fredhappy Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 This pattern triplet turned out nicely and was an improvement over my last try with triplets. I am experimenting with using KP only as break. These shells were broken with KP on hulls 7/1 ratio. KP was just screened , and used charcoal was ordinary grape.Pasting were 9 layers of 80 gm/1m2 kraft consolidated with wheat paste. I love the breaks I get from KP, nice and big and round. shells were: 3" red to blue ring with palm core 3" B70 blue peony 3" red to blue ring rising comets were 12 mm pumped blonde streamer stars.Total weight was about 450 grams. The 120 fps movie was shot with my casio exilim. Not too good in terms of image quality, but a cool effect to capture this shell on video. You can see the shells separating right after launch, giving a nice spread and a nice sequence of different effects. The other clip is recorded with my regular cam. 3 inch triplette ring effects KP break.AVI 120 fps 3 inch triplette.avi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJV Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 OUTSTANDING Fred. Very professional work.Thanks for sharingBJV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21littlewolf Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Very nice shells indeed! My favorite shells were the ring shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guntoteninfadel Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) Some newbie questions..... Did all three come out of same mortar? What are the cardboard inserts for? I am guessing to keep the stars in a circular manner inside the shell? How do you maintain orientation of shell? Thanks Edited July 23, 2011 by guntoteninfadel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredhappy Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 Some newbie questions..... Did all three come out of same mortar? What are the cardboard inserts for? I am guessing to keep the stars in a circular manner inside the shell? How do you maintain orientation of shell? Thanks To answer your questions.. 1: yes, a triplette are 3 ballshells attached to eachother and shot from one mortar. 2: the cardboard pieces are just spacers to attach the shells to one and another.( see picture, you'll get the idea) . I just use pieces of toiletrol, works fine. 3: Just put a bit more lift under these then usual. The ballshells tend to separate right after launch which is fine in my opinion. It gives a nice spread of effects. You can play around with timing between shells. Hope this helps. fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmiralDonSnider Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Nice work. Like a Jap Starmine conceptually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderboy Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 So you use KP on all your shells? 3" 4" etc for break? no BP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredhappy Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 So you use KP on all your shells? 3" 4" etc for break? no BP Yes, I use KP on all my shells, ranging from 2"to 6". Works great, eliminates the need for a booster. I used to use MCRH and 70/30 ( see older clips) but I've switched completely to KP and I am very pleased with the breaks it gives me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderboy Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yes, I use KP on all my shells, ranging from 2"to 6". Works great, eliminates the need for a booster. I used to use MCRH and 70/30 ( see older clips) but I've switched completely to KP and I am very pleased with the breaks it gives me. thx i will give it a try seems like less hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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