Re: Modeling Solar Sail Ships

Or dope covered tissue, like model airplanes use. It goes on wet, and
then will dry fairly rigid.

On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:15:04 -0700 Nathan Pettigrew
<nathanp@MICROSOFT.com> writes:
>When I first started reading I immediately thought of Mylar too.  Have 
>you
>considered laminating several layers for more rigidity?  I haven't 
>tried it,
>but it might be worth an attempt.
>
>What are you planning for your sail frame?
>
>Are you thinking something like Sisko's sailer from DS9?
>
>Nathan
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Mark A. Siefert. [SMTP:cthulhu@csd.uwm.edu]
>> Sent:	Monday, August 24, 1998 5:40 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
>> 
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