Pastor John Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, lots of discomfort with knee still as I am off the crutches but needs must and thanks everyone for your kind support. Not officially back to work yet as cannot drive to get order to post office or stand long casting etc but I have some news.... Before my op I took delivery of some samples of my vacuform bf 110 G rear canopy design in a slightly thicker vac material - 1mm- 0.7mm from bottom of sill to ceiling; the idea being to investigate the possibility of a tall (45mm) thin part being able to be cast in clear resin. Feeling a bit better a few days ago I cut one whole section out of the vac box as well as cannibalizing another vac for the crew hatch only. These were mounted and a mould made and then cast with normal resin with good results. Feedback from the guys that do my clear resin parts is that it should work but will be very fragile due to being so thin. Any thicker is just not an option for good scale modelling and so no attempt has been made to add interior framing detail to the master so that there is nothing to hinder de-moulding such fragile clear parts. I will be sending the parts off in the post asap and will let you know results. These- if successful will be available for sale to those who have purchased my conversions already and will be included in future sales as follows - each kit will have 1x vac, 1x full clear resin part, 1x clear resin hatch so there is as much choice as possible. Obviously I do not have a price yet. Anyway I will let you know as and when, Best wishes John Edited June 15, 2018 by Pastor John Isar 30/07, Alburymodeler, Rick Griewski and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunda Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Mmmmmm- looks nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Interesting, if it works out I'll be up for a set to go with my G-2 conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Nice! I'll definitely take a set John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) I'll be in for two sets to go with my two conversions purchased ... fingers crossed it works out! As with all things to do with convalesce/recovery the slow way is the best way! Rog Edited June 17, 2018 by Artful69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This is great news John, so relieved, especially since I'm just starting my G4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Nice product. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Count me in for two for my two sets please! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Count me in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Oh I'm all over this. Thanks John! - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 John, I´m in for two sets! If these parts work (and sell) - Is there a chance to see some parts replacing the vacuformed canopy parts for the Ju 88´s as well? Reimund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 In short Reimund sadly no - for a number of reasons - the clear parts in question are too large and complex - the clear resin would have to be so thick to cope and that would look awful and besides trying to have such thick clear plastic heated into the vac mould would not work to start with - I have been through all this many times with many people. The only possibility that has any mileage is the front section only of my Ju 88 C-G fighter canopy and as so an order was placed 2 weeks ago for thicker samples of this canopy to be sent me so I can cut it out and send it to my friends at SBS. And then finally there is the business question - since Revell stopped producing the Ju 88 A-4 my sales that require this host kit have slumped and so there is little enthusiasm for me to invest time and money in my favourite aircraft in this scale and I am only weeks away from having my Ju 88 P-1 conversion available simple because it was started before the kit vanished from the market. Hope you understand. Besides I am a big fan of vacform clear parts as they achieve wonderful scale effect modelling in my opinion. Rick Griewski, Kahunaminor, monthebiff and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I'd be up for one of the canopies for my conversion John! Thanks again for the great conversion set and your continued efforts. Carl Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Please mark me down for two. Thanks so much. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Just let me know and I will PayPal you for the canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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