Glued in the front transition:
Looks pretty good. I glued the shoulder first, then afterwards spread a very small fillet of TBII around the front to seal it down. In the picture you can see the remains of the previous glue that was on there; I'll try to sand some of that off. I also noticed I forgot to fill the spirals on the BT50; I had meant to do that before gluing the transition but oh well. I'll do the spirals and then at the same time I'll also use the CWF to smooth out the seams in and around the transition.
In the back, I cut the hook slot, applied some more CA to strengthen it around the cut, and did a dry fit:
Also good. This will get glued in with epoxy (since the paper is completely CA-covered) later, and then some CWF work there as well to smooth things out.
While I was in the neighborhood I noticed this:
Crap. I used epoxy for the rear centering ring, and apparently got it all over the damn place, including the one spot I most didn't want it. I guess I will be gluing the fins to the inner tube with epoxy; should still be able to use TBII for the exterior seams. Will also have to do just a bit of sanding on the fin tabs to make them seat properly now.
Finally, a bigger dry fit just to keep me motivated:
Not bad. I think once I get all this other stuff done the fins will go on comparatively quickly.
Looks pretty good. I glued the shoulder first, then afterwards spread a very small fillet of TBII around the front to seal it down. In the picture you can see the remains of the previous glue that was on there; I'll try to sand some of that off. I also noticed I forgot to fill the spirals on the BT50; I had meant to do that before gluing the transition but oh well. I'll do the spirals and then at the same time I'll also use the CWF to smooth out the seams in and around the transition.
In the back, I cut the hook slot, applied some more CA to strengthen it around the cut, and did a dry fit:
Also good. This will get glued in with epoxy (since the paper is completely CA-covered) later, and then some CWF work there as well to smooth things out.
While I was in the neighborhood I noticed this:
Crap. I used epoxy for the rear centering ring, and apparently got it all over the damn place, including the one spot I most didn't want it. I guess I will be gluing the fins to the inner tube with epoxy; should still be able to use TBII for the exterior seams. Will also have to do just a bit of sanding on the fin tabs to make them seat properly now.
Finally, a bigger dry fit just to keep me motivated:
Not bad. I think once I get all this other stuff done the fins will go on comparatively quickly.
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