A nice sized Bristol Beaufighter

I started the day with the intention of doing nothing at all but by 2 pm i was bored stiff, so i trimmed the edges of the wing i glassed and gave it a light sanding with the intension of putting a second coat of resin on it, but changed my mind and brushed a thick coat of primer filler on it
 
Then i glassed the underside of the other wing
 

i was going to put a second coat of resin on the wing after i lightly sanded it but it looked to have filled the 18oz cloth with the first one so i brushed a coat of primer filler on it, supposed to spray it on but i get a thicker coat with brushing it, i sand most of it off anyway just covers up my crap building quicker
 
The i glassed the underside of the other wing
 

Leeds model shop refunded the 28 quid for the W meter that the ESC buggered up and iv just bought the very same one for 7 quid on Alli express 

Leeds ms have the market in the midlands to north covered, with almost no competition now that Webbies have gone, so they can pretty much charge what they want.

I trimmed the fibre glass of the edges of the wing i glassed yesterday and a light sanding the i brushed on a coat of primer filler
 
Then i glass the top of the first wing
 
The i sanded down the one i had primed
 
Then glassed the fuselage wing fairings
 
Then i glassed the nose and retract plugs for the moulds
 
 
They are outside as the polyurethane resin i did them with stinks, they can stay there till morning

I need a break from this i seem to have been building it forever
Just been sanding and knocking the moulds off the plugs, had to use a hammer and wedges
Not good

Did you forget the release agent?

I used a release agent 2 coats of it

In the days when I was involved using glass fibre moulds it was expected that it took a good number of layups using release agents before any mould would release reliably. It was considered that with use the release agent would "permeate" into the mould surface to ensure an easy release.

We originally made our own set of canoe moulds. They were a disaster!
First time we hired, at some expense, a set of well used commercial moulds our own hand laid up canoe shells simply popped out and that was using just a release wax rather than a paint on release agent!

F$&^% it i give up, walked into the shed this morning to find the smashed fuselage on the floor, i left it yesterday sitting on the build cradles on the bench, i left the door open as i usually do when its hot
 
 
 
I woke up in so much pain thinking life at the moment is not worth living, then i find this 
Must have been her f ing cat

Jeez Tony, the only luck you ever get is bad!

I got it back together but as is nearly always the case not quite as it was and the mould for the nose cone was made from the original nose, anyway iv been working on the nose cone
 
 
 
 
 
I have some adjustments to make on it to get it to fit as i want
Iv also fixed the tail plane and fin on the fuselage but now need to have a different hinging for the elevators as i broke one of them 
 

 

That is a BIG model!

Took it outside today so i could have a clean up in the shed and bench
 
 
 
 
And work on the landing gear
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hell i cannot believe how many hours its taken to build these
 
And i have enough ally tube not used because when it came it was not as advertised on ebay, it was either oversized or under sized but i found the right one's in thee end, only the springs came as advertised