‘ratso’? how does that work ben?
anyway, looking forward to seeing the canards nice & shiny & polished. good work mate.
reckon as a thruster setup you will find them less drivey than regular longer raked thruster fins. & less hold too i imagine. i look forward to a performance report.
…maybe tomorrow ??
in popeye’s thruster ?
…depends if the swell stays around …
if it’s the same size as today , I 'll use the blue checkered fins , pictured above .
If it’s dropped off , probably in the ‘prawn’ as a canard , or the “bushfire” [ditto]
cheers Nat !
[“Ratso” is what a mate of mine , “rooster” has always called me]
The ‘clanards’ are brilliant.
Chip, your foiling is getting very good.
Looks fun.
hi Jimmy !
thanks for posting those !
…are they swirled fabric inlays , or is the swirl done on the filler or gloss coat , maybe ?
cheers !
ben
they look awesome chip
I needed to thicken the fin up to fit a box so I tried something different again…
5 layers of 4oz for each side, sandwiched between thick pvc plastic and 2 pieces of packing foam.
Pour on the epoxy, let it wet out and then apply some weight to squash it all together…
Then wait 24 hours…
Then you get this…
Everything peeled off like sticky tape off a roll…
I cut it out last night about 3/8 outside the outline, foiling tonight…
the erie light in the las photo is a point of departure.
and upon returning from the new solar system
Entwhistle Ambergris
Admiral of starfleet comands flag ship
THE BEOWOLF
a fine craft by the way’
an aboriginal plastic composite
artifact was collected
whilst the artisan was sleeping
bemused
pictured hereon pages
with exotic fruits and
vegetables.
Intergalactic Journal of Interstellar Touring
12 14 27 39 betelgeuse 4
left archbacker
…ambrose…
Yep , backlit by a fluorescent tube photos work okay with digital cameras , eh ?!
If and when I do another fin panel I’m definatley using epoxy + PVC pressure plates. The way epoxy wets out the cloth is easier than the poly I think.
BTW, did I mention that the guy at the plastics store thought the bubbles in my panels was caused by too much catalyst? I really squirt it in there when I actually only need a few drops for the few oz in a dixie cup.
" If and when I do another fin panel"…
Yes, Kai …but, I want to see your LAST one finished first !
ben
Hicksy has kindly invited me back out to “the shed” for tomorrow , so today I got 3 metres of 6oz cloth, 1 litre of lam resin , a new roller , another glass plate , masking tape , and now I’m keen to give another “resin swirl fin” panel a go !
IF I don’t make matching fins for the green swirly “canards” [they could be hard to match !] , I thought I might give a pair of twinnies or twin keels a go , perhaps …
This time , I’m thinking I’ll pour on three or four colours at once , as I did with my “bushfire fish” resin swirl.
…to be continued…
cheers ,
ben
okay …
Firstly , some background on the most recent panel , since I did a few things differently this time around : -
THIS fin panel was a much “wetter” layup than the last time .
I used more resin .
I pre-mixed the different colours .
I attempted to pour two colours [in separate cups] together each time I layed up 3 or so layers of 6oz cloth.
The last panel , I swirled a few colours in one cup , did about ten layers swirled [from memory], then the remaining twenty or so layers were left clear .
THIS time , every time I poured resin onto three or more layers of cloth, it was coloured resin …no clear layers between colours were done in the panel [apart from the final thin filler coat ]
Also , because I poured enough resin to ‘soak through’ the layers this time , there was less use of the roller needed , so, hopefully , the colours won’t be quite as “muddied”…
I guess it will be interesting to see how it all turns out , once the panel has been removed from the glass [" d’oh !! "] , and the fins cut out , and foiled.
Next time , I would DEFINATELY like to do a much bigger panel ( maybe to be able to get two twin fins out of it … )
cheers ,
ben
photos to come …
glass plate masked off with tape…
about 15mls [?ccs?] of laminating resin …polyester resin…] brushed onto the glass plate…
next …
three layers of 6oz layed ? down / up ? , using a roller to wet it out…
NEXT …the fun / mess begins !
coloured resin , here we come …
[that is the two blue PIGMENTS , which are on the left hand side of the picture…
then , some green PIGMENT , along with some yellow TINT …
the occassional use of the roller…[some blue TINT has also been added , by the way ]
I shoulda been wearing GLOVES…
then , when the process has been repeated so all the layers of cloth are used up ,
I painted on 10mls [for this size panel] of FILLER resin [‘hotcoat’]
Allow to dry…
