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I have been sharpening my Fusion 360 skills so I can make a plug for vacuum forming a Super Chipmunk canopy. Fairly decent learning curve but the skills I learned will allow me to make just about any canopy

This thread summarises some experiments performed on different types of tissue sealed with acrylic and with wallpaper paste. It is inspired by Anyun's build thread, which I was starting to hijack :

Rieseler R III scale 1/25
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/index.php?topic=394.0

Anyun described using a type...

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Temporary post to start a thread, so that I can use the thread link for an upcoming article in Aeromodeller. Please ignore for now, it will be locked until the article is published.

George

No not the Earl of Norton but a device to help sanding strip into trailing edge stock because one is much more likely to have some sheet the right thickness, grain and density than to find a commercial piece of TE that suits!

Today I started making another rubber powered plane. I'll tell you more about it when I am more advanced in the build (still waiting for a package of balsa from Balsa Central in Adelaide to get here so that I can start cutting ribs).Read More

Hi
I want to produce several lightweight accs for our models such as pilots engine cylinders and many other items. There is an ample availabillity of plugs and prototypes to use. My question is. The process pf using 2 component silicone for the mould is simple and easy.What sort of PU resin should...

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