M. Mecklenburg

COWLS made from paper? That's right. Here's an easy and inexpensive way to make high strength-to-weight cowls, fairings, wheel pants, and the like. The construction technique is ancient, but the raw materials are somewhat more contemporary. Papier-mache is simply a construction technique using paper strips or pulp mixed with a glue; the paper/glue mix is then molded over a form, mold, or plug. In our case, glue-soaked paper strips are used and cross-laid over a mold, resulting in a material having the characteristics of molded plywood. It can be sawed, sanded, glued, and painted. Applications range from lightweight Electric models to quarter-scale engine-powered models.