Restoring EPO Models Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
- Part two describes how to use the EPO soup or hot water bath to re-inflate foam beads to help smooth out dents on the model's surface. It also describes using CA and kicker to fix cracks and using carbon fiber strips to add strength.
Picking up some very useful tips and thinking about restoring the old model. A great project over the summer when it's too hot to fly here. Thanks very much for making this series!
As a modeler some of us enjoy building or giving our planes a personal touch more than just sticking one together. It's not always a question of economics. It's a great way to relax when I can't go fly. I get more excitement and pleasure when I fly a plane I do somethings special to. I also enjoy the compliments from the other guys at the field. LOL! PS. I also have the time to do these things.
Thanks for your video 🤩👍👍
Love the pointers, I've tried a lot of them, and they all work well, but isn't that NON-foam safe CA? Why isn't it eating the foam away? My foam safe is white (thin) and black (thick - like you used)...One more question, why strip the paint? I can see some value for FINDING issues that had been previously hidden, but just wondering if I missed something.
+The RCPlaneviews.com Channel that is a great pointer. I think most CA's are a super rip off, but foam safe CA is a SUPER-DUPER rip off
Forgot the paint question. Depending on what color you want to cover it with multiple coats might be required adding weight. Your point about looking below the surface is also important.
Yeah, weight is generally the enemy!
How do u fix the popcorn effect I have it on my plane and would like to restore and bring it back to life
I've tried a couple of things. One is to use a heat gun on low power to warm up the foam a little then smooth it back flat using a very cold serving spoon. The heat softens the foam and the spoon smooths it and firms it back up. I've also sanded it smooth with fine sand paper and hit it with some primer and then the final color. Both have worked acceptably well.
@@AZJim12 thanks for the help
Is it necessary to remove the paint or will it still work painted?
I try to remove paint to the extent I can. For the examples I was pretty thorogh. You don't have to be. Try to get the loose stuff to avoid flaking. Also consider the top color. You can use primer to cover deep colors to avoid bleed through when covering with something lighter.
great video thanks!
Would have been better if the carbon fiber had been one piece in a U around the wheel well. The carbon fiber fix is no stronger than the CA joint where the fiber sheets abut.
Well-intentioned, but buy a new one is cheaper , cleaner and saves a lot of time and work. When I go to work time would you invest a model of remanufacturing ... Because you can buy two the same. The work-up is simply uneconomic.
***** LOL!
Pride of craftsmanship, also just what hobbyists do.
I am thinking you must don't have the time, or something. I am one that like to tinker and building, or repairing is a joy within itself, but I also avoid crashing, so repairing is something I don't need to do very often. So I normally resort to scratch building to feed the need.
Your comment was applicable eight years ago. But thanks to Covid and the associated manufacturing shut-downs you'll have a hard time finding any models available. Site after site are showing "Out of stock". So rebuilding a used plane may be the only way to get your hands on one.