You guessed it - that's a lower cowl section.The tool in all rights should have been at least a two piece mould with the forward section pulling straight off the nose.Don't be fooled by the test part, rather let it convince you of the durability of the materials involved. I stood on the mould and pulled and twisted that thing with all my might.Pile it into the ground, dust it off, pop out the dings and stick it back on.
Lets see you do that with an ABS cowl - NOT!!We conquered the opaqueness issue with a couple of coats of automotive paint in the mould.So the next fuselage will get brown camo followed by green paint.
