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Old 07-14-2006, 10:43 PM
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Default Vaccum Form Canopies?

anyone here know a place i can get custume mad vaccum form canopies?
Old 07-15-2006, 06:55 AM
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I may know a place. What size in the canopy and do you have a mold for it?
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its for a combat model F-16N the body is 65inches long and 45in wingspan 2 kits from a guy on ebay and this one is missing the canopy he said they were complete = (
he hasnt emailed me back yet, so im just checking around before I get really mad and bash him in his feedback I still need to leave for the other item I bought
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Make a mold out of balsa or whatever, even clay, but let it dry. and then take a 2 litre plastic bottle and use you heat gun and slowly heat it up. Patiently mold it to the balsa and then cut off the excess plastic. It makes a nice clear canopy every time. You can also do this for a custom cowling!
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