Making the master models for the molded parts has not been an easy task. I started working with blue foam and plaster filler.
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This worked for the radiator and nose block but the canopy has been driving me to distraction. After several unsatisfactory tries I ended up with a wooden one.
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Still have the supercharger air scoops, the oil cooler scoop, the under wing fairings and the fillets to go. This not the usual vacuum molding (except for the canopy) because the composite material requires a different process. I will have conventional molds in case the composite doesn’t work out and I have to vacuum mold with plastic. Seriously, would anyone rather carve the nose block and radiator themselves? Let me know.
Those of you that have ordered kits in the last few weeks have seen my new boxes. They are not just kit boxes such as you find in hobby shops but are heavy duty, corrugated cardboard mailers. They will withstand shipping and can hold up to three NoCal kits or two of the Simplified or Non-Scale kits. Of course, one of the 1:16 scale kits will fill it.
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