Q200 35% plug pix
05-19-2015, 05:16 PM
#84
Variant Q
I'm just really into the fuse shape--played around with the idea of a low wing design---I'll pull a plug from the fuse mold and shave off the strakes--shouldn't be hard to add a horizontal
Last edited by rick hamel; 05-19-2015 at 05:20 PM.
05-26-2015, 02:36 AM
#85
06-02-2015, 06:30 PM
#87
finally
Block sanded all of the parts with 80 grit then blocked again with 150---double wet coat of primer surfacer is next----did a little work to get the canopy to fit just right---bad enough to have to sand a wing but two? 
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06-04-2015, 06:51 PM
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That is just sic pal!! Rick, I'm glad to see another"ole schooler" doing it right. My first Jacknife was about 8" long and was sawed into pieces for all the cross section drawings. If you were closer, I'd have you do the "dragon" paint job on my new Jacknife....in your spare time..lol Sensei and I appreciate you efforts. Keep up the great work.
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06-04-2015, 07:18 PM
#90
Thanks Jack--This plug will also get cut up to pull the sections from--it's always fun to see the expression on some ones face when after all the work you have done on something like this--it ends up sliced and diced and then thrown away----SAY WHAT !!!!!---Still--not as bad as the BATWING--ended up with 2 sets of primary molds-then a 3rd plug with all the panel lines and rivets--that was a brutal project!!
06-21-2015, 07:11 PM
#92
mold making
Finally got a chance to start the molding--treated myself on Fathers day---applied epoxy coat after waxing and PVA ing plugs---then applied a coat of chop after the coating set up---last -was a layer of heavy large weave glass to cover the chop fibers and then filled the weave with a thickened mix of black epoxy
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07-02-2015, 09:57 PM
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Hi Rick,
I've been living in the shop, running resin and bagging molds to have a extra Jacknife to take to Kentucky jets. I usually post stuff at Jack Holland Jets on Facebook. Here's one of the latest pics.
I've been living in the shop, running resin and bagging molds to have a extra Jacknife to take to Kentucky jets. I usually post stuff at Jack Holland Jets on Facebook. Here's one of the latest pics.
07-04-2015, 05:40 PM
#98
Cowling modification
I ground off all the filler that defined the front of the plug --cut some balsa rings and attached aluminum rings to finish it off--I'm trying to duplicate to some degree the cowling in the picture 
Last edited by rick hamel; 07-04-2015 at 05:44 PM.
07-08-2015, 05:01 PM
#99
Fuse plug sanded
I sanded the fuse plug with 600 wet to cut down any orange peel in the primer and then finished with 2000--kept checking which side of the paper I was sanding with---at 2000-doesn't feel much different. Thought it would take forever but I broke it up into sections every night over the coarse of the week--wasn't bad at all. I hope the pictures show how straight the body is--amazing to think it started out as a foam plug!!
Last edited by rick hamel; 07-12-2015 at 06:52 PM.
