Glassing and Painting techniques

[Jetpainter]

Second coat of Z-Poxy Finishing resin applied today on the fuselage. I weighed all the resin as I mixed it, then weighed what was left in each cup and the total weight of the resin applied was 28 grams or 0.98 ounces. A lot of that will get sanded off.

The second coat comes out pretty shinny no matter how much you squeegee off.

 

[Jetpainter]

I finished sanding the second coat of resin on the fuselage last night and weighed it again.

Before glass 62.37 ounces
After sanding 1st coat of resin 65.65 ounces
After second coat of resin 66.55 ounces
After sanding 2nd coat of resin 65.92 ounces

So the weight gain from the .5 ounce glass cloth and two coats of resin after sanding was 3.55 ounces.

When I first started making and weighing test panels a few months ago I thought the tiny weight gain for the second coat of resin was a fluke on the small panels. Obviously it's not if the fuselage only gained 0.27 ounces with the second coat after sanding.

I'm going to primer the fuselage this weekend if I can.

 

[dhal22]

A shame to cover that pretty work.

 

[Snoopy1]

Do you really want to paint it. I have always ended up painting it. But I am always tempted to leave it just like that it really looks good and it also shows the workmanship of the planking. Look up a plane called a Rily B. This plane has the front section left and not painted it really looks good. The first time I saw the plane was at JoeNall. Look it up it is a good looking plane. By the way your looks fantastic. Also nice to see something out of the ordinary.

 

[dhal22]

I saw that plane crash at Joe Nall. Not a nice ending for such a beautiful plane.

 

[Jetpainter]

Do you really want to paint it. I have always ended up painting it. But I am always tempted to leave it just like that it really looks good and it also shows the workmanship of the planking. Look up a plane called a Rily B. This plane has the front section left and not painted it really looks good. The first time I saw the plane was at JoeNall. Look it up it is a good looking plane. By the way your looks fantastic. Also nice to see something out of the ordinary.

Too late, I primed the fuse today.

 

[dhal22]

Nice. Now to sand that great looking primer.

 

[Naughty Monkey]

If I remember right, there was a plane built by DSP, a Carden maybe, that had some areas with clear monokote to show the workmanship. Looked really good.

 

[Naughty Monkey]

found some pic's


http://www.GiantScaleNews.com/forums/attachmentNew.php?attachmentid=9597

http://www.GiantScaleNews.com/forums/attachmentNew.php?attachmentid=9594

 

[Naughty Monkey]

and most importantly, your plane is looking amazing. Done some sheeting and know how hard those curves are to do. Very sweet work there.