plastic spinner for my bf109 help?

[zcoley]

I tried to get help in a earlier post but i'm still stuck. I'm trying to cut the plastic spinner and i messed up the first one. I was wondering how i can cut it so its balanced and strait. when i spun the last one it wobbled. I tried cutting small bits and sanding and nothing is making it even. pics would be appreciated. thanks

[regular guy]

z coley

it looks like Guillow's has plenty of spare nose cones

in case you make a mistake.

i would spin the nose cone in a drill motor and

scribe a line on it.

then cut off excess and sand smooth.

Have A Nice Day!

[Wildpig]

The only pictures I can come up with are in the Guillow 180 Group build.
http://balsamodels.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... &start=225
Thats on page 15 or so. It's not the spinner but, the idea is the same.

[Bill Gaylord]

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I just made a spinner, using a drill press turned mold. After a few tries, I was able to get a good one, pulling sheet plastic over the mold, after heating with a heat gun. The mold was placed on a stand, to allow an additional inch or so above the table, to pull the hot sheet plastic. I had a manufactured spinner for the little Guillows 190 rc conversion I just finished, but the plane actually ended up too nose heavy. The new spinner is lighter and smoother running than the manufactured one. I've made spinner molds numerous times for specialty planes, and the Guillows kits were what got me started in making the molded parts. I used to think I would be lost, without manufactured molded parts. They are not difficult to make.

[zcoley]

ok. thanks for the help! any ideas on what i should do for my second build. i was thinking a DHC-2 Beaver would be cool. or something ww1 like the sop with camel.