I plan on making a few cowlings for RC model aircraft and need to form them out of plastic. Mining the web I got some ideas on how to proceed. My experiments are using Poly Styrene obtained from Port Plastics in Chandler AZ .
Here's a link to the product: http://www.portplastics.com/plastics/commodities/PrimeImpax450PRI.html
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