A lot of lessons have been learnt trying to create the cowlings. I'm interested in vacuum forming so I built an A4 size vacuum box and bought a heat gun. I find I can create small or not too deep items such as nav lights and windscreen panels but larger items such as the cowlings are in the fail column.
I have detailed my misadventure to save others from going down this path or perhaps you have some advise or pointers to offer.
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