Quarter Chippy Pt 55 Canopy Frolics 

Thanks Paul, it probably wouldn't amount to much of a penalty, but IMO if the judge sees a great big list of things you didn't make then you are on a back foot. I am on a huge back foot because the model originally started from a Jerry Bates design.. But like you I really do enjoy the problem solving of making it all yourself. I feel a jack of all trades and a master of none.

Thank you, but i made a few poor decisions so please learn from my errors 😉 i am no expert!

That makes two of us 😀

Not sure the mould will last too long, but you never know, nobody does an accurate canopy, and that wont change if this doesn't fit! Thx for the support Geoff really appreciate it.

Thanks Tim 😀

Fingers crossed it all works and I got the size right!

Thank you for the support, reading these comments make the effort worthwhile. I should have made a plug then a female mould from that. Then poured a rigid resin plug. Always makes sense after the event. I will make it work somehow. The shape of the plug makes me think a plunge mould may actually work fine. I am a cheap skate and with PETG at £10 a sheet I can't afford to get it wrong too many times. I have a plan B, there is a company I trust that are happy to vac form from this...... Once again thanks for your and in fact everyone's support.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks, have you a link to one that you can recommend?

@cammnut You don’t really need to purchase anything. If you mix a small quantity of silica into a separate mix of resin to a consistency of toothpaste then brush and screed it into the surface of the foam you’ll find it a great help. It’ll prevent air entrapment behind the first ply and greatly improves the bond as well as keeping the glass or carbon tight to the foam core.

I had no trouble with air behind the cloth, the problem was on the overhangs and caused by the stiffness of this specific cloth. I think it was caused by not enough resin. I was scraping the bottom of the barrel. I normally lay a lightweight cloth first and that would have served the same purpose I reckon. But thanks for your suggestion.@@dodge2047

Owen corning does an XPS extruded polystyrene that should be similar to the good old blue foam. Litho can be difficult to find..

Cheers for the info. Will check it out @@cammnut 👍

Hi yes i know of them. Wasnt aware of that product though, i will bear it in mind

I have tried a bread knife and it didnt work very well as it traps the blade. A hack saw blade would also work. The padsaw has a 10tpi blade it was definitely quickest.

I laid it perpendicular to the part so the material weave was at 45 degrees, is that what you mean. The carbon was fine used the same way. I probably asked too much of the cloth.

The warp and weft of the cloth need to be at 45 deg to the center line.

In an ideal world perhaps, and if you can afford to cut your cloth diagonal. But I take on what you say. The carbon cloth of the same weight conformed perfectly, and the glass cloth did drape eventually. I was running short of resin so it wasn't perhaps as wetted out as I would normally do. The reason I mentioned it in the video is I have never had an issue with the cloth from ECF, I have from other suppliers.