polyspan...

[Pat]

Hi all,

Seeing as silkspan seems to be getting harder to get, where do you guys order your polyspan from? I looked at Brodaks catalog with my hobby shop owner today and couldn't find. Also for Bill Little, What was the lace you told me to order silk from?

Thanks everyone.

Pat Maset

[RC Storick]

Hi all,

Seeing as silkspan seems to be getting harder to get, where do you guys order your polyspan from? I looked at Brodaks catalog with my hobby shop owner today and couldn't find. Also for Bill Little, What was the lace you told me to order silk from?

Thanks everyone.

Pat Maset

Many places sell it here is one http://www.bmjrmodels.com/shop?page=shop.product_details&category_id=36&product_id=36%3D0

[Jim Kraft]

5mm silk from Dharma Trading Co.

[Paul Taylor]

Tom Morris has it as well i think.

[Howard Rush]

5mm silk from Dharma Trading Co.

Now you're talkin'.

[wwwarbird]

 I've always gotten mine from Tom Morris.

[Mike Griffin]

Pat you may know this already but if you have not use Polyspan, just be aware there is a top side and a bottom side to this material and sometimes it gets really hard to see the difference.  The side that you want out is the shiny side but under certain light conditions it gets difficult to tell.  I usually hold the Polyspan at arms length and reflect the light off of each side to determine the shiny side.

Mike

[Pat]

Mike,

 I had heard about the polyspan "fuzzies" from putting the wrong side up, but thanks for refreshing my memory!

Pat

[Bill Little]

Hi Pat,

I get it quickly from Tom Morris.  It's the "good" stuff.  Also, as Jim said, Dharma is a great place to get the silk.  Also, Thai Silks is another place.  Both offer silk a WHOLE LOT cheaper than the hobby places like Sig.

Bill

[Mike Griffin]

Bill I looked on Dharma's website and there a  couple of 5mm silks listed.  WHich one do they use on our models?

Thanks

Mike

[Mike Griffin]

You are welcome Pat.  I put some on with the wrong side up once and it took a lot of dope and wet sanding to get it out but you can if you accidentally screw up and do what I did.  Just a little time to sand it out.

Mike

[FLOYD CARTER]

Polyspan is also available from

Larry Davidson
66 Casa Mia Circle
Moneta, VA 24121

www.samchamp@jetbroadband.com

his web address is www.modelflight.com/larrydavidson.html

[Howard Rush]

That's where I got mine.

[Bill Little]

Bill I looked on Dharma's website and there a  couple of 5mm silks listed.  WHich one do they use on our models?

Thanks

Mike

Hi Mike,

The 5mm Habotai silk is what works on our models. 

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

[Mike Griffin]

Thank you Bill.

Mike

[FLOYD CARTER]

Thai Silks is about 1 mile from my old home in Los Altos.  In person, they are happy to help modelers, and they understand all the potential problems (there are very few).  F.C.

[wwwarbird]

 I'd like to see Dharma in some silk. And Greg? Not so much.