Fruits Of My Labor (A-113)

[CapnK]

Nice work, Maestro...{insert bowing emoticon} Can't wait to see more, and those lovely interior curves - she's gonna be a *beauty*...

The styro fillets - have thought of the same, they make perfect sense for straighter runs, no need to get 'gloppy' if you don't have to!

[Tony G]

Another day, a little closer...I did not shape these syro fillets with the sanding drum before the tabbing went on. I just wanted to see how the glass would take the sharper corners. Being it was a light (6oz.) fabric it flowed from surface to surface just fine in my opinion. If it were a truley structural seam with a heavier tabbing schedule a fillet would certainly be in order to reduce the stress on the bonding fabric.

[Tony G]

A few years ago I made a mahogany frame/base for the Bomar forward hatch. And then one day I saw a picture of Periwinkle's forward hatch. Love at first sight...

So this weekend I 'redoned' it. Starting with redesigning the frame to put the hatch's top surface on the same plane as the main cabin's top as it has a slightly different angle than the forward cabin's top. That alone was an improvment. This new one will get a GRP skin giving me the chance to play with the vacuum bagging system again

First shot shows how much the previously enlarged opening will get 're-enlarged'. Then the dirty deed has been done. Next is the wood frame scribed to the interior overhead. Finally some styro has been added which will be sanded into shape and later covered in fiberglass.

[ebb]

Tony, NIZE JOB on that hatch install!

and that mottled paint job is tre unique.
Couple clear coats and you'll definitely have an eye catcher!

[mbd]

I like the "cryptic" subliminal message too. Let us know if it works!

[bill@ariel231]

Tony

great interior!.. your forward hatch install is cool. will the birch ply on the interior be finished bright (while the exterior is GRP)??

cheers,
bill@ariel231

[Tony G]

Ebb, I'm pretty sure this is the longest on going paint job in A/C history

The sign didn't work, Mike. Found myself drinking dark & stormys at the end of the day.

Thanks, Bill. The inside will be painted white. We have been toying with the idea of ash strips on the overhead to hide the p.o.'s plywood remod. We're far from done though, and as this thread demonstrates, things change!