further to our phone conversations / facebook pages …
here [for anyone else who may be interested ? ] is the intended ‘base’, so far …
I also thought I had a batik inlay one , but perhaps that is now with CassS , or Josh Dowling ? [ I probably need to take photos of what I send people , I think !]
the plan is
plan A …
cut a groove in the fin , foil some offcuts into the winged bit shape , wedge in the groove… cut part of fin above the groove off , flush to wing.
plan B …
glass [? with rovings / cloth , like the glassed on fin technique ] the tip onto [reshaped tip?] existing spitfire …
john harris ? others who have made some ? … comments , please , guys ?
I would have layed it up in two halves (over a form that had the correct “bend” at the end for the winglet). Then stuck the two halves together and cut and foiled it all.
I think Plan A might not be strong enough and Plan B might add too much bulk to the joined areas.
I’ll give it a shot …yep ,I can always add MORE layers of cloth to the winged bits [ 'if 'needed…]
thanks [ re : the p.s.] … all credit for the original templates goes to blair mickeljohn , for blowing my mind with surfing those templates in the 1990s , and making me think a bit … And , yep , the foiling sure was a challenge . I may not have done them , without a mate knowing a kneeboarder , Greg , who wanted a [? few?] set[s?] . Also, luckily , he [Greg] had an original that he could leave with me to help me get my head around the double-foiling needed , on the rear fin . He also wants a QUAD set , and a back finboxed one … 8 hockey stick fins , in all ! … [ …hmmmmn… " WHAT have I started ?! " :) ]
