Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

I've found the color combination that I plan to finish this plane in. Through the N number and the internet I have made contact with the owner and he has agreed to provide the correct colors the plane is painted in. He also offered other photos if needed. This is wonderful!

TonyHallo said:

I've found the color combination that I plan to finish this plane in. Through the N number and the internet I have made contact with the owner and he has agreed to provide the correct colors the plane is painted in. He also offered other photos if needed. This is wonderful!

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SO SEXY!!!

It is painted in the original 1966 color scheme. The three view below, the color photo, color chips, and an email from the owner stating the colors is all I will need for the documentation to compete. I need to ask the owner what is the aluminum colored piece ahead of the stabilator.

The material to complete the mold is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Surprise how fast UPS ships from Florida to Pennsylvania. They picked up yesterday.

Yesterday I finished off the second layer where I ran short of cloth and put a 40 ounce layer on the flange. I woke up early this morning and put the third layer of 18 ounce cloth over the entire mold plus two layers of 40 ounce on the flange. After a hour it was tacky enough that the mold was flipped and two layers of 40 ounce was added to the flange on the first side. Later today I hope to get the flange trimmed and the holes drilled for the closing bolts. Thinking to use a saber saw to trim the flange. The 40 ounce builds thickness quick and really soaks up the resin. There is about 2 1/2 gallons of epoxy on the mold and lost count of the weight of glass cloth in it.

Whew!

I’m leaning to those colors for my Cub.

Wrote up early this morning, thought it was 0500, my bad, 0400! Good time to get to work. Both the Sawsall and saber saw were used to trim the flash off the flange. As you can see in the flange is about 3/4" thick, 3/8" per side.
I started at the top of the fin and began wedge the mold open, As I worked forward the mold was held open with stirring sticks. Then started at back on the bottom side doing the same, once it was open a few pries with a large screw driver and the left side popped of the plug. The right side and the plug were then supported on the 5/8" tubes that were used during building the plug and right popped off the rather easy.

Quite happy with the result.

Absolutely beautiful brother.