brahman104 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 That's pretty awesome. I'm still very impressed by the vac formed clear nose you were able to achieve... flawless! Craig AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Very impressive, indeed AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thanks guys That's pretty awesome. I'm still very impressed by the vac formed clear nose you were able to achieve... flawless! Craig I tried to improve the plug. First I gave it a coat of Mr. Surfacer 1000 and sanded it smooth to get rid of some imperfections. Then it was dipped several times into "Future" to give the plug a shiny surface. Unfortunately, the transparent vacuform part now sticked so much on the plug, that I couldn't remove it without damaging the clear part. To prevent damage to the original plug, I made a resin copy of the plug. Nevertheless, I couldn't pull the clear nose from the resin plug after vacuforming. After some try and error, I finally put the resin plug after vacuforming into the freezer, et voila: The plug could be easily removed I can just assume that the resin plug shrinks more than the clear part when frozen. I still have to make a nose with a thicker clear material, to geht a better junction between the nose and fuselage. Question to the vacuform experts: I clear styrene suitable for vacuum forming? Until now, I use PET, but maybe styrene could be better glued, and puttied/sanded at the junction between the nose and fuselage? Cheers Alex sandokan, LSP_Kevin, Christoffer Lindelav and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_C Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Alex, just a thought regarding the sticking problem. If you dip the plug/canopy into something that has ammonia, the Future will dissolve without harming the plastic. That should make it easy to pop out the plug. AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Hey Alex, This is coming out very nice indeed! AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thanks to Kevin posting this on FB I found this... OMG this is beautiful work ! Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant !! Vaughn AlexM and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Totally awesome, Alex - I am really impressed by your vacuforming results as well. Stunning! AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Amazing build going on here Alex. Thanks for sharing this journey with us. Troy AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Outstanding work. This plane is one of most beautiful hydroplanes i have ever seen. AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Molto bello! Torben AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Looks mighty good from here Alex AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Thank you gents. The interior framing got a first coat of Mr.Surfacer. I made a new nose with 1mm PET sheet. The forward frame of the fuselage is 0,5 mm smaller than the outer surface. Now after vacuforming, the nose has about the right thicknes to fit well on the fuselage. Cheers Alex sandokan, Starfighter, Alburymodeler and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I'm running out of superlatives!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Wow. Just wow! Super DUPER cool. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Amazing work, that vac formed nose is super impressive. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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