I decided to start laying up the P-47 first. (Probably because I was so happy with the prototype's performance during the "Big Kahuna" SAM Warbird Race, and expect this one to be lighter, and therefore better.)

Here are shots of me getting everything I need laid out:<ul>[*]fuse halves[*]major sections of cut cloth (I used a 3 oz. tight weave, followed by a 6 oz. loose weave)[*]scrap cardboard to protect my work table and gloves to protect my hands(that epoxy gets messy and can be troublesome!)[*]flux brush[*]1-1/2" disposable trim roller[*]1" brush (the roller worked so well, that I never ended up needing this)[*]Also pulled to the workstation before starting, so it would be handy,was my scrap FG cloth, Olfa rotary cutter, a trash can, and a couple of paper towels.[/list]Once you start mixing epoxy, it is like a race; and, as I said earlier: "Life revolves around cure times."

By the way, the light spots on the top nose section and just below the "razorback" are from me sanding out some minor imperfections that I couldn't remove from my original plug. That is where I sanded through my original "tooling coat" that had graphite powder mixed into it . . . thus the black finish to the rest of the mold surface, yet some light spots. This variation would be similar to that caused bysanding through the primer on a primered surface. That taught me to do two black tooling coats, ever since. (But that is a topic for another thread.)