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Postby mikeschn » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:51 am

No, I can't make a tape, sorry.

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Simple Roswell?

Postby Greg M » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:56 pm

Andrew or Mike,

Have either of you considered a simplified Roswell made from flat panels? Kind of "Weekend at Roswell's" :D

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Re: Simple Roswell?

Postby asianflava » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:27 am

Greg M wrote: Have either of you considered a simplified Roswell made from flat panels? Kind of "Weekend at Roswell's"


That would look like the Stealth Roswell.
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Postby Arne » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:31 am

Am I going bonkers, or did Mike's yellow images go away???
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Postby mikeschn » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:42 am

The yellow ones are in this thread...

http://tnttt.com/viewto ... 934#182934

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Re: Simple Roswell?

Postby angib » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:44 am

asianflava wrote:That would look like the Stealth Roswell.

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Postby RAYVILLIAN » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:57 am

I know that everyone is looking at this as a teardrop but if you take the bottom angle off, widen it to 6', raise the roof up to 6', and widen the top out to 4' you would have a aerodynamic TTT with room in the front for a bathroom and a galley inside in the back. some kind of bed/table in the middle.

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Re: Simple Roswell?

Postby wolfix » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:17 am

angib wrote:
asianflava wrote:That would look like the Stealth Roswell.

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You may have something there.......Rivited on aluminum panels..... Unless "carbon fiber" panels are available for less then $5000 a sheet.

If somehow the front of the fender could be wing=like without messing up the door......
I wonder if this thing would have lift at a certain speed down the hiway???????
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Re: Simple Roswell?

Postby Greg M » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:10 pm

wolfix wrote:
You may have something there.......Rivited on aluminum panels..... Unless "carbon fiber" panels are available for less then $5000 a sheet.



Oooh!, Carbon, Drool...

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Postby mikeschn » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:16 pm

For a teardrop you don't need carbon fiber. I can't let the secret out of the bag yet, unless Gary is willing to share... but there are alternatives. ;)

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Roswell

Postby Wolf » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:57 am

New Roswell siting in my personal gallery

Now for the full sized trailer! :twisted:
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Postby bobhenry » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:41 pm

mikeschn wrote:For a teardrop you don't need carbon fiber. I can't let the secret out of the bag yet, unless Gary is willing to share... but there are alternatives. ;)

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Back to 2nd grade 2 parts non self rising flour
1 part powdered resin glue
2 parts warm water
6 parts very hot water

pre mix dry ingredients add warm water slowly and mix thoroughly
now add hot water and mix vigerously cook slowly until thick clear and smooth. Set aside to cool.While you go to farm supply store for a roll of chicken wire and the local newspaper for 2-3 bundles of old newspapers. Form chicken wire into Roswell profile rip paper into long strips soak strips into mixture apply to form. In about a week of mixing applying and mixing and applying you will have the first and only paper mache Roswell trailer body in THIS galaxy.
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Postby sledge » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:09 pm

I have been keeping up with this...........sounds good. :applause:
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Postby tonyj » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:19 pm

bobhenry wrote: Form chicken wire into Roswell profile rip paper into long strips soak strips into mixture apply to form. In about a week of mixing applying and mixing and applying you will have the first and only paper mache Roswell trailer body in THIS galaxy.


And if it didn't work well as a camper, you could fill it with candy, put a string on the top and turn it into the first Roswell Pinata!
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Postby Laredo » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:12 pm

Papier mache' and several coats of hairspray ... poor man's fibreglas.

I built a life-size R2D2 out of it, back in '78... bought the Dollar Store completely out of Aqua Net (for a float in the Homecoming Parade).

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