Mr Numerick how to make insulators for BF109 in 72nd scale
This is not some bizarre alien ( :lol: ) landscape, but many attempts to make the small cones that cover the ceramic doo-dads on the antenna. Hopefully this would be enough to get two acceptable parts. They were made by heating a small section of .010" styrene over a candle flame and then plunging a needle into the soft spot. Much like stretching sprue, you eventually get the feel for doing it.
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I painted them metalizer non-buffing aluminum before cutting them off. They were removed with a straight edge razor blade. Then the small cone is put back on the tip of the needle and pressed into some sheet styrene. This allows the needle to poke a small hole in the tip. The only way to handle them at this point is by licking a fingertip and touching the part. Model identification by DNA testing can't be far off. Here are two of them strung on the stretched sprue antenna.
This is not some bizarre alien ( :lol: ) landscape, but many attempts to make the small cones that cover the ceramic doo-dads on the antenna. Hopefully this would be enough to get two acceptable parts. They were made by heating a small section of .010" styrene over a candle flame and then plunging a needle into the soft spot. Much like stretching sprue, you eventually get the feel for doing it.
IMG_6133 I painted them metalizer non-buffing aluminum before cutting them off. They were removed with a straight edge razor blade. Then the small cone is put back on the tip of the needle and pressed into some sheet styrene. This allows the needle to poke a small hole in the tip. The only way to handle them at this point is by licking a fingertip and touching the part. Model identification by DNA testing can't be far off. Here are two of them strung on the stretched sprue antenna.
