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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The third layer plus the micro balloons added the stiffness I was looking for. With original 2 layers of carbon fiber, a 4 ounce glass cloth and 1 1/2 ounce glass cloth the door measured .027" thick, that is a little over the thickness of the cloth alone. The additional layer and the micro...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Yup
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The door came out of the mold and was trimmed to size, it is a little too flexible for my liking. Plan to set the door back in the mold and add another layer of carbon. It currently weights about .6 grams per square inch. Thinking that I will use light weight filler in the epoxy when the...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale BUSA Super Cub

    Quick video from Saturday.
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build

    Was out with the Super Cub on Saturday, hope your Cub flies like it does. Saturday may well have been the last flying day here in Southwestern PA.
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Finished the mold for the door and laid up the door. One layer of 1 1/2 ounce cloth, two layers of 5.7 ounce carbon fiber on a 45 degree bias, and a 4 ounce layer of glass cloth covered with peel ply, a homemade perforated film( Plastic drop cloth with 1/8" holes drilled) and adsorbent cloth...
  7. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Make a few building weights
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Starting on the fifth coat of wax. A few more to go and I can start to the lay up. I am planning to do the vertical fin halves first, it takes a while working around the corrugations. I could the easy route and slather some thickened epoxy but I would rather work the glass around and and then...
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

    Well that just sucks.
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

    Darn, that sucks. Did Heyluc ever fly his?
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Reminds me of a large mouth bass! I put an eye on it!
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Washed the PVA out of the mold halves and put the plug back in while I put the wood to it.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I plan pulling at least two. The mold should last for many pulls.
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Quite happy with the result.
  15. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    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...
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    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...
  17. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I did, thank you Snoopy1.
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

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

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    New build thread?
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    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.
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