| Image Comments |
| bobgood | 14-Jun-21 21:16 |
| A little more to the fuselarge skin done today. |
| bobgood | 14-Jun-21 21:18 |
| 105 degrees here In Joshua Tree today - still in breakfast room..... |
| jgood | 15-Jun-21 09:08 |
| Looking great, Dad! |
| Don C | 15-Jun-21 11:40 |
| That is sure looking good. How thick is the balsa skin?
|
| bobgood | 15-Jun-21 11:52 |
| Thank you chaps! Don, the skin is generally 3/32" with some difficult areas being 1/8" or even 1/4" - lots of sanding down and smoothing off going on. And a few small gaps appear, from somewhere, from time to time! I have used (as an experiment) household "spackle" as a filler, it is much easier to sand down than the the model filler that I have. |
| heywooood | 16-Jun-21 07:28 |
| Spackle is what I use for this as well. DD recommended the Sherwin Williams shrink-free stuff so that’s what I generally use. With a few top coats of Deluxe Sand N Seal to harden, seal, and microfill the surface of the model. |
| heywooood | 16-Jun-21 07:29 |
| Hey Bob - is that cabin door functional? |
| bobgood | 16-Jun-21 11:22 |
| Hopefully it will be HW, if I can make or find some mini hinges! |
| edtherenderman | 16-Jun-21 11:39 |
| Spackle is my filler of choice too for all the reasons stated. I follow a slightly different process. I fill and sand until I have the finish I want, then I cover with tissue and dope. Then I follow up with auto sanding primer which I wet sand, then regular primer and paint. That's how I got the glass finish on the XP-67. Lots of sanding, but the results speak for themselves. |
| Don C | 16-Jun-21 12:42 |
| I use the Sherman Williams too. Same process as edtherenderman, except I don't always use the auto sanding primer. Although it really does improve the finish.
|
| Don C | 16-Jun-21 12:51 |
| Bob, on the hinges you might check out Dubros products. They make a thin nylon hinge that might work. I used them on my P-40 for the gear doors and the cooling flaps and on the PT-17. The PT-17 pics show them the best. |
| Don C | 16-Jun-21 12:56 |
| Make that DU-BRO. https://www.dubro.com/collections/hinges |
| bobgood | 16-Jun-21 15:12 |
| Wow! Thanks a million you guys - all very good info. and gratefully received. What a Team! |
