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: Project Talk
Custom Aircraft Carrier Project
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04-15-2009, 01:30 PM
Zoomie2001
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: St Louis, MO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
paulpratt
Hey Zoomie,
Are you going to layer something more stiff over the styrofoam? I would be worried about indentations, even the slightest ones, leaving wheel marks in the foam. Also, someone mentioned the paint melting the foam. have you confronted and beaten all these issues? I'm curious to see what you did to resolve them.
Keep up the incredible work my friend.
Well, I'm not using spray paint because, from what I understand, it's not the paint that melts the foam, it's actually the chemicals in a compressed can of paint. I'm sure Unclassified can either confirm or deny this supposition. I'm going to use some sort of acrylic paint. I have a spray gun that I can hook up to my compressor and spray pure paint on it.
Before that, though, I'm going to coat the thing with Gesso, which I'm sure you know is that clean agent that they put on Canvas so it will hold paint. Gesso is one of the more neutral and innocuous substances in the paint world. It has to be since it deals with all sorts of paints, from acrylic to oil-based. After the Gesso and few coats of paint, we'll see how much sturdier the foam is. If it's still not sturdy enough to resist light dents and dings, then I'll purchase the .015 sheet styrene and cover all of the surfacesthat the aircraft will travel. That stuff comes in 4x8 foot sheets for about $5, so it's not cost prohibitive and there's a place right down the street from me that carries about 300 pieces in stock at any given time.
Like most of this project, I'm adjusting things as I go. The bow and the placement of the elevators are prime examples of that.
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