Hi to All
If its not too late to say so, Happy New Year and wishing you all a great flying year.
Given the price of balsa I have been looking at alternative materials. I like the foam board (paper lined depron) it seems useful for formers and as a core on large fin/ rudders and tailplanes and I'm now looking at wing skin material, both for foam core and built up. I did cover some foam cares with the 100 GSM carton board, an idea developed by John Newberry back in the early days of the LMA. I got a stock of large card sheets from John which is now long gone. I've never been able to find a fresh supply.
Veneer seems hard to come by.
Has anyone tried 2mm Liteply as a wing skin? Perhaps a bit heavier than one would like but on a large model, it should carry the weight. Anyone used it on a built up wing?
I also looking at white foam cores with spars added but then ditch the skinning entirely and just covering with brown paper / PVA. Chris Golds seemed to produce some good looking models using this method before he went electric. I've used it on smaller models without spars but not the larger stuff.
Thoughts anyone??
regards
Stu K