THE CYPRUS 1/4 SCALE SPITFIRE

I can sympathise with you up to a point BB, as Cyno has the same effect on me unless I use a mask . But if you are prone to this condition please use a proper mask, and not a hanky tied across your face . This stuff is lethal to someone who is allergic to it

Garry

The statistics suggest that only 6% of the population has an allergy to CA but why do all seem to modellers?

Maybe it's because modellers are the main users.

Just realized, this is my 2000th post.

Ha Ha bet you have been counting
Found my sissors in her sons room

Got the plug done for the cowl its now being polished
And glassed the top where the blisters for the rockers are, also made this whole front into a acces hatch
Still no pics

I think i may as well get another DLE55 for this model if there is no need for the gearbox, 5.5 Hp whats that in lbs thrust :blink:

I cast the mould for the cowl and today i releasted it from the plug, but it would not come off, now the plug had had about 10 coats of polish and and was a super gloss finish, i had done it the same as the cowl for the Bucker and it just popped out
In the end i had to get a big screwdriver and break the mould into hundreds of bits then had the chisel the glass from the plug off the mould, unbelievable
Got a little damage to the mould but not too bad,
Also released one of the mudguards for the Bucker it came out ok but i think it could do with a couple more layers of cloth on it, bit flexy
Still no camera

BB
I fear what you have discovered is the 'critical first mould' issue. I was told it took some time (weeks) for the polish to sink into the surface in such a way that the resin would not adhere to it. There after the more it is used the easier the release becomes.
We made a mould from a completed canoe quite successfully but when we came to use it a complete disaster! The laid up glass would not separate. We then admitted defeat and hired a commercial mould. It looked exactly the same as the one we had made but of course it had been polished & used many times over a long period. The half canoe shells we laid up popped straight out - very frustrating.

It could also be because the mold has not had enough time to fully cure, this process take a number of weeks, not just a few days.

I think maybe it was because i did not put mould release on it :silly: :silly: it would have created a barrier after the polish
I learn something each time i do it

Filled any imperfections and gave the cowl mould a good rub down with 1500 grit wet and dry, now doing the ply frame for inside the cowl tomorrow will start the polishing

Still no pictures

Got my camera working today but not as good as it should be,
been doing a bit on the canopy



And the blisters over the engine, it was a mixture of balsa and foam, and then i decided to go for a petrol engine and made it all into a hatch



So it had to cover the foam on the inside, did that with a kellogs cornflake box and glassed it all inside

Got the mould done for the cowl and laidit up today, also the second mudgaurd for the Bucker

Put the coke bottle petrol tank in position

And made a plug for a new skid that fits under the Mig 29 as i destroyed the ones on with the very hard landing on Sunday :silly:

Not getting much modelling done at the moment as i have 6 babies to look after lifes full of pe pe and kaka

Done a little today on the pilots seat



Fritz trying it for size