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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 29-Jan-15 12:27 |  |
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| This is a shot of how the bottle is shrinking when I'm about half-way through the process. I keep pushing teh form up as the plastic shrinks. The bar is a piece of 1/4' X 1" aluminum and it does deflect during the process. Start applying the heat BELOW the master to keep wrinkles from forming and to insure even shrinking around the master. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 29-Jan-15 12:23 |  |
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| Here the canopy master has been inserted into the bottle and the caulk gun used to put tension on the bottle prior to beginning to heat the plastic. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 29-Jan-15 12:21 |  |
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| THis is the top side of the rig. The piece od aluminam strap is to keep tension on the 2 liter bottle as the forming process progresses. I ussed a a couple 1/2" X 20 carriage bolts with wing nuts to allow for easy removal and installation. See how the (open-ended) bottle is clamped to the ply? |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 29-Jan-15 12:17 |  |
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| I thought that I would share a method for forming canopies (or any other shape that you might want to mould) out of a 2 liter softdrink bottle. This is the apparatus that I duplicated from "ModelMaster 2001" over on the RC Groups forum. It is a el-cheapo caulk gun mounted to a piece of 3/4" ply. I shortend the caulk gun body by about 4 inches to make sure that I had enough stroke to keep the form tight to the plastic when heat is added. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 29-Jan-15 10:14 |  |
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| Moby Dick on a stick! After much angst and hand-wringing, I'm going with the White color scheme that it last flew in. I just didn't want to get invovled with the natural metal or foil hassle. While the paint is curing, I'll start on the cockpit. Later. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #233. MiG 17 | Build | 28-Jan-15 18:19 |  |
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