cyclone3350
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Thanks my friend. I have a question for you. I am experimenting with film, trying to shave weight from builds and give it that vinyl finished look. I am going to call my first attempt a success/failure. I have no idea what brand the film is, it was a freebie from Banggood and was for the Dancing Wings Savage Bobber. I used a regular iron, the tip of it for the most part and probably not the right tool for the job LOL, so there are two problems which contribute to the failure aspect of everything. Here is a pic to show what I mean. Maybe you can't use film on foambaord? Although I have seen it done . Any insight, tips you could share? I seem to be melting the foamboard.
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I like what @L Edge had to say. TBH, I haven't had much luck with film directly over foam other than using EconKote. Unfortunately, that stuff is discontinued. There R folks on other forums that swear by Ultracote for foam. I was gonna give that a try on the BD5 before fixing up the house and packing took over my life. I found and example here: https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/electric-rc-jets-198/3772295-new-6mm-depron-bd5-ultracote.html I've found that foamboard starts to distort somewhere around 230'F/110'C. Ultracote supposedly will go on just under that temp. Can't wait to see 'er done. Looking too cool for school to me