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| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:22 |  |
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| To avoid sharp cut edges, I carefully rolled over the edges upon themselves using the toothpick to define the shape. The other tool helped to roll over the aluminum lip. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:20 |  |
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| Some of the tools I use for tooling. The small pieces are toothpicks with rounded ends. The bigger pieces are used for clay artists. The brayer is good to roll the material flat. I found that at a yard sale. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:18 |  |
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| The seats are basically tractor seats. The kit supplies pressed plastic pieces that are not really well defined. I tried my hand at making one in aluminum. The tracing shows the pattern drawing, white showed the stencil pattern and finally on the right is a cut piece of aluminum ready to be shaped. The holes are 1/8", punched from a craft store hole punch. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:15 |  |
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| This still shows the brass tubing. I removed those pieces because the adhesive didn't have good shear strength. I replaced the brass with 1/8" wood dowells that were drilled through. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:13 |  |
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| The brace pins to the barrel. I tried glueing brass tubing to the wood, but couldn't get it to stick. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:10 |  |
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| When the gun is in transport, this brace holds the barrel in place. The green piece comes from the kit. More stiff manila paper. The real piece has the stiffeners embossed in the metal. I did the same thing with some tooling aluminum and a toothpick. |
