An excellent video. For my peanut Blackburn Ripon, which has two cockpits and, consequently, very thin coamings, I used cotton sewing thread. I soaked it in diluted wood glue, then folded and twisted it several times, doubling its thickness each time, till I had an appropriately thick coaming. The tighter you twist it, the less the threads show. I left it to dry curled up roughly the size of the cockpit. Finally, I painted it, and glued it on. The visibility of the underlying braided threads depends on how tightly you twist it, and how thickly you paint it. Though not exactly scale, I think the hint of braided threads showing through add a very appealing texture to the final result.
Thanks for sharing your creative method. Sounds like a great way to go for a smaller model. I'll need to give it a try. I hear "paper clay" is also something that can be used too.
Hello John, I use styrofoam strips to make these coamings on my models (it's very light), but your technique is quiet interesting. You can see the way I craft it in this video : ua-cam.com/video/YpSmHAFNns8/v-deo.html (at 3:30). I shape the size of a thin piece of foam, then I paint it with airbrush, I cut it from the main foam piece with a very sharp razzor blade and I obtain a very flexible strip that can be installed on the plane.👍
Jeul yes. Pretty much the same way I do foam cockpit coamings. I use foam like you for smaller models like your Avro. My Curtiss Racer uses a foam coaming but my video for that model doesn't demonstrate the process like yours does. I have a Bristol Scout I'm hoping to finish soon which also uses a foam coaming.
An excellent video.
For my peanut Blackburn Ripon, which has two cockpits and, consequently, very thin coamings, I used cotton sewing thread.
I soaked it in diluted wood glue, then folded and twisted it several times, doubling its thickness each time, till I had an appropriately thick coaming. The tighter you twist it, the less the threads show.
I left it to dry curled up roughly the size of the cockpit. Finally, I painted it, and glued it on. The visibility of the underlying braided threads depends on how tightly you twist it, and how thickly you paint it. Though not exactly scale, I think the hint of braided threads showing through add a very appealing texture to the final result.
Thanks for sharing your creative method. Sounds like a great way to go for a smaller model. I'll need to give it a try. I hear "paper clay" is also something that can be used too.
Thanks John! This is much simpler than other methods that I’ve tried with limited success.
Glad it helped!
Thanks John....excellent little video that shows exactly what I need!
Thanks John, great video 👍
Thank you Cliff.
Very nice finish great model btw
Just what I needed! Thanks.
You're welcome.
The title might be corrected. It gives the impression that the items will be made of wood, rather than foam.
It is made of balsa wood. I show an example of a foam coaming but the video focuses on how to make one from balsa.
I think if you watch the video again you'll see that I have focused on the balsa version.
Hello John, I use styrofoam strips to make these coamings on my models (it's very light), but your technique is quiet interesting. You can see the way I craft it in this video : ua-cam.com/video/YpSmHAFNns8/v-deo.html (at 3:30). I shape the size of a thin piece of foam, then I paint it with airbrush, I cut it from the main foam piece with a very sharp razzor blade and I obtain a very flexible strip that can be installed on the plane.👍
Jeul yes. Pretty much the same way I do foam cockpit coamings. I use foam like you for smaller models like your Avro. My Curtiss Racer uses a foam coaming but my video for that model doesn't demonstrate the process like yours does. I have a Bristol Scout I'm hoping to finish soon which also uses a foam coaming.