Post Your Models!

Matt308 · 06-05-2008, 07:48 PM

My 8yr old son and I are working on a Revell 1/72nd La-5N. And I'll be damned if we can't find the canopy.

Heinz · 06-05-2008, 09:57 PM

Matt I have a spare canopy for a Mig 3, its similar but not ideal as the back as angled.

What I suggest is shaping some balsa to the same shape as the canopy and getting soft drink bottle plastic. Heat the plastic over the balsa and cool etc

Sorta like vacuum forming without the vacuum affect.

Dragonsinger · 06-06-2008, 09:08 AM

Hi Matt308
Here are a couple of articles about making your own canopies. Making the formers is a lot simpler if you can find one to mould by pressing it into clay or plasticine and filling up the depression with cold moulding plastic or, in small sizes, Araldite etc.
These are not my articles they can be found at Mike's flying scale model pages and I have credited the authors on the title pages.
They work! Unfortunately they are rather large so these are only sample pictures so you need to download the .pdf files.
Jim

Heinz · 06-06-2008, 09:54 AM

Great stuff Dragonsinger

Matt308 · 06-06-2008, 08:53 PM

Wow, thanks guys. My son is convinced that he will not include a "pilot" and will make the airplane as if it were under maintenance [his idea not mine]. I hope to post some pics, my wife has the little camera loaded up. So hopefully we can get something posted soon. He has the cockpit complete, the engine and cowl, and the wings. While I have been hovering over him, he has been doing all the work... even the razor knife removing the sprues.

Dragonsinger · 06-07-2008, 09:31 AM

Hi Matt308
Glad to hear your getting Junior involved. Why not tell us his name before he gets christened Matt308.5 or something equally naff?

Since he's 8 years old but sounds quite advanced why not let him have a go at these three since they will FLY.

This lot have about an hours flight time between them. Not bad when the maximum is about 7 seconds. Send me, or post, a name for his airline and I will customise them for him.

For the rest of you lot here are the files. You need both files . The ones marked as _i_ are the instructions

Jim

A4K · 06-09-2008, 04:01 AM

Great info guys re the canopies!

If you want the original canopy, Matt, I would write to the company.

Revell quite often mess up with their canopies -my Walrus came without, my Spitfire came with a Bf 109G-10 canopy, and my Me 262 and He 177 glazings are unusable - completely scratched, but on the plus side I got a double set of Fw 200 glazings..

Dragonsinger · 06-11-2008, 05:37 AM

Wurger
Where are you? No trace of You on a page numbered 109?

Jim

Screaming Eagle · 06-11-2008, 05:54 AM

hes in the hospital at the moment drangonsinger, there is thread in the off topic area about this.

Dragonsinger · 06-11-2008, 07:56 AM

AH!
Not great news then. Thanks for the heads up I will find the post.
Jim

Wurger · 06-11-2008, 06:24 PM

I'm back.What is going on?

Screaming Eagle · 06-12-2008, 04:54 AM

dragonsinger was just wondering where you had gotten to wurger.

Wurger · 06-12-2008, 08:52 AM

Ah...THX SE.

Dragonsinger · 06-12-2008, 09:19 AM

Hi Wurger
Sorry to have missed your post but my connection went sick about the same time you did and when I got back on line you had vanished.
Good to hear from you again , Hope everything went OK and glad you got on to page 109. Would have been a hollow number without you.
All the best.
Jim

Wurger · 06-12-2008, 09:37 AM

Hi Jim
It's Ok.I was convinced I missed something and that you needed some help.The break was longer than I wanted but I'm here again.Thank you for these nice words.

Wojtek