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Old 09-05-2004   #1 (permalink)
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Cowlings from saucepans.

F.W.Woolworth's used to sell a set of small alloy saucepans,these make ideal cowlings for your models,should you not be able to obtain the alloy ones now ( as I understand that health and safety have stepped in ) then search your local car boot sales for them,you will find dozens of these redundant items for a few pence each.
Mark the centre and scribe in the circle where the intake goes,and take a pair of metal dividers and score in the rim,next run a line of chain drills around the line push out and clean up with a file.
I know that you can buy some cowls to fit the Flair range but this way you can do different sizes and above all they cost next to nothing.
( See a previous tip on fixing cowls to balsa fuselages )
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Camping and outdoor sports shops still sell aluminium (or alloy) pots , pans and cups. Health and safety fascists must think outdoor pursuits negate metal poisoning risks !
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