First off, there wasn't supposed to be a middle section. Due to an
error in measuring the lower section strips were cut 11.5" too short.
To make up for this 12" were taken out of the coupler section reducing
it from 48" down to 36". 48" was way overkill even for my tastes.
Here's a shot of how the two fiberglass sections blended together.
Forward part
To sheet the forward most part of the nose cone a section of PML
11.41" tube was cut into strips and attached.
The same procedure used in the
lower section was used to cut the strips.
I figure if you've seen it once, that should be more than enough.
The gap at the top is to blend the PML sheeting diameter to the
Performance Hobbies 7.5" fiberglass nose cone.
Almost done
The upper most part has been filleted with West Systems Epoxy and
Filleting filler material. Bad move on my part, it's strong but it
took forever to sand.
These pictures are very poor quality due to the lack of available
light.
I'll retake these pictures later in more sunlight.
With everything sanded as smooth as I can get it (rough sand) I
snapped off one last picture before the final glassing.
Since only the upper part is PML tube, and the rest is already 0.160"
thick fiberglass. Only the PML part needed to be glassed, and not
much at that.
One layer of 10.0 oz glass was cut into triangles and laid up onto the
nose.
Some have sanding and light weight filler material (Evercoat Metal
Glaze) and we should be ready for primer.
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