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Post by wobnob on Jun 30, 2023 23:59:29 GMT -5
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TooOld
Eddies Classmate
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Post by TooOld on Jul 1, 2023 6:42:57 GMT -5
That top on the Cobra looks pretty good ! What did you start with to make it?
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Post by Jim Richards on Jul 2, 2023 11:57:14 GMT -5
Hi Mate,
These are some good looking projects
Yes, love that top on the Cobra, that is a great scale for that kit you gotta work on this one soon and do tell us more about how it was done
If you need any parts for these, let me know, I might have some.
Jim
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Post by wobnob on Jul 4, 2023 23:08:19 GMT -5
Yeah, just chipping away at them, as you'd all know yourselves. Do a bit, see something shiny, stop. Do a bit, see something shiny, stop. etc. So, I first 'sized' a photo of one (profile) took a tracing, then cut a template. I used plaster to make the 'master' (Rhymes!) Just built it up 'til in was close, used the template as a guild, when it dried? (Again! Rhymes!) Sanded it finished. Then made a jig to hold the plastic sheet, basically two squares with the centres cut-out. Used ordinary packaging plastic, the heaviest I could find. Put the master on a plinth, high enough so when you pull the jig down it doesn't run out of room to stretch. Heat the plastic sheet clamped in the jig with a heat-gun, & quickly, & uniformly, pull it down over the master. This one had to have three sections done this way, top & two sides. You can see on the photo the lines where it was joined. I used a double thickness on the roof & a single on the sides, then resin...ed? them together. Thanks for the offer too, Jim! Appreciated! The body you see in the pics is a spare, as well as a chassis & other bits 'n' pieces. If any of this is useful to you, to make a complete one, let me know? You're more than welcome to it!
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Dennis
Eddies Classmate
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Post by Dennis on Jul 10, 2023 19:20:36 GMT -5
Have fun & build something custom
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Post by Jim Richards on Jul 20, 2023 3:02:13 GMT -5
Hey Keiran,
Interesting process making that roof for the Cobra. I love the look of the roof for it. Impressive work in this scale.
Keep going on this one, Mate
Jim
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