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I love it! Thanks! Have added this PDF to my growing collection of good to know things!You could, of course, mould a lamp cover, using the heat and 'plunge' method, with clear sheet.
It's fairly simple, but the preparation is a bit involved.
The PDF below, which I recently prepared for one of our members for moulding canopy blisters for a large-scale PR Spitfire, shows how it's done.
The balsa wood male mould could be replaced by a mould formed from Milliput, which could be shaped on the wing of the kit, then removed before fully set, an polished when hard.
Great info! Thank you. I actually looked at that thread early on when I first joined. Now I see the applicability!Also you may check on my thread about how to make a pilot's seat. Tha way is the same you can use for making clear parts. It is just a matter of the kind of plastic you need to use.
How to make your own pilot's seat for models.
I will ask for info next time I am in my LHS, they may know exactly what you are talking about.There is also something I bought from my local hobby shop, it was a clear liquid you could brush that dried clear and IIRC could be wet sanded into shape if you built it up enough. Crystal something?
It might be possible to form one from clear sheet, or, alternatively, if you have a piece of clear sprue that is thick enough, this can be glued into the recess using poly cement, and then filed and sanded to shape. It can then be polished to a high shine
According to what I have read, surface tension, depending on the size of course, will naturally dome the Bondic when sparingly applied. Mine has shipped and should be here soon! I will give it a try and see how it goes. That is the specific purpose I bought it for, not as a bonding agent.Interesting thread! On my Eduard ABM exterior PE fret there are little molds for exterior running lights. You're supposed to heat the clear styrene and push it into the mold, thus creating the landing light lens. The Bondic could be used also, but it would create a flat-topped lens whereas the styrene sprue would probably have a naturally formed curved if you didn't push it in too deeply. I'm interested in that Bondic demo. There are applications for it and I may spring for it.