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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Hints and Tips/Questions about modeling => Topic started by: David 63 on March 28, 2015, 06:10:39 PM

Title: Help With PE Parts
Post by: David 63 on March 28, 2015, 06:10:39 PM

Hi Guys,
I know I read somewhere on the forum a way to bend PE parts using heat and then annealing them once they are bent but I can't remember where I found it. Can you either guide me to a post about that or give me the method used here? Thanks, Dave

Title: Re: Help With PE Parts
Post by: David 63 on March 28, 2015, 07:18:28 PM

Thanks, RB!
Dave

Title: Re: Help With PE Parts
Post by: WarrenD on March 28, 2015, 10:35:02 PM

However David, be careful. Small p/e jackets can be thin, and too much heat for too long can "burn" it up. This is not such a concern on the 1/32nd jackets AFAIK, but on smaller scales it might be.

Warren

Title: Re: Help With PE Parts
Post by: uncletony on March 28, 2015, 10:56:35 PM

Yes it's good to practice on scrap first :)

Don't let it get red hot, keep the flame moving over the part until it changes color (and I don't mean starts to glow!)