RE: Modeling Solar Sail Ships

My first thought would be to use something like Bare-Metal foil around a
frame.	For those who are not familiar with this product it is a very
thin,
adhesive backed foil used by modelers to replicate unpainted metal or
chrome.  It is much thinner than regular foil (some modelers use it to
mask
off areas when they spray paint).  It also has the advantage that it
also
comes in a copper and a gold color.
		Kent McClure

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> From: 	Mark A. Siefert.
> Reply To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Sent: 	Monday, August 24, 1998 3:40 PM
> To:	Full Thrust Mailing List
> Subject:	Modeling Solar Sail Ships
> 
> Hello:
>	OK, here's a tough one!
>	I've been thinking of trying to create a fleet of solar sail
type
> vessels. (Don't ask me why, we miniature gamers like to think of such
> things.)  However, I've hit one snag:  How in the heck do I model the
> actual "sail."  First I thought of using plastic wrap glued to a frame
> of some sort, but I disarded that quickly because it was transpartent
> and it would sag and look very sloppy.  Tin foil was my next thought. 
> But that's too heavy and would look horrible if wrinkled.  Mylar would
> be best if I could find a way to make it fit snuggly against the
model's
> sail frame.  Does anyone have any thoughts?
> -- 
> Later,
> Mark A. Siefert
> 
>	The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no
> important
> economic differences among people. No one should be too rich. No one
> should be
> too poor. We should "close the wealth gap."  This is a very powerful
> idea.  
> This is a very common idea.  This is a very bad idea.
> 
>				     --P.J. O'Rourke
>				       From his speech "Closing the
Wealth
> Gap"
>				       Shanghai, China.  1997
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