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you can always add more formers to stiffen up the inside.
The 1/72 A32X series I've done is pretty fickin strong. All I did was double the formers......basically one in front and one behind every joint.......... Now you may have to come up with something for the wings.......... |
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go to your local bar and ask for beer mats, the round ones might just be the right diameter for the fuselage
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I print my models on A3 paper and so far they are never twice as big, maybe 175% over the A4 models. The tissue paper stuffing is a great idea but nevertheless you should be careful not to press the body to hard.
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I'm not sure about stuffing the model. In order to be of any substantial benefit, a weak material like TP should be packed fairly densely; wouldn't it add more weight than strength? I suspect a few cardboard strips, strategically laminated during the build, on pieces already folded/curved, would give a better cost (=weight) / benefit (=sturdiness) ratio. * A4 is about 210mm on the short edge, and 297 on the longer one; A3 is 297 on the shorter edge, which is thus 297/210 - 1 = 41.4% longer. This ratio applies to all linear measurements of the model. BTW in a previous post I wrote "141.42% greater"; that's obviously imprecise: I meant the A3 model would be 141.42% as large as the A4 version, therefore 41.42% larger. |
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I've stuffed Fiddler's Green models printed on regular paper with TP, it does a good job adding stiffness. I think Chip recommended this as a cure for floppy wings after they were glued up. He did not care for formers.
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As a complete eejit when it comes to arithmetic stuff, this is the most useful explanation I have ever read on how paper sizes compare to scales. Thanks, cfuruti. This made it all a lot clearer for me, too.
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