Anyone made a duplicate canopy of an original plastic canopy?
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Started to build my Starmax 90mm F-16 (to replace my crashed one). I have a new original canopy and wondered if anyone has had experience making a mold from one (to make a duplicate)? I was thinking wax the inside and fill with plaster...
Anyone had experience vacu-forming plastic?
Thanks in advance
Eric
Anyone had experience vacu-forming plastic?
Thanks in advance
Eric
#2

Hi there, check out a thread I started on this topic.
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36104
I do it all the time by filling the original with plaster and then heat shrinking a pop bottle over the plaster mould.
Works a treat.
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36104
I do it all the time by filling the original with plaster and then heat shrinking a pop bottle over the plaster mould.
Works a treat.

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Started to build my Starmax 90mm F-16 (to replace my crashed one). I have a new original canopy and wondered if anyone has had experience making a mold from one (to make a duplicate)? I was thinking wax the inside and fill with plaster...
Anyone had experience vacu-forming plastic?
Thanks in advance
Eric
Anyone had experience vacu-forming plastic?
Thanks in advance
Eric
Check out that thread Baz linked to!!
You won't be disapointed!! A world of info there!!!!
Regards
Jimmy
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[QUOTE=baz49exe;769822]Hi there, check out a thread I started on this topic.
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36104
Barry Ole Boy!
That thread has got to be one of the top informative threads on Wattflyer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for starting it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards!!
Jimmy
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36104
Barry Ole Boy!
That thread has got to be one of the top informative threads on Wattflyer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for starting it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards!!
Jimmy
#9

Right now it's blowing 20kt. gusts out of the NNW!! (Alberta Clipper) Going down in teens tonight, that is very VERY unusual for here on the coast!
Just built a canopy for another GUPPY MKll with an aileron wing this time!
Regards!
Jimmy