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SLINGSBY GULL 3: 1:3.25 scale

Let us all watch your new project progress.
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chris williams
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With the transverse half-formers added, the top sheeting can be fitted...
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It looks a lot like the Flamingo canopy will win the prize this time around...
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Self explanatory (I hope)
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chris williams wrote: ↑13 Oct 2017, 12:46 Self explanatory (I hope)
Yep, You built the tail too heavy again.....

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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The Gull has a large conk... a heavy tailplane might be a godsend ;)

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Front end shaping up nicely...
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Temporary formers now removed and the interior glassed with polyester resin and wing joining tape...attention will now move to the rear end (As the Dung Beetle said to the Rhinoceros)
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Hi Chris,

Thanks for regular updates :D What make of polyester resin do you use?
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Isopon Fastglass (I couldn't remember, I had to go and look) :D
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Hi Chris
Any special reason for using polyester resin rather than epoxy resin? I thought (mistakenly perhaps) that polyester has to be used with Matting and Tissue and Epoxy with cloth
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