Any tin benders here?

[diggerguy]

Hi!! Got myself some flashing tin, aluminum, brass sheet hoping to make some interior tin, firewalls etc. for my models I build drag cars, 3d stuff that has no interior in plastic at all, just bodies. Got myself tools, s little metal brake, snips etc. 

Anybody else doing this? Know on video or written instructions, tips. methods and acquiring skill?

 

[Bugatti Fan]

There is a book named How to Make Scale Models in Brass published by Schiffer.    HTH

[bobss396]

I find that snips distort small metals quite a bit. I mainly use .010" aluminum step flashing, brass in .010" and .020".

Also some brass angle that cuts with a razor saw. 

I have a simple bender, I have to dig it out and take a picture of it. I mainly bend aluminum in a small vise for angles less than 90*. Otherwise with a sharp corner it cracks. Brass I can bend without cracking.

General cutting, I score with a #11 blade and break it. 

I have made up lots of radiator guards, interior door panels, firewalls, etc.

[diggerguy]

Thanks! Keep it coming if you know this craft.

[Straightliner59]

I use a lot of sheet metal. My favorite aluminum sheet is step flashing. I use the 5"X7" sheets. I use it for interior panels, floors, firewalls, fenderwell liners, wheel tubs--you name it! Both these dragsters were built using flashing. The N/TF car has soldered tin nose and tail sections. The front wings and canards are also flashing. The wing on the Supermod is flashing. The three hood sections on the '50s Sprint Car are flashing, with a row of punched louvers.