| Image Comments |
| dgreg | 07-Oct-09 00:17 |
| Moving along.. Tape holds alum sheeting. |
| Luke War | 07-Oct-09 00:28 |
| That looks stupendous! |
| dgreg | 07-Oct-09 00:34 |
| Thanks Luke War.. I was just admiring your build. Very odd craft. |
| Luke War | 07-Oct-09 00:37 |
| Thanks! It sure has turned into a learning project of what and what not to do! Fun though! |
| RodN | 07-Oct-09 05:17 |
| That is awesome!!! I tried something a little similar with the Guillows DC-3 but stopped short because I could not get it right, you on the other hand have mastered it. Hat's off!!! |
| poppy | 07-Oct-09 08:58 |
| Truly awesome indeed!! |
| dgreg | 07-Oct-09 12:31 |
| RodN..Thanks for the support.. The DC-3 would be a natural for alum sheeting but I have hardley 'mastered it'.but it is fun..
Poppy.. You were one of the first builders I follwed when I found this site.. Your build and finish work is "truly awsome' indeed.. Thanks |
| Creosotewind | 20-Feb-10 04:29 |
| Very nice. Are you using tooling aluminum? That is very malleable and able to be worked into various shapes. |
| dgreg | 20-Feb-10 10:55 |
| Creosotewind.. Thanks, yes.. You can order this AL @ Whimsie Studio..whimsie.com.. I use the 30gauge, 36gauge and foil tape.. |
| FLYBOYZ | 20-Feb-10 14:28 |
| This is truley amazing!Ive tryied gluing aluminum to aluminum it didn,t hold.Built a model truck body by interlocking the aluminum peices and clamping it together once.This A26 is beautiful |
| dgreg | 20-Feb-10 17:56 |
| FLYBOYZ.. Thanks.. I've found using rubber cement like Weldwood Contact Cement works well to glue Aluminum to balsa (or anyting else).. |
| FLYBOYZ | 21-Feb-10 09:07 |
| I tried some tacky glue from walmart it held the aluminum to the wood.Then I did a stress test to se if the wood breaks of the glue jiont the glue joint pulled away from the aluminium took a little pressure but Iam going to run some other test to day.I want to try sanding the aluminium before glueing it to the wood. |
