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Sparklebudgie
Sabotage
Posts : 874
Join date : 2012-11-14
Age : 61
Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
|  Subject: Cola bottle canopy?  Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:19 pm | |
| One of the projects I've been working on .   Don't laugh it's near impossible to find an original canopy. I still haven't figured out what's next or how I'm going to fit it but you get the idea. The bigger two litre bottle is best for the bigger dome effect. | |
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BAMComix
Admin
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Join date : 2012-11-07
Age : 51
Location : Birmingham, England
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:32 pm | |
| a very clever idea Brian  | |
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clivvers
HOME OFFICE MINISTER
Posts : 3581
Join date : 2013-02-08
Location : Between here and saving another MAM again! "That's one small step for a MAM, one giant leap for MAMkind"
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:52 pm | |
| You've got a 1/6 jet!  I would so much like one of those Cherilea Jets. You've done a fine job on the canopy so far  _________________ clivvers - saviour of the huMAM race @ MAMageddon 2009 - 2099 @ clivvers MAM Nation: | |
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Sparklebudgie
Sabotage
Posts : 874
Join date : 2012-11-14
Age : 61
Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:46 pm | |
| On the off chance  Anyone got a spare canopy? Well if you don't ask and all that! | |
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action bob
Flock Head (Hard Hands)
Posts : 200
Join date : 2013-04-25
Age : 58
Location : Hertfordshire
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:33 pm | |
| Nice plane, I use to have one up to 3 years ago! no canopy tho! mine got thrown away by mistake when we were moving house!!  Like what you have done with the bottles tho | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:36 pm | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:07 am | |
| That was a cruel post AD....  |
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peterodgers
Mine Detection
Posts : 551
Join date : 2013-06-07
Age : 53
Location : Isle of Wight
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:55 am | |
| Very clever! The bottle is the perfect shape for the canopy too. Well done that man! _________________  | |
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SlackElastic
Medic
Posts : 693
Join date : 2012-12-03
Location : Cosham, Hants, UK
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:17 pm | |
| top tip!!  | |
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Rossini
Red Devil
Posts : 909
Join date : 2012-11-11
Age : 45
Location : My house
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:49 pm | |
| Great tip Brian! All I need now is a plane!! I've always got plenty of empty 2 litre bottles in my recycle bin! In all different colours too! Lol _________________  | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Mon Jul 15, 2013 4:17 pm | |
| Now, THAT'S clever! If you hadn't said it was a coke bottle, I would have assumed it was a custom-vacuuformed replacement!
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Teckno Viking
SCRAMBLE PILOT
Posts : 547
Join date : 2015-06-08
Location : N.E ENGLAND
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:11 pm | |
| Ingenuity Is the way forward with this hobby and you did a great job with the canopy. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:48 pm | |
| Top job Sparklebudgie, A great tip for all those people who have lost their canopy. Can you get your little fella in? By little fella I mean your actionman of course. I have a cherilea jet as well but in order to get an action man to fit in properly I have to remove his lower legs and even then the canopy does not fit down properly because his head sticks out too far. I have the original canopy but alas I'm missing the under carriage and rockets. The minty stickers look really good too
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Chip
Deep Sea Diver
Posts : 1636
Join date : 2014-02-26
| | Subject: Re: Cola bottle canopy? Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:31 pm | |
| Looks good ! You could perhaps make a frame for it , some thin brass strip would probably do the job , not sure how you would join it , but it`s probably rigid enough to give a good fit . Or maybe Mecano ?
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