Well, the tips are done. For now. I’ve left them unriveted, and there’s still some pinholes left to fix before paint. Again, gotta leave something for the painter, right? I’m really happy these came out well. Taking some time here paid off. I’ll leave them unrevited for now, and package up these pieces to allow […]

Progress on the tips. They’re really coming together and nearly complete. (Or complete enough for me—have to save some work for the painter.) I staggered production and was using body filler to fill small low spots, final sanding, filling primer, and final primer on all parts at different times. This kept me hopping and progress […]

I touched up the tips with some auto body filler. Used sparingly, it offers a quick drying, small batch solution for some low spots. It does dry harder than the epoxy-flox, so sanding is a bit of chore to ensure high spots don’t turn to low spots. First coat of high build primer was added […]

The epoxy-flox mixture applied over the weekend was sanded down. In all abut a few places, the tips looked great. Despite my best efforts, there were still a few low spots, and a few areas that chipped out when removing the tips. In addition to the tips, I remedied the counterweight issue I created weeks […]

Yesterday and today were filled with sanding off the fairing compound (not what it’s called) and then mixing up another batch and layering more on. I think I’ve hit most of hit most of the low spots, and should be able to sand it all back down (once hardened) and get a good idea of […]

With a thicker mix of epoxy-flox, I went in and added more compound to the remaining areas of the tips. It’s messy, and again, I may regret this, but in the interested of getting this done I’m moving forward. Next up will be sanding down as much of this as I can while keeping elements […]

Added epoxy-flox mixture to tips. Further reinforced tips, which also allows the ability to sand back if needed a little bit. Filler was allowed to cure and then I did some initial fairing on the pieces. Results, so far, are good. I think more flox would allow for better positioning of the mixture and easier […]