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Oy..these are small. But looking fantastic.



Stuart......you are an instigator

That would be instigator!

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.

Oh, that's cool. Never heard of that place. Another point on the bucket list!

Some more progress, I made replacement canopies. A simple push mould. Success rate was 2 out of 5.

Very cool bit of push moulding there Borg! It's not something I've ever had a go at.

Interesting looking V-1 site.

I’d love to get to Europe and see these sites. Won’t happen though, so I’ll enjoy them vicariously!

Is there a tutorial you could steer me towards for push molding canopies?

Normandy is high on my bucket list.

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:45 am Is there a tutorial you could steer me towards for push molding canopies?

Sure.
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