Balsa Cockpit Coamings for Rubber Powered Scale Models

[@brookelinford1910]

Thanks John! This is much simpler than other methods that I’ve tried with limited success.

[@Watchingthevideos99]

Glad it helped!

[@glennreach6930]

Thanks John....excellent little video that shows exactly what I need!

[@crashrr2993]

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.

[@Watchingthevideos99]

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.

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

Thanks John, great video 👍

[@Watchingthevideos99]

Thank you Cliff.

[@RealSamuelMach]

Very nice finish great model btw

[@me262a1]

Just what I needed! Thanks.

[@Watchingthevideos99]

You're welcome.

[@chuanist]

The title might be corrected. It gives the impression that the items will be made of wood, rather than foam.

[@Watchingthevideos99]

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.

[@Watchingthevideos99]

I think if you watch the video again you'll see that I have focused on the balsa version.

[@jeulkroipa6845]

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 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6G2nnt3e7OhqZo (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.👍

[@Watchingthevideos99]

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.