It was great to have company and Andy and I really got stuck in for a marathon session, there was plenty of beer to drink and lots of hard work. Although we did not get the cloth in the moulds we are 90% there, we seriously forgot/underestimated the time it takes to spray the moulds. Never mind, we did not cut any corners and are confident this will be a great model.
The new release wax is a delight to work with and is super efficient, so much so that we had a little complication spraying the moulds, we encountered the dreaded 'fish eye', this was overcome by reducing the paint output and increasing the air but since Sunday I have been doing some digging around on the world wide web and found the following link which also advises to change the spray pattern from circular to fan at a reduced air pressure, allowing the thinners to evaporate before hitting the mould surface resulting in a thinner/dryer layer of paint and the chemical in the thinning agent not attacking the release wax.....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=767075
I now aim to get the tailplane laid up by the weekend with the wings probably next week.
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