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03-22-2012, 04:50 PM
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Heat shrink plastic anyone?
Recently came across the following Idea:
lets say you have to apply a tightend down or taught tarp to your lifeboat, easy apply a thin layer of heat shrink wrap plastic, (you'll have to look around for this material) then give it a shot of heat, blast of hot air from your hair dryer or move your wifes curling iron close enough to make the plastic taught. 1. Sufficently cover the lifeboat with blue paint free masking tape ( home Depot or Lowes) to protect the model from any unecessary paint. Then apply a thin spray (a material called fixative in Railroad parlence) to make it tacky (womans hair spray) enough to take a shot of paint from a spray can. You'll be surprised as to how sharp this looks. Tug boat modelers have been using this method for quite some time for use in the regattas they have. A similar method has been utilised for quite some time with H O railroad fans, only the material utilised for the tarp is a thin layer of tissue paper. I recently saw a model lifeboat covered with this material as a tarp carried aboard a model tugboat. I must say it was beautifully built and was also quite realistic. Listed under / or called ' Heat Shrink Film', you can find it on the internet, hobby shops that deal with RC material also sell a variety of it in different colors as well as clear or see thru. A cheap $10.00 hand held hair dryer works quite well in making the film taught. Or again you can also use a curling iron. Some time ago I purchased a rather large bulk roll from a plastics firm of this material too protect the original while making the necessary changes to the model that, I wanted. Landlubber7 Henry |
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03-23-2012, 12:48 PM
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Re: Heat shrink plastic anyone?
That sounds interesting Henry but I can't quite visualize it. Do you have a link or some pictures to show this method ?
Thanks Bill
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03-25-2012, 07:16 PM
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Re: Heat shrink plastic anyone?
Great idea. Is there a brand name for the plastic heat shrink wrap? I suppose you could use the plastic heat shrink film that model airplane builders use to cover their planes. I can see where that would work.
Before heat shrink film, we older model builders used to use tissue paper painted with this stuff called dope. The dope dried and shrunk the tissue. Those who could afford it used silk span, still available. That would work too. BTW, dope meant something different back then. It was a thick extremely aromatic lacquer type liquid that had more volatile organic compounds than an oil field. Just opening the bottle would cause mothers to come running into boy’s bedrooms hysterically screaming “what’s that awful smell.” “It’s just dope, mom.” Regards, Bob, BHS, (Before Heat Shrink)
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03-27-2012, 03:57 PM
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Re: Heat shrink plastic anyone?
Hello:
nohabs: I saw it on a model lifeboat as a (quite taught tarp) woked rather realistically aboard a modern day model Tugboat, the version of this material that hobby shops sell come in some colors as well as clear (see thru). dolphinamica: The use of tissue paper apparently has been around for quite some time, in the model railroad forum it's sprayed first with a fixative then after drying sprayed with the color wanted by the builder,. Iv'e also seen this method utilized as a tarp. Called 'Heat Shrink Film', and you can find it on the internet, It's the same material you used to be able to purchase in your local grocery store, only now you can either purchase it from your local hobby shop dealer for your model airplane, or Home Depot. A cheap $10.00 hair dryer works quite well in making the film taught! I purchased a bulk large roll of this material from a plastic's firm some time back too help while protecting the original, in making the changes I wanted. landlubber7 Henry |
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04-27-2012, 04:34 PM
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Re: Heat shrink plastic anyone?
BOB,
I remember well model airplane "dope" ... and was surprised when I learned another other name for it was "banana oil"! As for the model airplane heat-shrink coverings, wonderful stuff but you need to know how to use it. Applications may work better with a special primer coating over bare wood and the use of heat can be a sensitive matter. On airplanes it IS an asset over the old method of clear dope covered tissue! BILL
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