1/7th F-14D Scratch build thread

[Thomas_W]

[MODE 1]

And now the fun begins

[Thomas_W]

pretty much all of the top fuselage is glassed except for the spin section and nose area's in these pictures. The canopy is one solid layer of fiberglass with no relief cuts at all. this glass conforms to curves extremely well:

[Thomas_W]

Well... what was done 2 days ago has now hardened sufficiently (i was a little worried it might not stiffen up, as this if the first time i have used this particular resin), plus i built a little electric ducted fan jet with thrust vectoring to goof off with. Over-all the glassed conformed to the plug exceptionally well. their are a few areas (mostly around the fuse to canopy transition lines) that didn't stick entirely. But I decided to do a wee bit more fiber-glassing today. I've got the nose cone carbon fiber "ring" in place (this is to stiffen up the separation line for when the nose cone is cut free), got the windscreen and upper half of the nose section glassed. 1 side of both rudders is glassed, one side of both stabs, and 1 side of the ventral fin. I've got just a wee bit more final sanding to do on the vertical tails, then i'll glass those and start on the wings and tail. I should be able to flip the fuselage over tomorrow afternoon and start glassing the bottom side of it. I've got to adjust the Canopy plug, as the gap i had when it was all wood was to tight, so now i sits about 1/32" higher than the fuselage. No biggy, i kind of expected this, so i didn't glass the bottom and ends of the canopy just so i could fine tune the gaps to get a perfect fit with as little filler as necessary.

And of course, pictures

[ExtPlt]

Looking good Thomas W, now keep that resin off the carpet.

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by ExtPlt
	Looking good Thomas W, now keep that resin off the carpet.

haha.. yea i've done pretty well so far. Ive been putting a towel down to prevent hard carpet syndrome lol

[MODE 1]

lol

[Thomas_W]

Got the fuselage outside today for some rough sanding to get the fiberglass overlaps knocked down. the fuse is now ready for the rest of the detail work to be done and the hatch's to be cut loose. The weather is supposed to be great tomorrow, so i dont for-see doing any work to it tonight or tomorrow as im going to take a bit of a break.. Here's a few pictures:

[hannah76]

Really enjoying this thread!!! Keep up the good work

[3Dguy]

Nice! Is that Ford lifted?

[Thomas_W]

	Quote: Originally Posted by 3Dguy
	Nice! Is that Ford lifted?

yep.. its got a 6" suspension lift..if that helps give ya any idea on the width of the thing. It was sitting about a 45* angle onto the truck tire to.

[Andrew Bird]

Stunning work. Thanks for posting - although I am supposed to be sitting here studying for my final 5 JAA ATPL exams - this thread has sucked me in for a bit!