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Alex1N: Chipmunk cowling plug attempt no. 2
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Alex1N: Shaping the balsa cowling plug
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Alex1N: Early stages of profiling starboard side of cowl
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Alex1N: Port and starboard cowling sides profiled
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Alex1N: Profiling of the upper face of the blank well under way
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Alex1N: Front spinner circle drawn onto the cowling blank
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Alex1N: Lateral profiling viewed from the aft end looking forward
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Alex1N: Another view of the partially-complete shaping
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Alex1N: I got impatient and broke out the razor plane ;)
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Alex1N: Basic shaping and sanding finished
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Alex1N: Here is where I began to get the first intimations of something having gone wrong
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Alex1N: Here is the first attempt to address perceived problems of shape
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Alex1N: More wood putty...
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Alex1N: Half of the cowling belly pan and cowl chin shaped
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Alex1N: Rear view of the half-shaped plug
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Alex1N: Definitely not right!
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Alex1N: Wood putty sanded off
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Alex1N: Another attempt to save the plug: a coating of Z-poxy laminating resin
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Alex1N: Front end of epoxied plug
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Alex1N: Resin-coated plug after a bit of sanding
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Alex1N: Three Chipmunk cowling templates
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Alex1N: Side profile of DHC-1 cowling
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Alex1N: Front panel and side profile templates in relation to each other
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Alex1N: Plan view template(s)
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Alex1N: Belly pan template against the side profile
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Alex1N: Setting up the main cooling air intake
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Alex1N: Another view of the cooling air intake plug and partially-formed cowling front end
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Alex1N: Body-filler-coated cowling sanded to basic shape
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Alex1N: Other (starboard) side of the plug
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Alex1N: Starboard side of plug again