P-36A Curtiss step by step build is done !!!! 5-7-08

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:49 am

Wow. I really had high hopes for this, and I'll tell you as soon as I saw those pics of the cowling so beautifully hand-crafted, I knew this was going to exceed my expectations...

Just... amazing. You, sir, are my new god.

(you'll be given an alter, I just need a face photo, so I can get a gold cast...)

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:22 am

Awesome Job Pickelhaube!!!

That is first class hands down. After reading the breakdown on your cost of time spent and costs of materials used, it should be easy for everyone to see why thos custom 190s are going to be sold for the price they are on MTS.

Again, outstanding job!!!!

supersonicfifi · Post by **supersonicfifi** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:02 am

fantastic ! as a French i can't wait to see the FRENCH Battle hawk you will do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! truly amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:27 pm

I have started molding the fusalage. Man I did not get enough RTV. I got 3 units and have used up 2 already on only half of one . YIKES !!!!!!

It looks like I will need 4 units per half. 'Dem units are $36 each.

that will be 8 units total for the fuse alone. I feel like Frankenstein. My god what have I done ?

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:24 pm

PH, for clarity is the RTV used to create a mold you can use with your vacuum former and create new fuselages?

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:19 am

olifant wrote:PH, for clarity is the RTV used to create a mold you can use with your vacuum former and create new fuselages?

No not really. I will make the fusalage out of resin like I have used for the rest of the project. When you vacuform it does not get all of the details like casting does. It is a lot cheaper though. And there are a lot of vacuform plane kits out there but they do lack detail. Expesially the panel lines. Here is how I made the molds. Of cousre I have only made a partial one so far. I ran out of RTV

RTV Means: Room Temperature Vulcanizing. it is a 2 part laytex when mixed becomes rubber. To make the new fusalages I :
1. Roll out tiny lines of clay.
2. Stick them to the back of one of the fuse halves so when I press it down to the pour area it creates a sill to the work service.
3. Make a mold box around the fuse. I use Legos . In this case I did not have enough Legos so i used a 1/4 inch piece of luwon ply wood.
4. Spray the mold box with fuse inside of it with mold release.
5. Mix and pour RTV.
6. Wait 4 hrs.
7. Turn finished pour over.
8. Scape all of the clay off of the back side of fuse that you used for a seal and clean it up good.
9. Stack more Legos on the form box. This now becomes the top.
10. Spray more mold release.
11. Mix and pour RTV for the back side of the fuse.
12 Wait 4 more hours.
13. Pull the rubber molds apart and pull master fuse have out. Check everything out to see if it looks good. If it does , mix resin and start casting.

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:20 pm

Thanks PH. Sounds like an extremely expensive way to build a fleet of Hawks.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:27 am

Man I did this custom almost 7 years ago .

To my knowledge it was one of the first ever customs done on our beloved XD .

The original mold making was all new and I did not know what I was doing.

Now I almost do know what I am doing .

I still have the molds but they are long gone past the time of being usable.

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P-36A Curtiss step by step build is done !!!! 5-7-08

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