{"id":2877,"date":"2023-06-06T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:49:19","slug":"diana-4-and-monerai-canopy-frame-and-seat-insert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/2023\/06\/06\/diana-4-and-monerai-canopy-frame-and-seat-insert\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana 4 and Monerai: canopy frame and seat insert"},"content":{"rendered":"

While waiting for the Ventus 2c to come back from the paint shop I’ve been working on the Diana 4 and the Monerai. For the Diana 4 I started work on the canopy frame. First I applied good quality painters tape to protect the fuselage from resin spillage. Then I applied two coats of liquid wax on the area where the canopy frame is built. Then came a coat of thickened epoxy with grey colourant. Allow some time for this to cure until it’s less liquid but still sticky. Then came a layer of 49gr glass, followed by a five carbon rovings going around the entire canopy (staggered so that they end\/start in different spots). Then I built up the rest of the frame using epoxy with grey colourant and very much thickened using micro-balloons. It’s not sitting in the workshop to fully cure (needs a few days) before I can sand it into shape.<\/p>\n

While waiting for the canopy frame to fully cure I also built the seat insert for the Monerai, using an old mould for the SB-14. The procedure here is very similar to making the canopy frame. The mould is waxed. Then apply slighly thickened epoxy with grey colourant. Allow to cure a while, but it still must be sticky. Then apply two layers of 160gr glass, also with epoxy with grey colourant.<\/p>\n

As you can see in the pictures below I didn’t wait long enough to apply the glass and had a few nasty air pockets in the folds of the seat pan. These can be easily corrected with surplus epoxy thickened with micro-balloons. Allow it to cure, sand to shape and it’s good to go.<\/p>\n

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