Izzy
Will dig some pics out when back home as away with work
The top APU vent was made from a 32mm water pipe fitting right angle low profile which was glued in with Hysol, note Hysol will not stick PVC pipe fittings but if you glue around the recessed edge of the fitting the Hysol will then hold very securely to the fibreglass
the NACA openings were cut as per panel line then I cut from abs thin plastic card the same shape as the cut out but about 2mm larger all round. Then I used green zap glue and kicker to glue sides on then sand at angle then tack into fuselage with zap and kicker then put fillet of Hysol either side (NACA was painted with 2k primer then top coat applied before gluing in place)
I would not try and recut panel lines in to the fibreglass, one way I have used before is to mask panel lines with very fine tape 0.5-1mm and then when you spray your primer over fibreglass two coats you can pull the lines off and you are left with new panel line etc
Some of the panel lines on the CARF Hawk are good but some fade out completely
Alan
Originally Posted by
izzy
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Alan , can you attach a few ore pics, the plane is beautiful. interested in how you did the opening/intake at the top for ( round grey) , and any naca openings
also the some of the panel lines that came with my model ( i took the all white ) , are covered by paint probably touched up after coming out of the mold and wondering how to re-etch them without damaging by mistake the glass
any comments?
thx