Home made canopy links.
#3
Senior Member
I've read about it several places, but have never done it. You make a buck of your canopy with enough of a base on it that you have to force it into the bottle. Then you heat and shrink the plastic until it suits you. I don't know how much heat. Maybe a hairdryer or monocoat gun. On one of the forums there were photos of fairly small green plastic canopies done that way.
#5
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I've had good luck doing searches on Google for info like this.
I've got a [very cheap] Harbor Freight heat gun that would easily do the job.
I can see how starting with a snug fit between the bottle and the plug would make this idea work best.
Something tells me that having a pair of wool gloves on hand would be....uhh......handy.
I've got a [very cheap] Harbor Freight heat gun that would easily do the job.
I can see how starting with a snug fit between the bottle and the plug would make this idea work best.
Something tells me that having a pair of wool gloves on hand would be....uhh......handy.
#6
Like CP posted, Google searches are many times more productive. Use the following search term with Google:
shrink plastic canopy site:rcuniverse.com
You may choose whatever search terms you wish, but the site:rcuniverse.com will restrict searches to that one domain. I've found that Google's search engine, when targeting a single domain, is usually better than any other third party search feature.
shrink plastic canopy site:rcuniverse.com
You may choose whatever search terms you wish, but the site:rcuniverse.com will restrict searches to that one domain. I've found that Google's search engine, when targeting a single domain, is usually better than any other third party search feature.
Last edited by Andrew; 01-31-2014 at 08:37 AM.
#8
Senior Member
Carve your canopy buck, cut the bottom end off a 2 litre flat sided PET bottle , wedge the buck in place with a large piece of lumber under the buck, start shrinking with the heat gun. Thats the bit that takes practice, work slowly. It will take a couple of attempts until you get the feel for the shrinking.Both of these cowls and the canopy shown are from soda bottles . Also you can make wheel pant halves, wing tips etc.using this method.
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Last edited by vauxhall; 02-01-2014 at 04:34 AM.
#14
Senior Member