twinstar Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Free hinges 1) open fridge 2) consume contents of plastic milk bottle 2a) apologise to wife for swigging down contents 3) Wash bottle 4) identify flat part of bottle 5) cut it out 7) sand it both sides 8) Cut into strips free horns 1) find damaged old VCR, or other applience 2) strip (appliance) 3) find curcuit board 4) seek un-utilised section of board 5) cut it out 6) draw on shape of required horn 7) cut out and drill holes as required Free plans in RCME, QEFI and RCMW magazines Wing bags: 1: find leftover bubble wrap 2: Wrap wing in the above and trim off excess 3: Wrap the above parcel in Gaffer / Duck tape 4: remove before flight, and replace after. mark 2 bags for more awkward shapes. (referring to the above) 1 make two haves, with 1" excess either side: cover both sides of each half with gaffer tape 2 stick velcro to edges using hot melt glue Edited By twinstar inversion on 05/11/2009 19:28:41Edited By twinstar inversion on 05/11/2009 19:57:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I can see one slight problem with the free hinge suggestion. - Some plastics will degrade in sunlight. Some are designed to. Try cut up old floppy discs instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Very resourceful. That's "proper" modelling. If I can think of a similar suitable use for ring pulls - trim tabs, maybe? - then I will be forced to open those two cans of stella that are lurking in the kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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