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In article <1ee2pqINNbm4@male.EBay.Sun.COM>, august@sachsen.uni-dresden.de (August Kurfuerst von Sachsen) writes:
>Hallo Freunde,
>
>I'm trying something new on my own--using
>aluminium foil to simulate a metal skin
>on a WWII Japanese fighter aircraft.
>
>I used a REAL thin film of Elmer's glue
>and cut pieces of foil and placed them on
>top. It looks stunning in the middle of
>the piece but toward the edge of it I see
>wrinkles. Despite the rivets and panel
>lines adding realism to the model, I still
>think it could be easier and more realistic.
>
>Does anyone have any recommendation for
>adhesive and where can I get a cheap
>thinner layer of aluminium? My kitchen-use
>aluminium is still too thick to work with.
>
>Your favorite techniques or procedures would
>also be helpful...
>
>I will also be flying to California to do
>business and will be in San Francisco area.
>Please tell me what foil products (adhesives etc.)
>are available there and which are the best
>hobby shops there.
>
>Danke und Tschuess,
>
>S.K.M. Herr Friedrich August, Kurfuerst von Sachsen, Koenig von Polen
>
>
>
If you are coming to the Bay Area, I suggest you try San Antonio Hobbies
in Mountain View and D&J Hobbies in Campbell.  True they are a bit out
of the way if you are in S.F. but I haven't found a well equipped hobby
store in the City (as we call SF) to my liking.  As to other aluminum
foil products, I would suggest Bare-Metal foil.  This is really thin foil
that already has an adhesive backing to it.  Both hobby stores mentioned
carry the product.  Bare-Metal also produces an adhesive, but I'm not sure
if the stores stock that.  I have the address of another mail order outfit
(in fact it may be Bare-Metal's own address) in a back issue of Fine Scale
Modeller.  I will send that to you when I find it.
Kent McClure
Kent M. McClure
Auto racing afficionado and member of San
Jose IPMS chapter.
My views are what they are, like them or not.