RE: Modeling Solar Sail Ships

At 14:14 25/08/98 +0100, you wrote:
SNIP
>Thin plasticard - cut to size - shape using steam/heat - spray silver

SNIP

>Sail shapes - cross, torus, disc, bat-wing

	The clear plastic in which many minis (and foodstuffs!) come
blister-packed is often fairly thin but rigid.	Another possible shape
would
be a shallow dome, which could be formed using the model aeroplane
canopy-forming technique of a male and female mould- the plastic is
fixed
across the hole in the F. mould and heated until soft.	The M. mould is
then
pushed through the plastic and the hole, forming the desired shape.  An
advantage of this would be that, if you used a number of standard
shapes,
you could make them in batches and keep some as spares for when the
inevitable accidents occur.

Rob

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