Unmolding of the master
Soon as I get home from work, I went to get out of the mold.First step, I cut the excess part on the bottom of the hood. Concerning the front…
Soon as I get home from work, I went to get out of the mold.First step, I cut the excess part on the bottom of the hood. Concerning the front…
So I continued on the engine hood. For the latter, I would like to be able to recover the shape to keep the mold. Who knows. Two hoods can be…
I continued by installing fiberglass, resin coating.I first glued the form on a wooden support held in a vice, protected by a cardboard…. And let's go for the resin and…
So I went to DIY store to buy styrodur and sticked plywood templates on it Then rough cutting with a cutter around the shapes. Bonding of the 3 parts which…
Summer 2019: The weather was hot and dry this summer, I started the parts to be molded. This is to reproduce the wheel fairings and the bonnet as in the…
I performed the registration to reproduce.First step, to recover and to determine the size of the letters to scale. I traced them and printed them. Then I transferred them to…
The wings are finished. I assembled the external parts with the central I could not resist making an assembly in this good weather. The assembly is precarious, with pins and…
I started finishing the wings with the primer. And there disaster, the rendering was horrible. Consequently, I tried an additional masking. I sanded and re sanded and I end up…
My adorable little wife agreed to use the back kitchen. Caulking, protections and a first layer of primer, then a second. I sanded with water 400 and 600 paper, the…
So I have 3 openings under the fuselage to close. One above the intermediate horn, which will be glued, as normally, I shouldn't have to reopen it. If necessary, I'll…