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Mercedes D-III Exhaust Pipe
I'm building an Albatros DVa in 1/33 scale. Even though the Mercedes D-III engine is mostly hidden in the finished model, it still has a fair amount of detail. I want to create a 3D exhaust pipe for the engine. What are my best options?
1. carve from balsa -- the might give the best result, but I'd rather work in paper 2. build up layers of heavier cardstock, something like cereal box material, then sand to shape -- the result would be a bit heavy 3. build patterns, then emboss cardstock over the patterns -- if made in halves, then glued together, the exhaust pipe would be hollow, thus light weight. This would be a more elegant approach if it could be done. Are there other ways of creating 3D parts that I'm not thinking of? |
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Use properly sized paper tubes, you can use paper lolly pop sticks, which you can get in the candy making aisle in any of the national craft stores
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I sometimes use cotton swab sticks, those that are paper. It's a simple thing to peel off the paper layers to obtain a very small diameter stick. Creating a smooth curve is difficult, though.
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Texman had a process where he used that same paper, and mandrel of sorts to form the piping, framework for his Fokker build, I hope he pipes in
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Well, I don't know about Taxman, but I did a Fokker as well
Here is a link to the build thread with a particular link to the curved tubing experiment. http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/413564-post10.html
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Perfect solution, Texman, to preventing kinks in very small paper tubes.
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I have an immediate need for this solution. Thanks.
Jon |
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3d parts, embossing parts, mercedes d-iii |
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