Nice work Neil
Try a light coat of grease on your positive turret mould,will help in
removal of paper mâché Fibre glass
Resin will work to harden and strengthen the shell fibre cloth mesh will also
help
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On 2013-02-24, at 2:29 PM, "Neil Rochford" <funkyne...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Thank you John for your encouragement.
>
> The next installment :-
>
> pic 1 , I hold the inner track pads in place with temporary 4mm bolts from
> bellow.
> The top & bottom pads are glued, glue is spread to all 4 corners.
> Pic 2 , The step is continued along my 1 Meter long track jig.
> I only do 2 pads at a time.
> Pic 3 , The loop is formed and everything falls nicely into place for the
> joint.
> Pic 4 , All pads are glued and temporary nut & bolted for 24 hours. Next week
> I`ll fit the tracks on the tank and see if I got the length right.
>
> Now we have a track loop completed. (I have devised a system to made it very
> easy for myself incase the kids helped), next step is for the kids to fit all
> the 25mm X 4mm bolts with double nuts and a nylock nut, (they can do that).
>
> Pic 5 , 3 layers of paper soaked in wall paper paste on the turret base. the
> first layer is just wet paper so it stands a chance of release. it still wont
> be easy. this might be a total waste of time but in that case I`ll call it an
> experiment and buy fiber glass.
>
> Im starting the second track this coming week.
>
> Neil R
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:04:22 PM UTC-8, jvragu47 wrote:
>>
>> Keep up the great work Neil. Nicely done.
>>>
>
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