Yesterday I start working on two fronts. One is glassing fuselage, and other is adding panel lines on wing.

But before glassing I want to check one more time how wing sits on the fuselage...








On fuselage I put 25 gr glass fabric from German firm R&G. Epoxy resin is from same firm also...



Putting glass on fuselage must be in few stages, so I will need 3 - 4 days to do this.

First I add glass on bottom side of the fuselage and elevators. I prepare all glass fabric parts first...





Piece by piece I made all from the bottom side...














While the epoxy resin dryers, I start working on the panel lines on the wing.
First step was to wipe all wing with alcohol.



Than, from the P 47 book, I scan upper and lower side of the Thunderbolt. On that draws I have all what I need for adding panel lines. That scan I open in Corel draw program, and made it 2,6 meter wide, same like Meister scale wing. Now I have all measures...







Than I cut 1,2 mm wide lines from Oracal self adhesive foil...



Then began measuring and gluing lines...







At same evening all lines on the bottom side was applyed...


Today, I was check all surfaces, and epoxy on the glassed surfaced was dry...











I pushed my working table in front of my work shop, and start fine sandind glassing surfaces and edges...







Glass is so fine that it is almost impossible to see where are edges...

At afternoon fuselage was ready for adding next glass fabric parts...





Same like yesterday, I first cut few pieces. Today I was working on upper side of the fuselage, and elevators...















I connect todays and yesterdays pieces of the glass cloth. I also bent glass on the fire wall...

Tomorrow I will finish work on panel lines on upper wing side.

Regards

Mirce