Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

[pawnshopmike]

Very nice bro.

 

[Snoopy1]

It looks great well done. What happened that you sanded the louvres off the block it looked real good. Was looking forward to see how it comes out it is something that I would also like to try and do. I have always wanted to do it For the bottom of a cowl instead of just a big hole.

 

[Jetpainter]

It looks great well done. What happened that you sanded the louvres off the block it looked real good. Was looking forward to see how it comes out it is something that I would also like to try and do. I have always wanted to do it For the bottom of a cowl instead of just a big hole.

The glass cloth would not lay down in the louvers. If I was making a plug, then a mold, and pulling a part from that I would have had a better chance, but even then to get it thin enough to open up as a louver I think you would need to vacuum bag it.

 

[Jetpainter]

I cut the hole for the pipe stinger in the hatch and opened up the small vent at the rear of the pipe bump. I'm going to cut a lengthwise vent in the pipe bump just above the pipe since it's pretty tight in there. I'm also going to add an aluminum louver to the front. I taped one on last night to see how it fit. I had to do a little bending, but it should work well. I'm going to try to use one and a half of the aluminum louvers, if I can make it look right. I just ordered two more of them from Taildragger.

 

[Alky6]

That's awesome!

 

[Jetpainter]

That's awesome!

Thanks Paul!

I'm dying to mold my own fiberglass fuselage. And watching @Larry B 's thread is just making it worse.

 

[Jetpainter]

I finished getting the fuselage ready to paint tonight, after that I worked on the the hatch and the wheel pants. I've got the wheel pants almost ready, but the hatch had a few pinholes...... YIKES! Looking at it in normal light it looked pretty good, but when I used my flashlight trick there were tiny pinholes everywhere. Better to catch them now!

 

[Bipeguy03]

Thanks Paul!

I'm dying to mold my own fiberglass fuselage. And watching @Larry B 's thread is just making it worse.

Ooh, a composite Culp Special? That could be intemaresting

 

[Larry B]

Looking great! Your up to the part I enjoy the most, painting. That thing sure has some nice curves to it, it would make a great subject for an all glass fuse (hint....hint)
Larry B

 

[Jetpainter]

Ooh, a composite Culp Special? That could be intemaresting

I'm not sure the Culp would be my first choice for a fiberglass fuselage. Getting the stringers right in the plug would be a huge challenge. The green Culp, which is my favorite, has a lot more stringers than the other ones. I do love the Culp though.