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rivets.....i was going to use straight pins. Just push them in so that the head of the pin is the only thing sticking out. A dab of white glue on the shaft of each pin should hold it in place for good. You'll need a few hundred of them but the work should go pretty quickly and look great when done.
Looks good so far....
Looks good so far....
i never met an airplane i didn't like...
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Grognard, If your looking for blue Styrofoam I'd head down to the water. Your in Ft. Stewart not far from the Atlantic, there has to be some dock/bulkhead builders around maybe in Seabrook or Halfmoon Landing.
I'm on Long Island, and all of the floating docks are made of a wood frame and wood deck resting on large foam blocks.... approx 1'x2'x8' blue or orange styrofoam. The blue is more dense and cuts and craves like a soft wood. I know the type of pink, blue insulation foam your talking about and it does tear at times when cutting with a razor.
This "dock foam" (sorry don't know its name) can be cut, sanded and carved with much better results than insulation foam.
Thats not to say you won't have the same problems finding the right glue and paint but I feel its the best foam for sculpting.
All the foam block I have, I've found on the Bay or at the Beach after Nor'easter's or large storms.
Good luck with your project!!! Looks
I'm on Long Island, and all of the floating docks are made of a wood frame and wood deck resting on large foam blocks.... approx 1'x2'x8' blue or orange styrofoam. The blue is more dense and cuts and craves like a soft wood. I know the type of pink, blue insulation foam your talking about and it does tear at times when cutting with a razor.
This "dock foam" (sorry don't know its name) can be cut, sanded and carved with much better results than insulation foam.
Thats not to say you won't have the same problems finding the right glue and paint but I feel its the best foam for sculpting.
All the foam block I have, I've found on the Bay or at the Beach after Nor'easter's or large storms.
Good luck with your project!!! Looks
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Love it!!Grognard wrote:
I but some round head tacks in a block of wook, glued on a nail. Took an old aluminum tray from the chinese restuarant, and beat it flat. Cut out strips, placed them in the wood jig, and hit it with a dead blow hammer.
Glued the results to a cardboard backing, and then to a spacer.
Twnety down, about 180 to go.
Cost $0.00.......
Total Build time to date 36 hours.
"you get in a steep dive in this thing and you've got almost no maneuvarabilty at all. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the broad side of another barn"
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