Sunday, February 2, 2025

Garage Works - 2/2/2025

And when I got back, after cleaning up and putting things away, I went ahead and laminated the bottom deck of No.40

Since yesterday was surprisingly productive, I figured I should keep the momentum going.


I placed a carbon strip almost nose to tail, and two additional patches on either side of the track block.  Then a cap sheet nose to tail.  That would be 4.8 ounces on the areas with a single layer, and close to 10 ounces where the patches are.

I applied 16.8 + 5.6 ounces to get everything saturated.  I might have an issue underneath the bag weights - the strips I used had some residual epoxy on them so it wasn't conforming easily.  Hopefully the weights pushed them down (so I won't have to sand and patch).

Since tomorrow is a rest day, I'll get the top deck laminated.  I'm thinking of keeping this one clear instead of pigmenting the fill coat (but I still have a couple of days to think about it).  This would be in keeping with the modelling after No.34

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