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  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Canberra,Australia
Funnel caps
Posted by death on Friday, August 3, 2007 12:30 AM

Greetings all

Just wondering if anyone has a sure fire method of getting the curve in the etched funnel grills on 1/700 ships? I have tried two different ways without success.

Cheers

Mick

  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: Middle Tennessee
Posted by Dick McC2 on Friday, August 3, 2007 8:16 AM

I don't know about 1/700th, but if you are referring to photo-etched convex funnel screens I had success with my recently built 1/350th HMS Hood by using a piece of fairly stiff foam rubber. I cut the screens from the photo-etched sheet, placed them on the foam rubber and then using a dental tool with a curved end, gently pressed the ribs of the screen, beginning from the center to the edge. Care must be taken not to break the delicate ribs or distort the overall shape of the screen. However, after three or four pressings, the screens came out the way I wanted.

Hope this helps.

Dick McC

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Canberra,Australia
Posted by death on Friday, August 3, 2007 7:03 PM

Thanks for that Dick, I'll give it a whirl.

Cheers

Mick

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by AndrewGorman on Friday, August 3, 2007 11:23 PM

Maybe a jewelers dapping block?

http://www.grobetusa.com/Products/dappingblockdiepunch.html

I have a cheap set from India that I use all the time for forming curved to hemispherical shapes.

Andrew

 

 

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