General_Lee » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:58 am
Morty,
the plasticard tube for tracks is laborius, I marked it into 13mm lengths then marked lines down for halving the tubes. razor sawed into lengths then split with a scalpel. one or two went squiffy but got shaved down.
I found an excelent product for transfering plans onto plasticard, Paperwave Tracedown. Its a graphite carbon paper. put it between the printed plan and the plasticard then draw round plans. It leaves a really good impression that can be wiped off when you've cut out the peices.
Its made from .030" (0.75mm). the tracks are two peices as the sheets are not long enough to go all the way round. I cut out v sections from the edge, scored the corners then glued them on.
las cannons will probably be box girder sections with tubing. heavy bolters may well come off
IG heavy weapons sprues.
I certainly intend on trying the vacuform on tracks. anything to avoid making them by hand each time.
I saw a draper hole punch yesterday at hobbycraft that did smaller holes. I might get one in the near future for riveting.
