To those of you who are going for
king's scouts, this is what I did for my
model perintis (pioneering model). Took me...
a while to stop procrastinating (thx my scouting comrades for moral support)
a day to plan out what to build (thx Rachael *2nd sis who is an architect for ideas*)
an evening to saw bamboo from grandma's place (thx MOM for helping me)
3-4 days just to slice bamboo (thx DAD for touching up the badly sliced ones)
2 days to cut bamboo to desired length (thx GREAT-GRANDPA for opening the hardware store)
2 days to smoothen and tie the main structure and platform. (thx SENIORS for advice)
2 days to shellac the whole thing multiple times.(thx BRO n CAT for moral support)
1 day to touch up some stuff (thx Beng Jie for awesome ideas n support)
All in all, it took me.. 1 week+ and all I can say is.. couldn't have done it without my fabulous scouter (thx SHANG SHI) whom I constantly bugged to ask EVERYTHING(no joke there).At the age where normal teens are dating and what not, there I am...pathetically texting my scouter(life of a king's scout candidate =/). Anyways,I swear to god, I couldn't have done it without his supervising and patience. Many a times I wonder how he wasn't annoyed about constantly having to reply me.(paranoid much). Anyways,APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH N THANKS!
Moving on.. This is what the completed(not quite) model looks like.The complete version has a netting in the middle hanging from the triangle,so that assuming if it were a life size pioneering tower, less people would fall off.and die.(touch wood!)
Sliced bamboo.(satay sticks?hahahahha.NO)
Roughly pencil size
Main structure
(according to seniors,once you're done tying, throw it to check the firmness of knots
or in malaysian language..)
"campak n see ,if koyak then do again".
The top part structure for platform.
Start of the platform.
Making the platform was.. lots of work
Endless measuring and cutting..
Muahahhaa~looks good :D
One side done, 2 more to go.
It was a real challenge as some of the pieces fall off if you didn't tie it properly
human VS platform
HUMAN WINS*victory dance*
The inner fence.
Before shellac
Somehow it looks like a Japanese sushi roller.
Lots of people ask me not to shellac it but...yeah =/
Plan of the pioneering model
*victory dance*
Good luck to those of you attempting to make your pioneering model.Great experience as lots
of patience is needed :)