Brake cooling ducts

[wheaton79chris]

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[MeatMan]

I've actually used this process before after I had read it somewhere.  I actually used it over solder for some slight flexibility.  It works but make sure you clear the paint after spraying because handling will pull it off.

[Yenkocamaro]

Cool, back in my plastic modeling days, many moons ago, I used flexible drinking straws, for ducting. They make different diameter sizes, and I believe they were cocktail drinking straws that were close to scale, but check it out if your interested, cause that was long ago.

 

Cheers,

Lance 

[BigTallDad]

Cool, back in my plastic modeling days, many moons ago, I used flexible drinking straws, for ducting. They make different diameter sizes, and I believe they were cocktail drinking straws that were close to scale, but check it out if your interested, cause that was long ago.

 

Cheers,

Lance 

What kind of cement did you use? Those straws look like polypropelene [sp?] and I don't know of any glue that will adhere.

[Yenkocamaro]

Ray, I really don't remember, but superglue should work, or make male fittings from plastruct round stock.

 

Cheers,

Lance

[Ace-Garageguy]

What kind of cement did you use? Those straws look like polypropelene [sp?] and I don't know of any glue that will adhere.

This is a consumer version of the stuff used in bodyshops to bond plastics like PP and PE...    http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/sg_plstc/overview/Loctite-Plastics-Bonding-System.htm

And check out Alibaba for rotsa kinds of frexible straws. High minimum order, but hey...repackage them and sell for 2000% markup as modeling specialties.    http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/paper-drinking-straws-flexible.html

Edited February 7, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy