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Re: Yet another use for 7106
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Date: 
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:02:00 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:

> How about a homebrew one? I believe it is possible to get fairly thick
> "plastic card" which can be heated in the oven and moulded - I think this is a
> technique used by those who scratch build scale models of various types. It
> won't be pure but aye Captain, it might just work.
> 
> Jennifer Clark

Among my myriad talents I'm also an occasional scratch builder. I've
recently made a circular housing by wrapping a flexible strip of plasticard
around a circular former secured by an elastic band and then throwing it
into a sink full of piping hot water. When you take it out after say a
quarter hour the plastic strip is curved, not as tightly as the former
though. You should of course use a smaller former than the curve you want.

> Aye Captain ?

Steve Lane

If not having an RCX makes you a Luddite, count me in! :-)



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  Re: Yet another use for 7106
 
(...) The oven seems to work well too from what I remember, and I'm sure it fitted the mould rather well after being roasted for a while. I have no idea if this is proper procedure, however. Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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(...) How about a homebrew one? I believe it is possible to get fairly thick "plastic card" which can be heated in the oven and moulded - I think this is a technique used by those who scratch build scale models of various types. It won't be pure but (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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