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Antonov An2 Colt - 1:48 Scale
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:54 am
by Darius
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:18 pm
by Steve Nelson
I'm speechless...spectacular work!
SN
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:54 pm
by bdk
"Plunge formed canopy"? Whazzat? Like vacuum forming or are you stretching heated plastic over a plug??
Beautiful model by the way!
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:21 pm
by Steve Nelson
Sounds like the old "heat & smash" technique..pulling a sheet of heated plastic down over a "male" mold.
SN
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:20 am
by Darius
Steve Nelson wrote:Sounds like the old "heat & smash" technique..pulling a sheet of heated plastic down over a "male" mold.
SN
Steve
That's it exactly. I heated some clear plastic and drove the original solid kit canopy (that I had cut away from the fuselage) into it. It worked OK the first time.
Darius
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:58 am
by Steve Nelson
Great work..how'd you manage to get the undercuts on the canopy?
SN
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:26 am
by Darius
Steve Nelson wrote:Great work..how'd you manage to get the undercuts on the canopy?
SN
Steve
I cut the canopy from the backing sheet with some plastic remaining beyond the "plunge form" line and then cut/folded/profiled the excess back to form the undercut.
Darius
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:05 pm
by mazdaP5
Wow, that's something I might have to try, I have two kits, one of which didn't include glass.
