A Garage Full of Everything
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
The other day, Frank Ducker was showing us details of his British Lancaster bomber.
He was particularly proud of the greenhouse-style canopy and the pivoting gunner’s turret in the nose of the plane.
“I made these by molding clear plastic on a wood plug, holding it in front of a heater at about 250 degrees,” Frank explained.
The clear plastic was left over from blister pack packaging, the stuff enshrouding most electronic devices, hardware items, toys, you name it.
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