Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 I should note that the nose ends at the aft surface of STA-0. The extra length is just there to prevent the curve that occurs where the vacform bends around the front from ending up as part of the nose. Paul in Napier, JayW, LSP_Kevin and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) Now its off to the other side. Hopefully it will go more easily and then it can be shipped off to John in the UK. I hope everyone is well..be safe. Best Geoff Edited April 14, 2021 by Ironwing JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) Edited April 14, 2021 by Ironwing add photo KiwiZac, Buster99, patricksparks and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Very good progress! Great choice of subject! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Amazing stuff, Geoff. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Amazing work so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Wonderful subject and great work so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 6:34 PM, Alain Gadbois said: Very good progress! Great choice of subject! Alain Alain Thank you for looking in and your kind words. Wok is ongoing. Best Geoff Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 8:36 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Amazing stuff, Geoff. Kev Kev I dont think its all that amazing, but your kind words are always appreciated. Best Geoff LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 8:39 PM, Out2gtcha said: Amazing work so far! Brian, Thanks for popping in. I hope youll continue to do so. Hows that Tiger Cat doing? Best Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 9:00 PM, Rockie Yarwood said: Wonderful subject and great work so far! Rockie, Glad you looked in. I too think its a lovely subject. Now I hope I can do it...:) Please visit again. Best Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Greetings All, So there has been some progress. Ive managed to turn two big blocks of wood into to smaller blocks of wood and LOTS of wood dust. If this had been done by had, it would have taken till Christmas. The belt sander saved tons of time, was a bit scary at times(especially when your finger accidentally touches the moving belt) but in the end, it came down to a block of wood with 220 paper on it to refine the nose. There are a couple of spots where the basswood meets the formers that I want to clean up with a bit of filler. When i made the maint formers, they were tacked together and final shaped while still tacked to ensure uniformity. Great idea, bad executon. I couldnt get the stack apart and ended up having to band saw the the individual pieces free of each other. Some spots got little wavey and didnt form good square mating surfaces. My own fault. Maybe the small gaps wornt matter to the vacform. I have no idea, but ill use some auto glazing filler to fill any voids just to be safe. Its pretty mundane stuff but a neccessary step. Heres what it ended up being... For final shape checking, I used a contour guage. Its a bit time consuming but its and effective way to look at each side to make sure things are symetrical. Comparing side to side... Theyll get wiped down with 400 paper to take off the fuzz and then it will be off to John Wilkes, in the UK for vacforming. Until next time, be well and stay safe. Best, Geoff Paul in Napier, LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Looking good. Love the Ryans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Hello again, Just a quickie. Fixed up the deficiencies I noted in my last update and I call it ready for the vacform. Maybe better to say its as good as I can get it. The wing will get sorted out next while the fuselage gets done. I need to work on picture quality...altho, there is a piece of drafting mylar over the drawing to protect it. It also allows me to work on the drawing without actually marking the drawing. Thats it for now boys and girls. Stay safe Geoff Rockie Yarwood, Alain Gadbois, Paul in Napier and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I've got a question about your fuselage halves, because apart from playing around with the process I could do with some more learning. Do you make an allowance for the thickness of the material when you form the plugs? And, what happens with the flat bit down the centreline. Will the flat end up level with the bottom surface of the sheet, so you'd have to cut then sand away the excess back to the curved skin. Or will the flat end up level with the top surface of the sheet, so you'd cut off the excess at the bottom, then sand flat I'm not sure I explained that very well. I've had problems with my vacforming where the junction between the moulded part and the scrap sheet ended up as a rather large radius. To get around this, I ended up adding 1/16" to the flat part so I could cut through the scrap above the radius Richard Derek B, Troy Molitor and JayW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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