Fuselage: the other side (6.0 hrs)
Today I measured and cut the panel I made yesterday, and I also glued the second fuselage side.
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| Fuselage bottom traced onto the foam for cutting |
One thing I have learned about cutting foam with a razor blade, is that it is sometimes difficult to make a vertical cut consistently. I decided to combine the blade with a machinist square, held together with a C clamp.
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| Home-spun foam slicer |
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| Foam cutter business end |
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| Foam cutter at work |
I know what you are thinking, but this thing really rocks!
It makes slicing foam with precision a piece of cake, and gives you a beefy something to hang on to, instead of the skinny sharp blade.
It makes slicing foam with precision a piece of cake, and gives you a beefy something to hang on to, instead of the skinny sharp blade.
Check out the quality of the cut below.
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| Nice, even, on the black line, orthogonal cut |
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| Sidewall ready |
Of course, I couldn't resist the opportunity to set up the scene for a photo op.
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| A sign of things to come... |
Next, I got started on the other side, but I only had one complete foam panel left, and a lot of smaller pieces that did not fit very well. I had to sand them square, and assemble them into a contiguous piece. This process actually took a lot longer than anticipated, and generated a lot of blue foam dust that ended up everywhere.
I eventually got all of the mosaic pieces lined up long enough to tape the seams.
Then flipped it over...
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| Foam sidewinder |
And glued it, just as I did on the other sidewall.
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| Weighing things down |
As soon as the micro cures, I’ll trim it so that both sidewalls match.
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