Just saw this on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-Airplane- ... 500wt_1413
Could be an interesting project for anyone who is good with fiberglass.
1:20 C-118 on ebay
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1:20 C-118 on ebay
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interesting...
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Re: 1:20 C-118 on ebay
Pickelhaube, anything you can do with this?
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Re: 1:20 C-118 on ebay
DC-6 would be HUGE in 1/20.
Wish the seller luck, but this is a very specialized item.
Wish the seller luck, but this is a very specialized item.
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Re: 1:20 C-118 on ebay
flayrah wrote:Pickelhaube, anything you can do with this?
I saw how they make trophy fish on " How It's Made " using this type of mould.
It uses fiberglass gel coats . Which is something I know very little of.
It does have lots of potential although cheap to do there is TONS OF WORK in dealing with this procedure.
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Re: 1:20 C-118 on ebay
The listing states he has other moulds, so I wrote and asked what is available. I received this message:
hello, I also have 1:40 scale YB-49 flying wing, 14"length, 51" wingspan. 1:33 scale B-52 bomber, 59" length, 68" wingspan. 1:15 scale X-15, 39.75" length, 18" wingspan. 1:10 scale F-18, 67" length, 46.75" wingspan. And a plane I believe to be a DC-4 with a length of 44", and wingspan of 49.5 inches, about 1:25 scale.
hello, I also have 1:40 scale YB-49 flying wing, 14"length, 51" wingspan. 1:33 scale B-52 bomber, 59" length, 68" wingspan. 1:15 scale X-15, 39.75" length, 18" wingspan. 1:10 scale F-18, 67" length, 46.75" wingspan. And a plane I believe to be a DC-4 with a length of 44", and wingspan of 49.5 inches, about 1:25 scale.
Re: 1:20 C-118 on ebay
My Father created moulds just like the one pictured when he built and sold his Quarter Midget RC pylon racers back in the 70's and 80's. Pickel is correct, there would be quite a bit of work involved in assembling any fiberglass kit made from those moulds. If you don't enjoy or possess the skills to assemble any of the kits Tamiya or Hasegawa put out, you would be way over your head with something like this. Also, if you decide to add an interior, you would have to put a lot of additional work into filling the weave of the fiberglass on the inside of the plane. When you create a fiberglass reproduction using a mould like this the exterior of the reproduction comes out smooth, but the interior side is rougher. Then you also have to deal with the interior side of the seam that is usually bonded with an additional strip of fiberglass that would need work to conceal. Those are a few of the things you would need to consider when assembling a static model using those moulds.
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