{"id":3585,"date":"2026-02-10T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:23:46","slug":"diana-2-13-preparing-the-fuselage-mould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/2026\/02\/10\/diana-2-13-preparing-the-fuselage-mould\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana 2 (1:3): preparing the fuselage mould"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had several questions in the past on how we prepare our fuselage moulds, and in particular what products we use to make sure the fuselages separate from the mould. Here’s a short overview of how we do it and what products we use:<\/p>\n

1) Clean the moulds using a mould cleaner. We use the R&G mould cleaner on the picture below, but that seems to be no longer available. Apply it with a paintbrush, give it some time to rest and then wipe the mould clean with a clean cloth. Then wash the mould with Acetone.<\/p>\n

2) Apply multiple coats of wax. We use the HP-G1000 priming wax from HP Textiles<\/a> – usually 3 coats.<\/p>\n

3) Apply a coat of PVA film release agent. We use the SCS PVA Folientrennmittel<\/a>. Make sure you apply it with a water-soaked fine sponge. We use the blue SCS PVA sponge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After this the mould is ready to be spray painted. We’ve never had any issues with the fuselages not releasing from the mould using the procedure above.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had several questions in the past on how we prepare our fuselage moulds, and in particular what products we use to make sure the fuselages separate from the mould. Here’s a short overview of how we do it and what products we use: 1) Clean the moulds using a mould cleaner. We use the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques","category-diana-1-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9zI6K-VP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3592,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions\/3592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}