Bryan what is the superstructure made from ? Plasticard? If so how thick is the stuff you are using and what do you use to stick it together ?
Shane
Shane, nice to hear from you. It is a normal "box" made from 2mm ply and covered with 20 or 30 thou. plasticard. All openings (including ports ) are cut out before attaching the plasticard...this makes final accurate cutting possible. The plasticard is cut well oversize and placed over the already prepared ply...which is still in bits...( i.e. double sided tape laid on the ply). Plasticard cut oversize so accurate placement not necessary 'cos if you get it wrong you are back to square 1. Trim the plasticard off leaving a bit at the top to act as an "upstand" and tape a length of black plasticard along the bottom edge to act as a don't know what it is called plate. Brace the inside with 1/4" square ramin top an bottom. Top to take the thickness of the top and the bottom one to give stability and a fastening surface. Same with the vertical corners.
When all overlapping corner edges are smooth I clag on lengths of small plastic angle bar. Not strictly correct from a shipbuilders point of view but it makes for a tidy corner. Experiment with the tape...I guarantee you will be surprised and kick yourself for not using it earlier. This stuff seems to resist everything including being boiled! (I've tried that to get it loose from aluminium...had to scrap the aluminium!). Bryan
This is a basic 2mm ply structure covered with 15 though plasticard. Do I really need to tell you how I stuck it on?
Yes you do Bryan! :) The last ply/plasticard sandwich I glued together warped and bubbled to a somewhat horrifying degree. What are your favoured adhesives for this type of composite work?
-Rob
If you decide to try this tape...comes in lengths of 10 metres plus and is about 2" wide at around £2 a roll, PLEASE experiment with it first! I sticks like the proverbial to the bedclothes only 100 times faster and stronger! 2 years ago I inadvertently stuck some to my "clean" melamine worktop and am still trying to get it off. Meths. does soften it, but not enough as it just hardens up again! No gassing, no bubbling in fact no nothing apart froma superfast "stick anything to anything " bond. Have'nt had ocassion to try it on rubber yet. Bryan.