As everyone knows, since i started this project, I planned to use plexiglass on everything and was going to wait until the warm weather came before i would start any painting. Well the warm warmer has finally come and well the paint cans havent been touched. The reason for this is because that glue i used just doesnt like the warm weather. All of the glued plexiglass came appart…..big bummer. This all started about a few weeks ago and the more i glued the more….well use your imagination. Just yesterday I made the radical dession to scrap the plexiglass body idea and use my backup solution. My idea came from a Jason comment a few weeks ago. He noted that i had woodworking skills. I personally beg to differ but i thought I’d keep the original frame that i made almost 6 months ago and build a wooden shell around that. Much to my surprise it actually looks good (holding off on the pictures). I guess i may have some skills after all. This is a pretty bold statement considering that the glue hasnt even dried yet, lol. I should have done this months ago. But, as the saying goes we learn from our mistakes. I’ll post some pics in a week. In all I’m only 2 weeks behind my scheduled deadline.
Cant wait to see what you came up with!!!
Things ever seem to go as planed do they?
Keep positive..the fun part is the build…even if sometimes it doesn’t seem like it!
Jason
Thanks Jason..for your kind words and constent inspiration. The change in building direction is amazing. Its going much faster with the change. Pics are coming by the end of this weekend. I made up for lost time almost over night. Considering i scaped the all of the plexiglass and started over just a few days ago. I did manage to salvage the frame that i built, that goodness. The pictures will speak for themselves
Thomas
Sorry to hear your Plexi did’nt work out.
What type of glue did you use?
I did see another guy on the group build a set of skins for R2 of wood.
I’m pretty sure it was either thin birch plywood (High Quality) or
aircraft grade plywood.
And there’s allways Polystyrene.
Calvin
Yeah..The glue i used was very unrelyable. It work great on some of the plexi-wooden areas and in other areas it just didnt stick as strongly. The actual stressed plexi wrapped around the frame was just too great. It was a bummer but i made some great catch up progress..using a kind of plywood (not birch). I’m not sure of the english word. I still may need some Polystyrene to cover my legs. Where can i get some large sheets? I will also be using A&A skins. My resent progress is amazing. I guess i should post some pictures..everyone is so curious 😉
Thomas