California Smelly...yak 2

[MarnochS]

Fun with Epoxy & fiberglass....

mocked up a parting board with some construction paper and then transferred to some 1/8" plywood. Covered it with some leftover UltraCote. Who says a parting board has to be white......
Attached with hot melt glue after waxing the ..... out of the plug.




I'm committed now..........for better or worse....I'm planning on a 3 part mold......easy part first......


Graphite powder gel coat and then glass and then mat ( the stuff that is needle like when you get some epoxy on a fiber )

[MarnochS]

Getting closer to being a Plug.....primer....sand....primer....sand.....prim er......sand...

the white primer doesn't build up very much like the gray stuff (primer&filler) from Krylon.

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[MarnochS]

Hi Larry,
Looking forward to towing your big KA-6.

Some fun stuff today, made the little turtle deck on top of the cockpit and covered it with 1/64 ply. I used overhead projector clear sheets to copy the profile image off my computer screen after zooming in to get the approximate size.


Since the instrument panel and sheeting is a different shape than the Radial cowl, I used some paper and tape to approximate the correct shape and then "sanded to shape".



Next step is some fiberglass on the forward deck and then the Cowl

[LRFitch]

Scott, super cool! I hope this new tug gets a chance to tow my repaired KA-6 this summer. Maybe I should say, I hope my KA-6 can be towed up by your new tug this coming summer. Thanks again.
Larry

[MarnochS]

Hi Jeremy,
The CamLoc thats pictured are CamLoc 4002-3 ( Cad plated , 0.111-0.141 depth ) series Studs and the Cad plated receptacles. I see on the Aircraft-Spruce website there are a couple of options now. It was a toss-up weather to go Phillips or slotted......all depends what type of hole / dent you want to put in the skin when you miss......

The turbine would be super cool but just not practical for towing and the 25 hr maintenance interval is a bit of a hindrance.

Scott

[Swiss1]

Nice stuff Scott, but as you made it a turbine version, you should install a turbine!!
Who's CamLok are you using?

Jeremy
SCCAAA TT TN

[MarnochS]

Cowl separation so I can glass it for plug purposes. The 3M 77 spray adhesive did a good job of keeping things together.



Since I'm going to need tail weight I might as well put the flight / ignition batteries in the back. Used a CamLoc fastener the make access easy.
I liked Len's cover plate for access to the tail wheel servo

[MarnochS]

If my old Golden Retriever could make a comment..........Squirrel..........

or

I ran out of gas!
I got a flat tire!
I didn’t have change for cab fare!
I lost my tux at the cleaners!
I locked my keys in the car!
An old friend came in from out of town!
Someone stole my car!
There was an earthquake!
A terrible flood!
Locusts!

[ARUP]

Pretty cool! Blue foam is great!

[French1]

Tomahawk has my preference

[gunny11]

And what about the 2-33, lol
gunny

[Dean Gradwell]

Scott,
What about the Pawnee, you know the special one.
Dean

[MarnochS]

Thanks again Guys for coming along on the journey........

Lower Cowl got some attention, after adding some "sanding material" the bottom was glued on so it could be sanded away.
It really helped thin down the look.



Of course the completely non productive "I wonder what it would look like" time took over .....and....

P40b Tomahawk ......or P40d Kittyhawk.......



now I need to spend some time shaping the upper part of the intake scoop.........

[French1]

Blown away Scot,
I looked at the turbo version a while back because the wingtips really caught my eye, never really thinking about a total front end rebuild. You went for it and I'm so impressed with the process. Thanks again for taking the time to post the photos and caption the progress.
Its true pictures say a thousand words. A bunch of photos with a short explanation results in a very interesting thread.
Waiting for more!!

I second all of it!!!

[lenb]

Blown away Scot,
I looked at the turbo version a while back because the wingtips really caught my eye, never really thinking about a total front end rebuild. You went for it and I'm so impressed with the process. Thanks again for taking the time to post the photos and caption the progress.
Its true pictures say a thousand words. A bunch of photos with a short explanation results in a very interesting thread.
Waiting for more!!