RE: Building the original Byron P-51 Mustang
Hey Glenn,
If they are too small for the Byron I can always use them for something else LOL! Email me some pics and we can do some business if you'd like. You'll have to trade for at leat 10 bruskies though!!!
Aren't you going to use all of that stuff in your Typhoon? Can't wait to see that one! I did find out what plastic that was that I used on those little 1 1/2" bubble canopies. It took alot to convince the guy that I wasn't interested in doing the same thing with the plastic as he was ( he thought that I was trying to steal his business!) but he did finally tell me the manufacturer and the grade of the plasic and now I can buy it in any sized sheet I want. It works perfectly for canopies and other vaccum molding things without doing the shrinky dink or tearing thing.
Sorry this went dead for a while guys.
I had to gather some very important parts to start building again and now I have them. All I need to get is a large airtank, fuel tank, servos cockpit kit - yall know - the piddley stuff. Anyway, I needed one hold down cone for the wings and I just couldn't locate one so I made a mold of the original, let the silicone set up for the entire weekend, then today demolded it and it looked ok. So, I then mixed up some fiberglass resin (about an ounce) mixed it HOT (17 drops of MEK) put some very fine fiberglass chop in there for strength and to thicken it a bit. Then I waited for a bit to where it was just about to go through it's first heat (gel stage) then poured some in the mold making sure that the fiberglass chop was in there too. I continually moved it around untill it jelled. I then inserted the aluminum hold down cone inside and just brushed the resin up and up untill it started to set. This entire process of molding the cone took about 10 minutes. after that I just let it be for about 2 hours. I wanted to de-mold it while the fiberglass was still a little bit pliable and POP! it came out of the mold without any damage and was great. I let the new cone completely cure and then sanded it down a bit and it is the exact same size and weight as the original. Cool, I don't have to do another one. I will get pictures out to you guys on that project soon.
Now that the last cone is made, I can proceed with the build.
Jeff