Plastics for Modellers
Published on 31. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-85486-170-2 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive guide to the use of plastics in the many and varied fields of modelling. This book describes the various types and forms of plastics and details their useful characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. It also explains how to source them, how to work with them when making models and examines their applications in each of the many and varied branches of modelling: flying model aircraft; rockets; model power boats, yachts and submarines; model cars; plastic kits; scratchbuilt models of aircraft, ships, spacecraft and cars; figures for aircraft, boats, cars, fantasy games, military modelling or railway layouts; buildings for dolls, railways or wargaming; railway locomotives and rolling stock (7.5 inch to N gauge); Model engineering models and tools; electronics. Well illustrated with informative line drawings, instructive photographs and amusing cartoons, the book is a mine of information which explains why you might choose, or prefer to substitute, plastics for the more commonly used materials such as wood and metal. Alex Weiss has first-hand experience both of working in many different areas of modelling and of using the majority of the materials described.
He has packed a lifetime of working with plastics into this concise and practical book.
He has packed a lifetime of working with plastics into this concise and practical book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Fox Chapel Publishers International
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
396 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85486-170-2 (9781854861702)
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Person
Alex Weiss has been aeromodelling for half a century and has built more than fifty radio-controlled models of which 28 were original designs and 14 were published in RCM&E or Radio Modeller magazines. As well as monoplanes and a biplane, the list includes an autogyro, canards and deltas. He has also written magazine articles on subjects as diverse as four stroke engines and flutter. The author first went solo in a Chipmunk with his University Air Squadron at Tangmere and his early adult life was spent as an RAF pilot, flying Jet Provosts, Vampires and Hunters, including three years as a qualified flying instructor. Much of his professional experience has been dedicated to the complex subject of teaching people to fly radio controlled models.
Content
Introduction to Plastics. Types of Plastic Materials. Thermoplastics. Basic Forms of Plastics. Working With Plastics. Working Plastics with Hand and Power Tools. Joining Plastics to Themselves and Other Materials. Heat Forming and Vacuum Forming. Rubber Moulds and Components. Composite Materials and Resin Casting. Expanded Polystyrene and Other Foams. Plastic Kits and Styrene. Applications of Plastics. Flying Models. Ships & Boats. Cars and Land Vehicles. Buildings and Layouts. Figures. Model Engineering. Electrical and Electronics. Useful Addresses. Index of Plastics.