Terence Lynock Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 If you build a model direct onto the plan it will inevitably take some damage or get covered in glue and paint etc, so buy a roll of cheap sticky backed clear plastic and cover your wing plans in particular because it is usually wings that get wiped off and need repair or rebuild. It makes your plans a lot tougher and able to survive the building process plus they will be wipe clean and ultimately reusable when you need them, glue at the joints doesnt stick to the plan either, regards, Terry Edited By Terence Lynock on 20/05/2009 23:09:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Terry, Before I build anything from a plan, I get the plan copied at the local copy shop £2-00 ish for an A1 size copy, then it's not a problem if the copy gets trashed. Get two copies at the same time and the second one can be used to transfer formers, ribs ect onto the wood whilst kiting the model out.. The old photo copiers are getting rare, and to transfer images from plans copied on these I normally iron the image onto the wood. Doesn't work well if at all with lazer copied images, with these I place the image face down on the wood, then dab acetone or cel thinners onto the back of the plan over the wood. Takes hardly any time at all for the image to transfer. And you still have a pristine original to build another. Cheers, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Lynock Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Hi Chris, plans are getting so expensive now you cant afford to just use them to destruction the way we used to, twelve quid or more for a sheet is a lot of money, regards, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Cost me £20 to get four size A0 drawings copied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bandit Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Flippin Eck Doug, The local copy shop is £2 for A1 and about £3.50 for A0. I like to keep my originals in good nick. My collection of plans is running at about 300 with some back to the old Aeromodeller Plans Service when it used to be at Allen House in Leicester. Lots of magazine plans as well, I did start to catalogue them on a spreadsheet but lost interest after about 150. the problem as Terry has said that in the early days they were damaged by the building process and some of my older ones have had to be patched up a bit. Even so they are copiable so not all is lost. Cheers, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djay Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 book cover from smiths. Get a 2 metre roll and cover the whole plan, can be reused time and time again with no problems. darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Balsa cabin supply "protech a plan" a thin plastic sheet that's large enough to cover the entire plan and even cyno doesn't stick to it. I think its £1.95 for a pack of two sheets. Link below. http://www.zyworld.com/balsacabin/page2.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 My Local Office Supply shops charge £1.75 of AO size. I save all the backing material from the Solarfilm a nd sue that to stop the model sticking to the plan. Mind you, by the time I have finsihed building the plan isn't even useable to wrap the rubbish up in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Posted by Big Bandit on 25/05/2009 23:03:58: Terry, Before I build anything from a plan, I get the plan copied at the local copy shop £2-00 ish for an A1 size copy, then it's not a problem if the copy gets trashed. Get two copies at the same time and the second one can be used to transfer formers, ribs ect onto the wood whilst kiting the model out.. The old photo copiers are getting rare, and to transfer images from plans copied on these I normally iron the image onto the wood. Doesn't work well if at all with lazer copied images, with these I place the image face down on the wood, then dab acetone or cel thinners onto the back of the plan over the wood. Takes hardly any time at all for the image to transfer. And you still have a pristine original to build another. Cheers, I do exactly the same. My Flair Puppeteer that I am building at the moment comes with a plan that is like tracing paper. It is an old original MK1. Was able to get the wing panel copied in reverse, so no need to spray the "copied" plan with WD40 to make it transparent.. Edited By Kevin Fairgrieve on 22/06/2009 18:25:50 Edited By Kevin Fairgrieve on 22/06/2009 18:26:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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