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I managed to get quite a bit more done tonight.

The mould for the front hatch is finished and curing nicely. Hopefully it will look nice when I separate it from the plug on Monday.

Heres the plug
   

And here it is with the mould formed around it, the reason it's wrapped in cling film is that this mould is made from polyester resin. Some polyester resins unlike epoxys doesn't cure completely where they are exposed to air. Inside it would be OK but the surface stays tacky for a long time and that's annoying. So by wrapping it in cling film it cures right to the skin.

   


I was able to get some Lacquer from Super Cheap Auto, re-waxed and PVA'd the fairing moulds and sprayed them ready to lay up again.

   

I also got the fuse plug set up in the parting board.

Here it is, the parting board cut out to take the fuse plug

   

Then a piece of ply is attached with 4 screws to the bottom of the parting board it can later be removed and the plug pushed out from the back.

The edges of the parting board were chamfered so an easy sanding epoxy bog that forms the part line would have something to bond too.

   

Plasticine was used to support the plug so that the top face of the parting board lines up with the centre of the fuselage plug. A couple of blobs of epoxy bog were also
Put in between the plasticine to form pillars that will support the core a bit more sturdily for when the glass is being stippled on top to form the mould.



   

A bog made from West systems micro sphere blend was applied between the chamfered edge of the parting board and the plug. Hopefully when the plug is removed and this bog is sanded flush with the board it will create an almost perfect parting line………..Well that’s the theory  We shall see how we go.