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Old 10-17-2011, 05:51 AM
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Very nice.



You will need a lot of liquid wax to seal the interstices in between these panels. This will be necessary to ease the release of the mould and avoid damaging the plug too much.
Don't use paste wax in these areas since it would probably not seal the gaps between the panels properly.
Oli,
I used the rudder and stabilators as guinea pigs for seeing how the mold detail worked out. I'm pleased to say that the paste wax got down even in the smallest of the panel lines and release was very easy. To add to that, I am also using a fairly thick layer of PVA liquid mold release as well just because i don't want these things to stick. But, thats not to say that the vertical stabs and fuselage won't have issues, as the doublers at the tips of the vertical stabs and 4 layers thick. Now just to get the remainder of the paint overspray and contact adhesive cleaned off, and they are ready to mold.