discussion aluminum foil

[Guest]

this is an interesting thread and enjoying read it

Just a thought as some model car/bike parts are chromed or silvered could any local plating shops coat it then possibly dull them down if they're to bright

 

[jimpman120]

well you would have to see if the plating shop dose plastic first. then if it is too bright, it depends on the look you are trying to achive but posibly a wash on top to darken or take some of the briliance out of the chrome would be an option. or if you are going for a scrapper look scotch brite or fine steel wool is a way to put a patina on the chrome. but one thing i would caution on is plastic bends and chrome dosn't. so if it is a exaust on a bike or somthing frail and bendy i would watch how you handle it. you may run the risk of cracking the plating. i run into this with buffing the aluminum to a shine if i handle it to agressively it will wrinkle where it was smooth but i can lay it back down plating you wont. im wondering if food colouring and johnsons future will give a purple blue hue to a chrome finish like it has been really driven.

 

[Guest]

What do you think of my USS MOFFETT DD362 build.

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[jimpman120]

that's really interesting i dont know a whole lot about boats. so ill ask what your final plans are with it. are you leaving it all bare or are you going to make it like a diorama in a ship yard? i thought boats were a totaly painted thing. its cool to see it all in meatal. looks like a roll's worth of foil lol. how many hrs do you figure you have invested?

 

[jimpman120]

here are the latest doings. in some pics you may see the line where i joined two pices the join line is just after the radius arround the circumfrance.

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[Guest]

Here she is finished on the water.

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[jimpman120]

so you built the ship out of aluminum then? not foiling a plastic one. if you biult it out of aluminum that is pretty awesome.

 

[Guest]

The material is called Lithoplate, its used in the printing industry, its a soft like aluminium, easily bent and shaped, nice for curved plates on a hull.

 

[jspitza]

Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!:yeahbaby:

 

[Guest]

Nice work there Ron,

First time I have ever seen Litho plate used on ships but your model looks fantastic, love the pics on the water too !!

Regards......Mark.

 

[jimpman120]

well its has been a while since i last posted any pics for this so i will get you guys/ gals up to speed on it. i have been distracted with some other models i have finished, done the tiger meet i posted a few months back and almost the other my first ship tamiyas Bismarck. lots of fun with both so far ill post what i have so far on the bismarck in the ship fourms. i have just placed the elevator there to get the effect of waht it will look like when done.





























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[Guest]

Looking good.:bravo:

 

[jimpman120]

so here is the latest on the foil, when i read dont make your pieces of foil too big i thought yeah right. well it bit me in the a$$. the plastic shrinks and expands more than the foil sooo you get this mess. a wrinkled pannel. time to sit back and re think this very large pannel.

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