In amongst the projects I'm already working on and photo documenting here in the forums, I'm getting ready to start another project.

It's a new Q-40 and I'm going to make the fuseage plug using a new combo of materials and techniques. Instead of doing the fuse plug in one part, I'm going to do it the old way with separate halves, but the materials will be significantly different from the materials I've ever known to be used before.

It will be made with a piece of 1/8" Baltic Birch as the backing side for each half. Each half will be made from 2" pink foam. I've found this material to be quite similar to balsa in shapability. It actually shapes even more easily. I'll be using a hot wire to cut the plug to the top and side shapes, then shaping the rest by hand with templates. Then the foam will be covered with 3/4 ounce cloth and water based polyurethane.

Would anyone like for me to photo doc this project and post it here?