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Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest
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tempestjohnny
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Oy..these are small. But looking fantastic.
Stuart......you are an instigator
Stuart......you are an instigator
Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest
That would be instigator!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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I am currently on holiday in Normandy. And today we visited the V-1 site at Val Ygot. The Tempest was one of the planes used to intercept V-1’s. So that was a nice link with my current build.
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Oh, that's cool. Never heard of that place. Another point on the bucket list! 
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Some more progress, I made replacement canopies. A simple push mould. Success rate was 2 out of 5.
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Very cool bit of push moulding there Borg! It's not something I've ever had a go at.
Interesting looking V-1 site.
Interesting looking V-1 site.
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I’d love to get to Europe and see these sites. Won’t happen though, so I’ll enjoy them vicariously!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Stikpusher
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Is there a tutorial you could steer me towards for push molding canopies?
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Normandy is high on my bucket list.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest
Sure.Stikpusher wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:45 am Is there a tutorial you could steer me towards for push molding canopies?
What I do a very basic, use the old canopy as a mould.
Put some clear plastic on a frame (the smaller/precise the the cut out out is the better the result).
Heat the clear plastic over a flame (like stretching sprue you need to get a feel for it. To cold, it won't form. To warm, it turns white or tears)
Pull the frame over the mould
I some times pinch the warm plastic to get it to fit tightly over the mould (you might burn your fingers but that is the risk over using to large a cut out)
Cooling off is in 10 seconds
Repeat until you have a good part.
A more elaborate tutorial:
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/ind ... t-so-good/
He uses a bit more sophistication with a very precise cut out.
Next step could be vacuforming which I have also done.
And the essential book on scratch building:
http://web.archive.org/web/200801220449 ... odman.html