Balsa Cockpit Coamings for Rubber Powered Scale Models 

Thanks John! This is much simpler than other methods that I’ve tried with limited success.

Thanks John....excellent little video that shows exactly what I need!

Very nice finish great model btw

An excellent video. For my peanut Blackburn Ripon, which has two cockpits and, consequently, very thin coamings, I used cotton sewing thread. I soaked it in diluted wood glue, then folded and twisted it several times, doubling its thickness each time, till I had an appropriately thick coaming. The tighter you twist it, the less the threads show. I left it to dry curled up roughly the size of the cockpit. Finally, I painted it, and glued it on. The visibility of the underlying braided threads depends on how tightly you twist it, and how thickly you paint it. Though not exactly scale, I think the hint of braided threads showing through add a very appealing texture to the final result.

Thanks John, great video 👍

Just what I needed! Thanks.

The title might be corrected. It gives the impression that the items will be made of wood, rather than foam.

Hello John, I use styrofoam strips to make these coamings on my models (it's very light), but your technique is quiet interesting. You can see the way I craft it in this video : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YpSmHAFNns8.html (at 3:30). I shape the size of a thin piece of foam, then I paint it with airbrush, I cut it from the main foam piece with a very sharp razzor blade and I obtain a very flexible strip that can be installed on the plane.👍