chopped strand mat – the Garaggio

We have a Cowl Mold; Inspired by Sid

The last few days, when I have been looking at the rear cowl, I have thought that the trailing edge shape reminded me of something, but I couldn’t figure out what. Turns out, it is the character Sid from the cartoon movie, Ice Age. While I am fairly certain this destines Brian’s Defiant to henceforthContinue reading “We have a Cowl Mold; Inspired by Sid”

Firsts

First time making a “real” mold… First time using chopped mat… 115 degrees, single handed…. what could possibly go wrong. Today I laid up the aft top cowl mold. It was a hot, long day. The temperature was over 100 by 0845 and 115 by the time I finished the layup. I started by doingContinue reading “Firsts”