Help with cutting a fibreglass fuselage - Vario Chinook
Hi all. I am new to ScaleHeliPilot. I have recently bought the Vario Chinook 1:11 and I'm done with the mechanics. Fuselage up next. I have never cut fiberglass before so I am petrified :)
Other than some old RC scale cars (eg Tamiya) I have done in the past, this is my first journey into the w...
See MoreOther than some old RC scale cars (eg Tamiya) I have done in the past, this is my first journey into the w...
Charlie Bonnell
Christoff welcome to the Chinook world, I highly suggest you go thru this post.
https://www.scalerchelis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19890&start=440
https://www.scalerchelis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19890&start=440
Rémy Fehlmann
See how I do my cuts:
- no rush, have a progressive approach, no direct cut
- I use car deco strip to define e.g., how large is a border of a window
- apply car deco stripe for marking exact cut
- protect all around, see bottom left picture
- use Dremel "right angle adapter" (option to buy); helps...
See More- no rush, have a progressive approach, no direct cut
- I use car deco strip to define e.g., how large is a border of a window
- apply car deco stripe for marking exact cut
- protect all around, see bottom left picture
- use Dremel "right angle adapter" (option to buy); helps...
Good Hunting
Here is a nice thread on all the tools available to cut FG...https://www.scalerchelis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14637&hilit=cutting+fiberglass
and then there is also the "hot knife" method...
https://www.scalerchelis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=192570&hilit=cutting+fiberglass#p192570
As for CH47.....
See Moreand then there is also the "hot knife" method...
https://www.scalerchelis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=192570&hilit=cutting+fiberglass#p192570
As for CH47.....
