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A friend needs some clear hemisphere gun domes for his NAZI hydrofoil (What?). A vacuforming job. Been years since I did any of that type work and can't find the frames or plenums. Nuts! Got to make a plenum for this job, as well as a holding frame for the heated plastic sheet.
First, the plug/puck/form/pattern/mold/thewhateveritscalledthesedays... the item that will give form to the eventual parts.
As the items are small, a scrap piece of Lexan tube was pressed into service as the basic plenum structure. Caped with two WTC bulkheads I had in the spares bin. A hole in the side of the plenum will mate tightly with the household vacuum cleaner hose. Film at Eleven.
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Returned from SubFest... Back to Work! Fried one ESC, replaced leaking pushrod seals, and one leaking shaft seal had to be cored out and rebuilt. Not bad -- brought seven models to the event and they all got some water time.
...And one stow-away ant (now Submarine Qualified). This little guy was aboard my Type-23 during all its runs at the event. Only found him when I cracked the WTC during post-mission checks.
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Somebody needs to build a Shark Hunter II and some DPVs to chase this.Leave a comment:
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Hollow punch......https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Pieces-Ro.../dp/B07VBFQ9QWLeave a comment:
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Brass tube. I think 0.014" wall thickness, from K&S Engineering, sharpened and used like a gasket punch. Available from local hobby shop or online. The fat one looks like it has also been used as a painting stand. Punching is much easier than dragging an Xacto # 11 around inside a circle template.Leave a comment:
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Off subject, what are these?, size for 1:72 Skipjack? , where do I source them?
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Cool! Thanks, David! I have a Home Depot shopping list in the works for stand materials and need new tape anyway!Leave a comment:
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