soslipstream wrote:Over the holiday I built a fixture to turn prop disks from Plexi-glas sheet. I figure that all aluminum airplanes may need a little bit of dynamics for display. My "test mule" was my long suffering Strombecker B-26 ID Model that I rescued and and have been using to develop various techniques. The disks, no surprise, work as well on my Bronzart B-26 (both 1/72 scale ID models). The real trick was being able to polish the edges of each disk.
Regards, Tom
Well done on those prop disks. Speaking of which: I never understood why, on some ashtray models, the manufacturers would model prop blades. I mean, if those things are to be used as ashtrays, why model thin, delicate parts that are just begging to be broken off by someone's big hand coming in to put out a cigarette? Bad idea in my opinion, and much better served using either clear prop disks or nothing at all. You can model an aircraft and capture its essence yet still make it hardy enough to withstand bumping and reasonable handling.