21-09-2013, 10:04 AM
The pattern was made of hand towel that I held to the shape of the mould with plasticine and traced around the edge.
I used the pattern to cut out these templates.
All the layers of cloth were put down on the table on top of a sheet of bakeing paper and the ends taped down. then the cloth was wet out with resin and blotted with dunny roll then glad wrap put on the top
then the templates put on top of that and cut around using an exacto knife. The bakeing paper was peeled off the back. Then the cloth was ligned up and pressed into the mould. once in place the glad wrap was peeled of the inside. this made things a lot quicker and easier !!
Here's GRP Fuse no2 and the hatch and wing fairing to suite
here's the wing for it that I prepared earlier, of course these all need a bit of a trim as they are just out of the mould
I used the pattern to cut out these templates.
All the layers of cloth were put down on the table on top of a sheet of bakeing paper and the ends taped down. then the cloth was wet out with resin and blotted with dunny roll then glad wrap put on the top
then the templates put on top of that and cut around using an exacto knife. The bakeing paper was peeled off the back. Then the cloth was ligned up and pressed into the mould. once in place the glad wrap was peeled of the inside. this made things a lot quicker and easier !!
Here's GRP Fuse no2 and the hatch and wing fairing to suite
here's the wing for it that I prepared earlier, of course these all need a bit of a trim as they are just out of the mould
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci