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Darius
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Built from an unknown kit of Russian origin, with a plunge formed canopy and home made decals.

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I'm speechless...spectacular work!

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"Plunge formed canopy"? Whazzat? Like vacuum forming or are you stretching heated plastic over a plug??

Beautiful model by the way!
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Sounds like the old "heat & smash" technique..pulling a sheet of heated plastic down over a "male" mold.

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Steve Nelson wrote:
Sounds like the old "heat & smash" technique..pulling a sheet of heated plastic down over a "male" mold.

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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.

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Great work..how'd you manage to get the undercuts on the canopy?

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Steve Nelson wrote:
Great work..how'd you manage to get the undercuts on the canopy?

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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.

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Wow, that's something I might have to try, I have two kits, one of which didn't include glass.
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