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Elipsis IOM Build log, shadows cut out of blue foam and stuck to building board with “sticks like sh** “ adhesive. Quick and easy and takes the pins well. Masking tape around the edge.
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Glasses and sanded hull mounted on 3 mm ply to form the plug required to make the female mould.
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Deck plug with a cost of epoxy ready for sanding the high build filler primer and more sanding.
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Hull and deck plugs 3 coats of high build primer.Still some filling and fairing to do before more primer.
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Spray, fill , sand.... spray , fill , sand .... repeat. There’s no easy way to get a perfect finish.
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After a lot of filling and rubbing down, the plugs have been sprayed with 2k ( 2 pack ) car paint. The finish is straight out of the gun but will be polished when the paint is hard.
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Plugs after 1200,1500&2500 wet and dry paper then T cut. Nice and flat but still a few pin holes and marks. Filled with knifing putty, which will need more rubbing and polishing, when the paint is a little harder.
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Plugs polished which should leave the moulds with very little polishing to do.Next step is lots of coats of release wax and lots of polishing, then I’ll have to order some epoxy tooling gelcoat.
