sea-monkey Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) Here's my quick, low cost solution to the lack of intake trunks on the Hasegawa Hornet. Below is a test that took less than 5 minutes - the final intakes will obviously be longer in length. I have used a piece of heat-shrink tubing that is used to protect electrical cables that I sourced from a hardware shop. It's a thin, rubbery plastic that shrinks on on application of heat (this piece measures 20mm across when flat). I used a cigarette lighter to carefully shrink it onto the intake lip and a 1/72 Tomcat compressor face from the spares box. Will update once I have fit the intakes to the fuselage - looks like I may have to trim the main strut locating holes so that they sit nicely over the wheel bays. Edited December 27, 2008 by sea-monkey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Woooow seamonkey!!!!that's great! Very cool idea and grea realization!!! I'll keep that in mind next time! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illithid00 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Fantastic idea! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin_S Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Very good idea, THANKS for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great idea! I have lots of heat shrink tubing around, but never thought of using for that purpose. Thanks for posting the suggestion. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Here's my quick, low cost solution to the lack of intake trunks on the Hasegawa Hornet.Will update once I have fit the intakes to the fuselage Great idea - so how did it work out? Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sea-monkey Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Great idea - so how did it work out?Gene K End result turned out really well. My hornet got put on the back burner for a while but I'll try and post some photos of the intakes soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sea-monkey Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Some pics of the finished intakes: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Wonderful idea, feel a trip to Canadian Tire coming up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 What great timing that I see this now. I've just started a 1:48 Hasegawa F-18. I'm going to have to try this idea. Thanks. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlimit Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Anybody know what this is called and if it is available, say in, home depot? Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Anybody know what this is called and if it is available, say in, home depot?Eric I call it heat shrink tubing and then explain what it is to the clerk. They understand what I mean. I went to a number of stores around here (Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Circuit City) and nobody has any. My search continues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 You should be able to easily find Heat Shrink Tubing in the electrical departments at any home supply store such as Lowes & Home Depot. You may also try looking at places such as Radio Shack, as I know they carry it as well. I think its possible that Wal Mart carries it in their electrical department. Push comes to shove, see if you have an electrical supply store/warehouse, and see if they could get you a small amount. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elmerfudd94 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 see it at home epot, in he electrical wiring aisle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) Some pics of the finished intakes... Looks really great! What did you use to blend the tubing into the intake piece? Gene K Edited January 22, 2009 by Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sea-monkey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) Looks really great! What did you use to blend the tubing into the intake piece?Gene K Nothing - the plastic on the end of the Hasegawa part is very thin and I just shrunk the tubing directly onto these parts and secured with superglue on the exterior. There is a small step if you look closely but it is not noticable. The kit parts were painted grey first - they seem to end about where the grey /white demarcation is on the real aircraft intakes (or close enough for me anyway). If trying this method on other kit intakes, it might be neccessary to thin the plastic on the kit parts first to reduce the step. Hope this helps. Edited January 24, 2009 by sea-monkey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luke Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Great idea that provides a simple and cheap solution. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 ... I just shrunk the tubing directly onto these parts and secured with superglue on the exterior. Thanks. I'm having a hard time finding white tubing locally, so I'll have to go through the internet. You said the the tube flat is 20mm, so I'll be looking for 3/8" tubing. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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