Re: Aliens APC - 1/12 - ** 34rd upd., pg 17 **
Okay guys,
Next one up.
Was a good week. As mentioned last week i picked up a large batch of carbon fibre leftovers. Today i got a fresh new batch, on the roll, of some 25m2 412grams biax carbonfibre cloth, ready to use on the hulls. It does help to work in composites
I also scored an old oven for 5 euro, for postcuring all the epoxy/carbon parts besides the hull. No pissing off the misses here, by using the one in the kitchen.
And yesterday i talked to Hornsby, better known as the owners of Humbrol, regarding a future reissue of #170. No luck there, even though they do consider requests into their future offerings. So everybody, mail Humbrol that you want 170....badly....
I did ask whether they make custom batches of say, 1000 tins, but no luck there either.....
Anyway....
I've been building a new jacket mold for the new silicone hull mold. I usually build mine from mdf. Sure, there's plenty of different ways to do this, but the straight lines of the APC make this my preferred method.
I came up with a two parter jacket. One part slots in the other, locking each other out. It only needs a few screws to keep it all from falling apart.
There's a few advantages to this, as the thickness of the silicone will be very consistent (it's 10mm all round, except for some of the corners), saving a lot of material. I've added an extra rim on the top of the box, locking the edges of the silicone in place, preventing the rubber 'walls' from falling in while i work on the epoxy and laminate. And locking the mold perfectly in the jacket.
Yeah, i know it's a bit of a lame update, but this still took a few days to figure out, and put together.
Oh, and here's my junior crew showing the size of the jacket. I'm not sure why they're laughing... Modelmaking is serious business...:darnkids:behave
With a bit of luck i'll have the first new carbonfibre hull out of the mold by sat or sunday.
Tomorrow i'll post some more pics of the hull, out in daylight.
Ciao ciao,
Wasili
