kdobson83
Well-known member
Let me add my 2 cents here.
1st- Not all spray glues were created equal. The cheap spray glue at Dollar Tree is horrible. It's super heavy and wet, takes for ever to dry, if you spray too much on it'll stain your paper (looks bad if it's facing out), and peels off way to easy. Stick with name brand like super77. I LOVE super77.
2- To save weight on the plane and maybe have templates to make more planes or parts for when you crash, super77 the planes onto regular old poster board, then use those as templates to trace onto your foam. I did this with the FT Arrow and can now have an arrow built from the ground up in 1.5 hours.
3- If you don't want/need templates and you want to keep weight down, do what was mentioned above and just tape the roughly cut out plans to the foam and then cut out. Start with cut outs and scores and then do the perimeter. Tape works good, but I have found cheap glue stick work good too. If you do 1 part at a time the glue doesn't have time to stick and you can peel the plan off after you cut.
I personally use/have used all these methods but find having a print shop print full size plans and spray gluing to the foam the easiest, fastest, and most accurate.
1st- Not all spray glues were created equal. The cheap spray glue at Dollar Tree is horrible. It's super heavy and wet, takes for ever to dry, if you spray too much on it'll stain your paper (looks bad if it's facing out), and peels off way to easy. Stick with name brand like super77. I LOVE super77.
2- To save weight on the plane and maybe have templates to make more planes or parts for when you crash, super77 the planes onto regular old poster board, then use those as templates to trace onto your foam. I did this with the FT Arrow and can now have an arrow built from the ground up in 1.5 hours.
3- If you don't want/need templates and you want to keep weight down, do what was mentioned above and just tape the roughly cut out plans to the foam and then cut out. Start with cut outs and scores and then do the perimeter. Tape works good, but I have found cheap glue stick work good too. If you do 1 part at a time the glue doesn't have time to stick and you can peel the plan off after you cut.
I personally use/have used all these methods but find having a print shop print full size plans and spray gluing to the foam the easiest, fastest, and most accurate.