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kach22i · 05-09-2014, 09:52 AM

I've built some models using coroplast, and agree with others in this thread about it's limitations - and no 3D or complex curves.

Thermoplastic Construction - Boat Design Forums

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ept-20793.html

If you set up a jig like you would for bending metal, that is to say support the edge to be bent and then bend over an arc as large as a barrel, and ending with a curve as small as a mailing tube or PVC drain pipe with many steps in between you may have success.

Or you could just cowboy it like I did, and trim off the wavy edges (where I grabbed and pulled on it) as waste.

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kach22i Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 4,193 Thanks: 135 Thanked 2,815 Times in 1,976 Posts	I've built some models using coroplast, and agree with others in this thread about it's limitations - and no 3D or complex curves. Thermoplastic Construction - Boat Design Forums http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ept-20793.html If you set up a jig like you would for bending metal, that is to say support the edge to be bent and then bend over an arc as large as a barrel, and ending with a curve as small as a mailing tube or PVC drain pipe with many steps in between you may have success. Or you could just cowboy it like I did, and trim off the wavy edges (where I grabbed and pulled on it) as waste. __________________ George Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects 2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe 1977 Porsche 911s Targa 1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck 1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............ Last edited by kach22i; 05-09-2014 at 10:03 AM..