Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

Not going as fast as I would like but moving forward The heavy brush strokes in the tooling coat and the .56 ounce cloth didn't play well together so I waited until the epoxy was cured and sanded down the defects, pretty much sanded everything down. Put the 3/4 ounce cloth on the morning and will do the same after it cures. Next will be a 2 ounce layer, hoping to avoid print through of the heavier cloth. Then 4 ounce followed by 2 layers of 6 ounce, finally 3 layers of 18 ounce. Thankfully my epoxy supplies are scheduled for delivery tomorrow. I have a 1/2 squeeze bottle of Heinz ketchup resin left, should be enough for the 2 ounce layer.

.56 ounce, .75 ounce, 2 ounce, 4 ounce. and two layers of 7 1/2 ounce glass cloth are on. Three 18 ounce layers to go. I may need to order more resin! Another day or so I can remove the parting boards and flip it over.

Put the first 18 ounce layer on this morning, took about 2 hours, that 18 ounce cloth really soaks up the resin, mixed 240 grams twice plus 110 grams. Next layer will go on 30 degrees to the first.

A LOT of work.

dhal22 said:

A LOT of work.

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You bet and it is a little boring work, every layer is another groundhog day! I need to sand the bumps down and get another layer on this morning, didn't get a second layer on yesterday, but in another day or so I can flip it over and start again

Two hours latter the second 18 ounce layer is on.

Put the third layer of 18 ounce cloth on and added a few plywood supports to the vertical fin. The back support will keep the mold level while doing the the layup. Added the front support just because, better to overkill rather than have the mold crack. Both are set in a bed of thickened epoxy and glassed with 18 ounce cloth. I plan to add a few former supports after I get the plug out of the mold. Can't wait until morning to get this flipped over.

Flipped it over and removed the parting boards. Need a few coats of wax now and the process will start all over. So far it's going as planned.

Have the tooling coat, .56 ounce later and .75 ounce layer installed. Hope to get the 2 and 4 ounce layers on tomorrow, one early in the morning.

Have two of the three layers of 18 ounce cloth on and ran out of cloth. I guess that was poor planning on my part, I didn't account for flange area in the estimation. Ordered more yesterday so need to wait until it arrives to finish. Also ordered 2 yards of 40 ounce cloth to build up the flanges.