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Hello to the membership
I am in the planning, thinking stage for now. I would like to try to build the disney nautilus submarine for future r.c use. I see that it`s hull is of an octagonal shape and tapers to the front and rear.
I thought about making several temporary octagonal bulkheads to attach the side pieces to. I was going to make each side piece out of epoxy/fiberglass and lay up the strips on a piece of glass since I heard that epoxy does not stick to glass.
My question here is, since the nautilus is tapered to the front and rear, how do I get the stiff level epoxy strips to bend towards the front and rear without breaking? I was thinking about using a hot air gun to heat the sections were the strips had to bend BUT I don`t know if that would work.
Anyone have this kind of experience with cured epoxy bending? OR how should I do it? As for buying an already Nautilus kit, if I could afford it and the S&H to me here in Canada was cheap, I would BUT since it is not cheap and S&H is nuts, I can`t so I try for now by myself.
Thanks for your time and help.
George
I am in the planning, thinking stage for now. I would like to try to build the disney nautilus submarine for future r.c use. I see that it`s hull is of an octagonal shape and tapers to the front and rear.
I thought about making several temporary octagonal bulkheads to attach the side pieces to. I was going to make each side piece out of epoxy/fiberglass and lay up the strips on a piece of glass since I heard that epoxy does not stick to glass.
My question here is, since the nautilus is tapered to the front and rear, how do I get the stiff level epoxy strips to bend towards the front and rear without breaking? I was thinking about using a hot air gun to heat the sections were the strips had to bend BUT I don`t know if that would work.
Anyone have this kind of experience with cured epoxy bending? OR how should I do it? As for buying an already Nautilus kit, if I could afford it and the S&H to me here in Canada was cheap, I would BUT since it is not cheap and S&H is nuts, I can`t so I try for now by myself.
Thanks for your time and help.
George
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