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MODEL MAKING -- PLASTIC xx MODEL MAKING xx PLASTIC Making vacuum formed plastic parts for your models using an ordinary vacuum cleaner and a vacuum molding box which you build yourself. Tip on making plastic canopies and cowls from plastic drink bottles and a simple wooden plug (mold) over which to form the heated plastic. Ten tips for fantastic plastic models. Reinforcing vacuum-formed kits with spray urethane foam. Preparing plastic parts. Ten hints to make parts fit. Tip on applying and sanding putty inside plastic model openings. Reinforcing vacuum-formed model control surfaces at hinge lines. Casting model parts in dental acrylic resin. Finishing school for plastic kit models. Lesson 1. Glues, fillers, and eliminating seams. Building a simple vacuum-forming machine. Uses a shop vacuum to form heated sheet styrene over simple patterns. Scratchbuilding a 1/48 scale PBY-5 Catalina amphibian airplane using unusual techniques. This article focuses on plastic molding and conversion techniques useful in producing parts for any scratchbuilt project. Scribing recessed panel lines on plastic models. A detailed look at the tools and techniques. The art of stretching sprue. One of the first and most important plastic model detailing techniques to learn. Woodcarving 101. Making solid wood airplane models and/or masters for molding plastic models. How to build vacuum-formed aircraft models. Part 1. Selecting a kit and cutting out the parts. (A Temco TT-1 Pinto kit is used in the example.) How to build vacuum-formed models. Part 2. Preparing for assembly. Sanding the parts is the most critical operation in building vacuum-formed models. How to build vacuum-formed models. Part 3. Assembling vacuum-formed parts with gap-filling super glue. How to build vacuum-formed models. Part 4. Tackling a bigger project. Building DB Models' RB-57F conversion for the 1/72 scale injection-molded Testor/Italeri B-57B Canberra. How to build vacuum-formed models. Part 5. Final assembly, paint and decals (Temco TT-1 Pinto). How to build vacuum-formed models. Part 6. Final assembly, paint and decals (B-57 Canberra). Advanced molding and casting techniques. Making RTV and fiberglass molds to produce a cast-resin and white-metal 1/96-scale of the Australian Collins-class submarine. Two casting tips. (1) Using "Mold Builder" liquid latex rubber to make molds and cast simple parts. (2) Spin-casting to force resin to penetrate all parts of the mold. Tip on an easy way to open up intake openings (air scoops) on plastic models. Tip on sanding and polishing plastic models in hard-to-reach places. Reinforcing a vacuum-formed model with expanding foam. Tip on simulating gear teeth. Tip on tightening stretched-sprue strands used as aircraft and ship rigging. Tip on locating flaws in a filled seam before painting. Tip on making hair-fine antenna wires from stretched sprue. Mold making and casting at home. How to make RTV (room-temperature vulcanizing) rubber molds and use them to form polyurethane resin castings. Step-by-step instructions. Filler putty. A user test of materials for filling and smoothing joints and seams on plastic models. Includes instructions on using gap-filling super glue. Making an inexpensive vacuum-forming machine to form parts from sheet styrene using an ordinary kitchen oven and vacuum cleaner. The truth about vacuforms. Advice on building a vacuform kit. Tips on tools, spare parts, kit selection, etc. Alignment jig (for plastic aircraft models) facilitates the assembly and squaring up of major components (wings, tail, etc.) prior to gluing them permanently in place. Hints and tips on seam and joint filling. Modeling materials. Part 1. Filling open access panels and doors on plastic models. Building Horizon Hobbies' vinyl kits. Some tips. Building a cast resin model. Tips on sanding, fitting, flash removal, adhesives, etc. Tip on cutting out rounded vacuform parts without breaking off the point of your knife. Tip on returning a creased or dented vacuformed plastic part to original shape using a pan of hot water. Tip on using a paint pen to determine if plastic model seams are correctly filled in. Advice for the beginning plastic modeller on attention to detail. Looks at importance of cleaning up parts, careful use of glue, and paint drying time. Tip on using a white glue as putty and gap filler on plastic models. Rivets. Tip on both removing and adding rivet details when modeling aircraft and armor. Tips on fitting, sanding, and filling seams in plastic models. Abrasives used in plastic model making. Looks at files, emery boards, sandpaper, polishing sticks and polishing compounds. How to do basic bodywork on plastic automobile models. Tips on removing unwanted plastic and using putty to fill depressions and reshape panels. Five-step process for increasing the strength of plastic parts when converting lightweight model airplanes to control-line scale models. Tips on repairing a cracked or broken model helicopter's plastic canopy using fiberglass cloth and baking soda combined with cyanoacrylate. Simple jig keeps the plastic hull of a model boat from warping during construction. Making multiple reproductions of model parts by casting whitemetal or resin in rubber molds. Tip on forming louvre shapes in plasticard. Tip on making your own vacuum formed plastic fairings for model aircraft. Model building with Correx (corrugated plastic sheeting) often used by printers in signboards. Tip on using drinking straws to add rounded edges to models built using "Correx" (corrugated plastic sheeting). Folding 3mm rigid PVC sheet after softening with a heat gun. Includes a tip on making a channel-shape for mounting servos. | |||||||||
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