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                        Tungsten Weight

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                        PHATBOB58
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Tungsten Weight
                        Posted by PHATBOB58 on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:00 AM
                        Was wondering if any of you have used Hobby Exteme's or any other brand of tungsten weight putty in plastic models. I don't want to seal anything up in an aircraft nose that may soften the plastic over time like some other putty and clays I've used in the past.
                        Bob Moore 4660 Kingston Dr. Pensacola, Fl. 32526
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                        wing_nut
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                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:49 PM
                        If you have a Golfsmith store near you, get the powdered tungsten used for weighting club heads.  It can easily be poured intothe nose of an aricraft then sealed with a bit of clay or some thick CA glue.

                        Marc  

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                        tempestjohnny
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Naples, FL
                        Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:19 AM
                        I'm a fisherman.  I use tungsten for most of my weights. It is pretty expensive.  I don't know if I would use it to weight aircraft.  For me I'll use up my old steel and lead weights for the planes and buy the tungsten for fishing.  JOHN

                         

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                        PHATBOB58
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by PHATBOB58 on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:40 AM

                        John,

                        Your right about the cost, $5 for 1 oz. That's why I only bought a 1 oz package. As few aircraft as I build though (I'm more of a ship person) I thought I would give it a try and see if it would work or see if it would react to the plastic.  I've got some lead wool (similar to steel wool) that I will keep using.

                        Bob

                        Bob Moore 4660 Kingston Dr. Pensacola, Fl. 32526
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