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Perry frigate photoetch insanity

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:41 AM
Good for you!Yeah!! [yeah]
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    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:30 PM
Thanks for the tips, guys - after basically an entire day, the dish is done ,,, and I am very, very glad I opted to paint it flat black, that helps hide all the errors Big Smile [:D] ... and it just looks ... meaner, somehow. And Rick, I too declare myself the winner in this epic contest, because that sucker is going on top of the lattice mast as soon as it's dry!
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    August 2005
  • From: Seattle, WA
Posted by Surface_Line on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:15 AM
I just made one of these and fought with all the various curves. I believe I won the fight. I assume you're having trouble with the curved dish part, not with folded support part.

First, the reflector dish -
I shaped it against the end of a fat paintbrush, then against the handle of a small diagonal cutter. Got some wrinkles the first time and the curves were not symmetrical. Then flipped it end for end and shaped it some more. Three or four times with this process and the curves were even with no wrinkles remaining.

Next, the support behind the dish –
I used a Hold ‘n Fold tool to hold it down the long centerline, and then bent the free side by 45 degrees. You could clamp it with any straightedge along that long axis against a piece of glass, then use a straight blade to get under the part and bend it up by 45 degrees.
To get the gentle curve on the long axis I rolled a coin inside the vee shape against the soft part of my fingertip. Then needed to flatten it a bit in the center to make it conform to the back of the dish.

Good luck,
Rick
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    June 2004
  • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
Posted by seasick on Monday, September 19, 2005 10:34 PM
I did the SPS-49 dish. Yes its insane. I have a hand full of gizmos I have to do it.

First do the support. Then bend the back and attach it to the base. Finally after the super glue is good and dry (once I have it in place I touch it with a Q-tip with some super glue setting accelerator). Then using a round pencil of average diamiter bend the airial until its the right shape and glue it to the rest of it.

That is the method I developed about the tenth time I did it. Remember super glue would rather stick to you than the metal. Find some gloves that fit tightly and don't adhere to super glue.

Chasing the ultimate build.

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Perry frigate photoetch insanity
Posted by mfsob on Monday, September 19, 2005 10:03 PM
Now that my 1/700 Perry class frigate finally looks like a ship, I'm tacking the Gold Medal Models photoetch set. And I have a question -
Has ANYONE put together the SPS-49 radar dish without going completely, totally, Banged Head [banghead]-ing against the wall insane? I cannot seem to get the subtle little bend into the main dish, let alone the latticework back part, so that it even halfway fits together. Any suggestions besides just using the plastic part would be appreciated.
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