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MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
- chris williams
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Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Continuing with the canopies...(This early enough for you, Barry?)
- chris williams
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Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
With the canopy parts stained, time for a regular progress check...
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- Location: Cambridgeshire
Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Beautiful!
- chris williams
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Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Thank you, Dave... the front canopy can now have the ply sheeting added and the whole shebang faired into the fuselage. Note that the balsa former for the top of the canopy was for the PETG moulding, which is available from Sarik Hobbies...
Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Chris could you explain how you go about making the canopies,
what materials etc.
what materials etc.
- Cliff Evans
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Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
I now finish all my canopies with Novol two pack polyester finish. It is not affected by the heat of the vacforming at all. The Plugs are made from MDF so, nice and solid. Just spray directly on to your plug and flatten off with 320 grit then finish with 6-800 grit.
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- chris williams
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Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
I have always made my plugs/formers from blue foam, wrapped in parcel tape, glassed with mat & polyester resin, then finished off with filler etc. Trouble is, you have to make sure that the glass and mat is thick enough to prevent the heat from melting the foam during the pulling process.
Barry from Sarik will verify this...
(The balsa plug on the MO2a was possible because it was so small)
Barry from Sarik will verify this...
(The balsa plug on the MO2a was possible because it was so small)
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- Joined: 30 May 2015, 20:35
- Location: Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire
Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Yes, very upsetting when the plug is crumpled by the vacuum machine. 5 layers of 100gsm cloth and resin over blue foam nowhere near strong enough.chris williams wrote: ↑07 Feb 2021, 17:17 I have always made my plugs/formers from blue foam, wrapped in parcel tape, glassed with mat & polyester resin, then finished off with filler etc. Trouble is, you have to make sure that the glass and mat is thick enough to prevent the heat from melting the foam during the pulling process.
Barry from Sarik will verify this...
(The balsa plug on the MO2a was possible because it was so small)
- chris williams
- Posts: 1574
- Joined: 10 Mar 2015, 10:50
- Location: Blandford Dorset
Re: MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE
Last job now: the ailerons... Note that the aileron false LE is drilled out against the wing for the hinges before construction commences.