Daithi O Buitigh Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I'm just curious if this will work (or if anyone has tried it). SWMBO handed me a 6 pack of C&C Club Orange (duly accepted and consumed - she won't buy me beer ) Anyway, I noticed after emptying them that the cans seem to be a very light aluminium (unlike most other cans), easily bent and light weight and I just wondered if anyone has tried this on a model yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncebounce crunch Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 g'day Daithi I have seen aluminium cans used to add scale details like access hatches, fuel caps,window fairings to name a few but i haven't used them before as I drink my beer from bottles. bbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun Flyer Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I used beer cans successfully years ago for cowlings etc. Club Orange cans and the like end up a bit small when you take off the top and bottom. I scraped, stripped the paint from the outside and ended up with a nice clean piece if thin plate. However I tried it again recently and found that 1) for some reason the plate now creases very easily and 2) its almost impossible to remove the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garbo Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Whats Club Orange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Try cellulose thinners to remove the paint, clean it off before you open the can,its much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun Flyer Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I've tried cellulose thinners too without success. The cans seen to be printed rather than painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Why not just leave the printing and glue that side to the model ? Also try annealing the ali before fitting to model as it will conform to the model shape much better . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Hardy Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Ali.cans can be annealed easily by rubbing hard soap on one side and heating the other side with flame(ie.over the gas hob on the cooker) when the soap turns a dark colour quench the ali.in water and you will find that you can work the material easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert chamberlain Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 OK , just what is LITHO Plate anyway? I imagine thin , easy to form sheet metal? Balsa I figured out years ago and I even know what glue is but,---litho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Wood 4 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Lithographic. Printing process used good size thin aluminium sheets, this style of printing may have been superseded these day, I have a stack of it from the 80's 😀 Regards Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Litho plate is rather crispy as it comes and would need annealing to conform to fancy shapes. I have a roll of malleable aluminium which is wonderfully easy to work. Failing that, the small ally sheets that come from the K&S Metal Centre rack in almost all model and even toy shops has a very malleable ally grade. I have hammered that into scoops, bulges, vents, brackets, etc, right down to 1/32nd scale slot racing bodies (Morgan 3 wheeler and Bloody Mary hilclimber) I carve a Ureol or pearwood pattern and hammer the ally over with a Lignum Vitae block so as not to mark the surface. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 You can buy lithoplate on Ebay. I have used the bottom of drinks cans to make hub covers for model wheels such as Piper Cubs etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I have been tempted to try using standard aluminium foil. probably the tough stuff you get for christmas turkeys etc. I have also used that self adhesive aluminium tape with some success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 That's fine for covering stuff, Jon, but not up to making self supporting items. Sellotape aluminium tape is wonderful for making a chrome look. I'm foiling a 1.48th scale Lightning, panel by panel with Kit-Kat foil, turkey foil and Sellotape aluminium. Turn the sheets from time to time, they have a grain which shows when burnished. Also boil foil in vinegarry water with a copper coin in to get jet pipe colour. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 As far as I know all Ali drinks cans have a micro layer of plastic to prevent leaching and corrosion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilco Wingco Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I got a couple of sheets from my local print shop. He was glad to get rid of it. Just ask you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Foxfan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Haven't heard of that, Percy. Interesting. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 If you have trouble finding Litho plate you could try the heavier gauge ali baking trays . Once annealed they can be easily shaped . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Foxfan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 And he lives 15 minutes away from me! I gave him the beginnings of a Lightning fuselage pattern I'd made while in Germany. Meant for his jet engine he kindly showed me. Martin Edited By Foxfan on 19/07/2019 15:30:43 Edited By Foxfan on 19/07/2019 15:32:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Crossley Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I am building a Brian Taylor Gloster Gladiator and the instructions on the plan for building the flaps are to start with 1/64" ply laminated with 'thin' litho plate. If the litho cannot be found does anyone have any idea what I could use in its place? I have absolutely no experience of litho so don't know what it looks or feels like. Thanks Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Litho plate is simply thin gauge aluminium. It. Was used for printing some years back. You can use come or Pepsi cans. Cut the top and bottom off then cut open the tube with a pair of scissors. To make it plyable / remove the springy -ness you will have to anneal it. There are some good videos on YouTube showing how to use litho plate and anneal it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Crossley Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Many thanks for your reply Doc. I will give the Pepsi can a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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