Scale 50cc Scratch Build From My Own Design Revisited

[Alky6]

On the canapy epoxy mix, why milled fiberglass versus cabosil? Just curious

 

[Jetpainter]

I finished the cowl bolt access hatches tonight while I was waiting for batteries to charge. I'm going flying tomorrow for the first time in a month. The hatches turned out pretty nice. I'm going to change the screws to a countersunk style once I get some. That should give it a better finished look.

 

[Jetpainter]

On the canapy epoxy mix, why milled fiberglass versus cabosil? Just curious

@Alky6 Sorry I missed this. No real reason why I used the milled glass, other than I've been using it since back in the building BVM ducted fan airplane days and I had some here.

 

[Jetpainter]

I've been doing some filling and sanding on the fuse using the lightweight drywall joint compound. I'm almost done with that so I'm hoping to glass the fuselage this weekend.

My .5 ounce fiberglass cloth came today, and I was pretty disappointed to see it was folded in a bag instead of wound on a roll like they said it would be. That is going to make the handling more difficult. I hate the creases that folding the cloth gives you. It all comes out, it's just more work.

I also bought a 3 1/2" Tru Turn Ultimate spinner off of that other classifieds site. The whole deal was a pain in the a$$ induced by me. First I left the number 1 out of his email address, so the first payment didn't go to him. I thought no problem, with PayPal and their "Buyers Protection", I'll get my money back, (More on that later). So, I pay the guy again, and the spinner shows up in just a few days. I take it home and set it on the shelf and notice I have another on just like it already. And the worst part is I don't even really like that shape of it on this airplane.

So I had filed a request for a refund from PayPal for my misdirected payment and they start sending requests to the person it went to. Well a week later I had nothing until yesterday when I got an email saying my case was closed. Their reason was a lack of supporting information, case closed. No other information. This morning I filed out more forms and sent more emails, then about mid morning I got an email saying my money has been refunded. At least that worked out.

 

[Jetpainter]

I'm planning on glassing the fuselage today. I made up a stand that goes through the wing tube hole and keeps the sides off the table, plus I can spin it around to work on it. When I need to flip it I just grab the engine box and the wing tube socket and I can flip it without touching the glassed area.

 

[Jetpainter]

Yesterday I got all the cloth and the first coat of resin on the fuselage. Here are a few pics. If you want a more detailed account of how I did it I posted it here in the Glassing and Painting thread. http://giantscalenews.com/threads/glassing-and-painting-techniques.1536/page-25#post-69354

 

[Alky6]

Looks like you can now remove the beautiful balsa plug and go with a comp fuse!

It's coming out awesome!

 

[Jetpainter]

I finished sanding the first coat of resin on the fuse . This weekend it should get the second coat.

 

[Wacobipe]

Awesome work!

 

[Jetpainter]

I put the second coat of resin on the fuselage today.