Hey Joe-
I shot the epoxy paint on the intakes like I'd wanted and they look pretty good. They'll need to cure for a few days before buffing and waxing.

I brought some more 1/8" wood over to John R's and hopefully next week we'll get some more work completed on the second Panther fuse. I've been working the nose cone section and had to regrind some high ridges which showed up under direct sunlight with the surface wetted-round smoothly curved sections take patience to make. It was initially a planked section with a foam block for the nose tip. My sanding block and artistic license allowed me to make the correct shape. 4 layers of heavy cloth sanded in between made a hard surface suitable for a plug. I had it primed and sanded twice before the redo but now I'm happy with it. A gloss paint scheme would not allow anything other than perfection on the surface. I'll be putting surface details onto the plug which will show up in the mold. Gun ports, panels, those sorts of things. The guns on my first Zirolli Panther were a pain and now I'll have another go at it-only much larger gun ports. Exactly what diameter is a 1/4 scale gun port exit on a Panther? More research needed again!

John R wasn't sure the foam blocks were wide enough for the Panther wings but it sounds like they were?
Maybe we can get together soon to cut the wing profiles on those foam blanks-

John A

That US Composite resin sure works well for the price.