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I took the test peice out of the mould this morning and everything went very well !!
The paint stayed on the wing, it released super easily from the plastic sheets, the surface finish is quite nice and the skin hinge works perfictly.

Here's a couple of pics of it just out of the bag, note the LE neads a bit of sanding

   

   

And here it is with the leading edge touched up and the hinge joint cut out.

   

One thing I will do differently next time is that I will tape the trailing edges of the plastic sheets together on the outside of the sheets, I was hoping that by taping on the inside at the leading edge it would form the leading edge without the need for sanding. But as it turns out it actually makes it more of a job and it leaves a tape mark on the wing skin which is also undesirable.

So the go for painting in the mould is the go useing lacquer on first then Lacquer primer and it’s sticks to the layup nicely !!

I tried the same method on the hatch mould with a hand layup, not Vac bagged and it worked great too !!
Just a shame about the finish on the mould, a legacy from finishing the plug in enamel. But certainly a usable part. So I’m quite happy with that !!

Here's a pic