks amazing. How did you get the tail feathers to look so flawless?

Thanks! I started with a drawing that I found. Then I looked at a lot of photographs of cardinals. The tail feathers were actually one of the last tweaks that I did.

Todd05060 wrote:Very nice! Makes me want Aspire.

You too can do this for $1400 and several hundred hours of screen time. Lol, a model like this is probably something you can do after a few tutorials and get reasonable results.

Here’s a smaller version with a different background that I added in. Soaking it in Mineral oil.

Here’s a shot of the birds of a feather. Apple branch on left, cedar on right.

I keep working to improve this model.

Very nice!