Jack Stafford Chipmunk build

[Polecat]

Have been quietly working away. The wing fiberglassing is finished . I had to redo one panel as I was not satisfied with the way it looked. I am using quite light glass, probably 1/2 ounce, and it is harder to work with than heavier glass I find. The centre joint of the wing was re enforced with an 8 inch wide strip of 2 ounce material. With the wing saddle and the fillets being the last bits to finish, I will move on to glassing the fuse. After the glass and sanding I run into a problem, because I have no glazing compound that I use to fill any uneven spots that show up after a coat of primer. It comes from Canadian Tire and I am not going to go there just to get it. I also have no primer paint so the final finish may have to wait until after we get past this.
Stay safe everyone


Rob  What kind of filler or glazing compound are you using? You could order on line from CTC and pick up, as they are doing that.
What kind of rattle can primer are you using, Rust-oleum Painters Touch is good in white. There is a thicker primer that Napa Auto Parts sell but it is grey. Just spray on and use water sand paper to smooth out. It will fill all the little dents and nicks.
Ken

[Gregor77]

Rob, you can use light weight autobody filler.. the nice thing it sands easy and any covering like Solartex will stick on it unlike drywall compound or glazing putty.

[octagon]

Getting close to being finished. I have come to realize that the final finish is the part of building I like least. Anyway, I had planned to do the whole plane silver and then add some accent  colour of some type, but I ran out of silver Solartex, so the wing tips are red. Should make it easier to see anyway. I have to finish covering the right wing, install the landing gear and mount the wheel pants, glue the aileron hinges in and fabricate the control rods, mount the cowling, and then it is pretty much done.

[Polecat]

Looks nice Rob, the red on the wings will give you good visibility, as silver is very hard to see. Keep up the good work.

Ken

[octagon]

So, I have been stalled on the finishing of this plane. I used Solartex to cover most of it, but apparently Solartex does not stick down real well, and I find air bubbles whenever I start working again. Anyway, I made a big push today, and it is 95% done. It came with wheel pants that I constructed as they were 2 pieces that had to be cut out and joined, but not mounting hardware or method for attaching them to the struts. I may just leave them off until I see if the plane flies well. All that said, I liked most of the structure of this build, but the finishing did not go as well  as I would have liked. I might do some taxi tests with it tomorrow.

[Polecat]

Looks nice Rob. All though's fabric type coverings require balsarite to make them stick. I don't think you can buy it anymore.

[Michael]

Nice airplane!

[Frank v B]

Looks great.

Your plane is allowed in the kitchen??!!

I wouldn't dare.  Too many knives nearby...... and a motive.

Frank