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Michael · 22 May 2004, 08:45 PM

I'd be tempted to carve it in balsa, then heat plastic card and draw it down over the form. Cut it away and clean up. Staple the plastic sheet to a couple of dowels to avoid burns.

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Michael Sage emeritus Join Date: Mar 1998 Location: Oakville Ontario Posts: 1,126	I'd be tempted to carve it in balsa, then heat plastic card and draw it down over the form. Cut it away and clean up. Staple the plastic sheet to a couple of dowels to avoid burns. __________________ Adjt. Antonin Dominique Barthélèmy Gautier Médaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre - SPA 80 October 2, 1895-September 15, 1918 Mort pour la France en combat aérien.