Re: Question on scratchbuilding VTOLs

On Sunday, November 4, 2001, at 09:47 AM, Eli Arndt wrote:

> I'm considering a VTOL Project of my own but had a question for the 
> "experts" out there.	Any hints on what makes a good material for 
> sculpting large structural features or blending part together?  I'd 
> like to avoid sculpy and green stuff as one needs baking and the other

> is tough to work with in large amounts.

I can't claim to be any expert, but I can give you what I know.

I sort of depends on what shape you're looking for. for generally blocky

shapes, sheet styrene for a base, and then just filling the rounded 
areas with green stuff should do it.

However, this doesn't work too well for large rounded shapes. I would 
guess that carving balsa and then finishing with green stuff might work 
for that, but I've never tried it to be perfectly honest.

Schoon