Full Metal Chicken, bok bok

[mattthemuppet2]

wife went nuts over some metal yard chickens we saw on a road trip, so I figured I'd make her one for Christmas. Can't be that hard, right?

The frame (skeleton?) was made from rebar and some scrap flat bar. The rebar ring was hand bent, the flat bar ring went through my roller.


Breast plate cut, bent, secured and painted. I got a bunch of 18ga galvanised sheet from the scrapyard, which is a bit of a bear to work with but Chicken will be somewhat bulletproof when he's done..


more cutting, bending, riveting and painting to come!

 

[MrWhoopee]

I'll see your chickens (or maybe they're pterodactyls)



and raise you a cockatoo.



No idea who made them or how I ended up with them.

 

[tcarrington]

Possibly winner of this year's best title for a post.
Anything can be hard, I have come to find out.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

"What is your major malfunction Private Chicken?"

that's some cool yard art right there Mr Whoopee! Next time I'll use some thinner steel, this stuff is beating me up big time. Two days in a row I've lost blood...

Leg pouldrons (?) currently have paint drying and will get riveted on tomorrow, then I can weld the feet (toes?) on.

 

[Braeden P]

Thats a big co....

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Thats a big co....

"I said, I said, son, it's not the size of your nose that matters but the size of your chicken!"

feet are done and painted, along with leg frills

 

[Ultradog MN]

Not made by me but a couple of photos of yard art that I liked.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

those are really neat. I have the one on the left saved on my PC

 

[mattthemuppet2]

all right, time's a tickin' for the chickin'

couple more panels from thinner gauge galvanised sheet (yay!)


next up is the tail, which will literally tie its butt together

 

[davidpbest]

Great post and great job. I love animal sculptures. Here's my rooster - his name is Elmer and he's on Tinder if you want to arrange a hook-up for your chicken.



By day, he roosts atop the pergola in the back yard keeping the crows away.